Press release

FOREIGN FLAGGED SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN THE UK DURING DECEMBER 2016

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that seven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during December 2016 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

During December, there was one new detention of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. Six vessels remained under detention from previous months. A total of four vessels remain under detention at the end of December.

  1. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, and in compliance with the EU Directive on Port State Control (2009/16/EC as amended), the Maritime and Coastguard agency (MCA) publishes details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports each month.

  2. The UK is part of a regional agreement on port state control known as the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU) and information on all ships that are inspected is held centrally in an electronic database known as THETIS. This allows the ships with a high risk rating and poor detention records to be targeted for future inspection.

  3. Inspections of foreign flagged ships in UK ports are undertaken by surveyors from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. When a ship is found to be not in compliance with applicable convention requirements, a deficiency may be raised. If any of their deficiencies are so serious they have to be rectified before departure, then the ship will be detained.

  4. All deficiencies should be rectified before departure if at all possible.

  5. When applicable, the list includes those passenger craft prevented from operating under the provisions of the EU Directive on Mandatory Surveys for the safe operation of regular Ro-Ro ferry and high speed passenger craft services (1999/35/EU).

Notes on the list of detentions

  • Full details of the ship. The accompanying detention list shows ship’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) number which is unchanging throughout the ship’s life and uniquely identifies it. It also shows the ship’s name and flag state at the time of its inspection.
  • Company. The company shown in the vessel’s Safety Management Certificate (SMC) or if there is no SMC, then the party otherwise believed to be responsible for the safety of the ship at the time of inspection.
  • Classification Society. The list shows the Classification Society responsible for classing the ship only.
  • Recognised Organisation. Responsible for conducting the statutory surveys: and issuing statutory certificates on behalf of the Flag State
  • White (WL), Grey (GL) and Black lists (BL) are issued by the Paris MoU on 01 July each year and shows the performance of flag State.

SHIPS DETAINED IN DECEMBER 2016

Vessel Name: LEO TRIO

GT: 1596

IMO: 9137870

Flag: Panama (White list)

Company: Trio Denizcilik IC Ve Dis Ticaret Ltd

Classification Society: NKK

Recognised Organisation: NKK

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: NKK

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: NKK

Date and Place of Detention: 2nd December 2016 at Ipswich

Summary: Thirty five deficiencies with seven ground for detention.

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
10127 – Voyage or passage plan Not as required Yes
1011 – Charts Not updated Yes
10116 – Nautical publications Missing Yes
10116 – Nautical publications Not updated No
13101 – Propulsion main engine Not as required Yes
11113 – Launching arrangements for rescue boats Inoperative Yes
11132 – Maintenance and inspections Not as required No
11129 – Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances Not as required No
11117 – Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition Not as required No
10110 – Signalling lamp Missing No
10117 – Echo sounder Inoperative Yes
01308 – Record of seafarers’ daily hours of work or rest incorrect entries No
01315 – Oil record book Not properly filled No
01320 – Garbage record book Not as required No
04118 – Enclosed space entry and rescue drills Not carried out No
01101 – Cargo ship safety equipment (including exemption) Not properly filled No
18425 – Access/structural features (ship) Not as required No
18427 – Ship’s occupational safety and health policies and programmes Not as required No
13199 – Other (machinery) Other No
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes
07115 - Fire dampers Not as required No
10109 – Lights, shapes, sound-signals Not as required No
11199 – Other (life saving) Other No
01310 – Signs, indications Not as required No
11117 – Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition Not as required No
10124 – Life-saving signals Missing No
07105 – Fire doors/openings in fire resisting divisions Not as required No
07118 – International shore-connection Not as required No
03108 – Ventilators, air pipes, casings Not as required No
03199 – Other (load lines) Other No
07110 – Fire fighting equipment and appliances Inoperative No
02120 – Marking of IMO number Not as required No
07110 – Fire fighting equipment and appliances Not properly maintained No
02199 – Other (Structural conditions) Other No
04109 – Fire drills Lack of control No

This vessel was released on 19th December 2016

DETENTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS

Vessel Name: DAROJA

GT: 3266

IMO: 9148221

Flag: Cyprus (White List)

Company: USC Barnkrug GMGH

Classification Society: DNV GL

Recognised Organisation: DNV GL

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: DNV GL

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: DNV GL

Date and Place of Detention: 29th November 2016 at Aberdeen

Summary: Thirteen deficiencies with one ground for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
10113 – Automatic Identification System (AIS) Not as required No
11112 - Launching arrangements for survival craft Not as required No
04103 – Emergency, lighting, batteries & switches Not as required No
07112 - Emergency escape breathing device & disposition Not as required No
15150 - ISM Not as required Yes
04114 - Emergency source of power – Emergency generator Not as required No
01102 - Cargo ship safety construction (including exempt.) Entries missing No
18299 – Other (Conditions of employment) Other No
01218 – Medical Certificate Not properly filled No
10111 – Charts Not updated No
01308 – Records of seafarers’ daily hours of work and rest Incorrect entries No
18319 - Food Segregation Not adequate No

This vessel was released on 1st December 2016

Vessel Name: ATLANTIC SURVEYOR

GT: 748

IMO: 8841565

Flag: Liberia (White List)

Company: Atlantic Marine & Aviation LLP

Classification Society: BV

Recognised Organisation: BV

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: Flag

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: Flag

Date and Place of Detention: 17th November 2016 at Shoreham

Summary: Fourteen deficiencies with three grounds for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
10127 – Voyage or passage plan Not as required Yes
10111 – Charts Not updated No
10116 – Nautical publications Not updated No
11105 – Rescue boat inventory Not as required No
11129 – Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances Not properly maintained No
04116 – Mean of communication between safety centre & other control stations Not properly maintained No
07105 – Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions Not as required No
07125 – Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills) Lack of familiarity Yes
05115 – Radio log (diary) Not as required No
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes
07199 – Other (fire safety) Other No
07199 – Other (fire safety) Other No
01315 – Oil record book Not properly filled No
99101 – Other safety in general Other No

This vessel was released on 14th December 2016

Vessel Name: MALAVIYA SEVEN

GT: 3001

IMO: 9087312

Flag: India (Grey List)

Company: GOL Offshore Ltd

Classification Society: IRS

Recognised Organisation: IRS

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: IRS

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: IRS

Date and Place of Detention: 5th October 2016 at Aberdeen

Summary: Five deficiencies with five grounds for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
07105 – Fire doors/openings in fire resisting divisions Not as required Ye
07113 – Fire pumps and its pipes Not as required Yes
18203 – Wages Missing Yes
01220 – Seafarers employment agreement (SEA) Invalid Yes
18204 – Calculation and payment of wages No records Yes

This vessel was still detained on 31st December 2016

Vessel Name: SEA TRIDENT

GT: 964.

IMO No: 7393169.

Flag: PANAMA (white list)

Company: Gardline Shipping Ltd, Great Yarmouth, UK.

Classification Society: Expired

Recognised Organisation: Expired

Recognised Organisation for ISM DOC:

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC:

Date and Place of Detention: 17 June 2016, West Cowes

Summary: Seventeen deficiencies with seventeen grounds for detentions

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01101 - Cargo ship safety equipment cert Expired Yes
01102 – Cargo Ship safety construction cert Expired Yes
01104 – Cargo ship safety radio cert Expired Yes
01108 – Loadline cert Expired Yes
01117 – IOPP (International Oil Pollution Prevention cert Expired Yes
01119 – International Sewage Pollution Prevention cert Expired Yes
01124 – International Air Pollution Prevention cert Expired Yes
01137 – Civil liability for bunker oil pollution damage cert Expired Yes
01199 – Other certs (Certificate of class) Expired Yes
01201 – Certificates for master and officers Missing Yes
10111 – Charts Not updated Yes
10116 – Publications Nautical Not updated Yes
11108 – Inflatable liferafts Expired Yes
11116 – Distress flares Missing Yes
07109 – Fixed fire fighting extinguishing installation Not as required Yes
07110 – Fire fighting equipment & appliances Not as required Yes
01140 – Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance Missing Yes

This vessel was still detained on 31st December 2016

Vessel Name: SOUTHERN STAR

GT: 4450.

IMO No: 9212448.

Flag: COOK ISLANDS (black list)

Company: Coralot Consulting Ltd.

Classification Society: International Naval Surveys Bureau (INSB).

Recognised Organisation: INSB.

Recognised Organisation for ISM DOC: INSB.

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: INSB

Date and Place of Detention: 04th April 2016, Chatham, Orpington.

Summary: Six deficiencies with two grounds for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01201 – Certificates for masters and officers Invalid Yes
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes
13101 – Propulsion main engine Not as required No
01123 – Continuous synopsis record Missing No
01113 – Minimum safe manning document Not as required No
14119 – Oil and oily mixtures from machinery spaces Lack of familiarity No

This vessel was still detained on 31st December 2016.

Vessel Name: CIEN PORCIENTO (General Cargo)

GT: 106.

IMO No: 8944446.

Flag: Unregistered.

Company: Open Window Inc.

Classification Society: Unclassed.

Recognised Organisation: Not applicable.

Recognised Organisation for ISM DOC: Not applicable.

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: Not applicable

Date and Place of detention: 4 March 2010, Lowestoft

Summary: Thirty deficiencies including seven grounds for detention

This vessel was still detained on 30th November 2016.

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Published 18 January 2017