The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced that eight foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during October 2006 after failing Port State Control (PSC) safety inspection.

Latest monthly figures show that there were seven new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during October 2006, compared with four new detentions during September. One further vessel was subject to preventative detention, having failed PSC at an Irish port and been sent to Belfast for repair. No vessels remained in detention from the previous month. The overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last twelve months is just below 4.6%, a slight decrease compared with September's twelve month rate.

During the month of October 157 Port State Control inspections were carried out in the UK, which brings the recorded total from January to October this year to 1488 inspections. For those ships inspected during October a total of 33 vessels had no deficiencies raised against them, 68 had between one and five deficiencies, 34 had between six and ten deficiencies, 16 had between eleven and twenty deficiencies and 6 vessels had more than twenty deficiencies.

One bulk carrier, one offshore supply vessel, one tanker, four general cargo vessels and one other cargo vessel were detained in

October.   One vessel was registered with a flag state listed on the

Paris MOU black list, three were registered with states on the grey list and four were registered with states on the white list.

All the vessels detained in September failed PSC for at least one ISM major non-conformity in addition to other detainable deficiencies.

Major non-conformities were raised against company responsibilities and authority, resources and personnel, development of plans for shipboard operations, emergency preparedness and maintenance of the ship and its equipment.

Editors note:

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 (95/21/EC as amended), the Maritime and Coastguard agency (MCA) publishes full details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports each month.

Inspections of foreign flagged ships in UK ports are undertaken by surveyors from the MCA.  Where a ship is found to be deficient or lacks the required documentation, MCA surveyors can take a range of actions leading to detention in serious cases.  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 SIReNaC.  This allows the ships of flags with poor detention records to be targeted for future inspection.

Detained ships have to satisfy surveyors that remedial work has been carried out before they are allowed to leave port.

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 name, the flag state and the ship's International Maritime Organization (IMO) number which is unchanging throughout the ship's life and uniquely identifies it.

Company

The company shown in the vessel's Safety Management Certificate or 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 and not necessarily the party issuing and/or carrying out surveys for certificates relevant to the defect found.

Defects

The list gives a summary of the main grounds for detention and includes information where the ship has been released to sail to another port for repairs.

Ships detained in October 2006

Date & Place of detention: 03/10/2006 - Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol

Vessel Name: GRIGORIY NESTERENKO  (Oil Tanker) GT: 18,641 IMO No: 8623937

Flag: Malta Company: Novorossiysk Shipping Co (Novoship) Classification Society:  Lloyds Register (LR)

Summary: 29 deficiencies in total, detained for 6 days with 3 ISM major non-conformities: maintenance of ship and equipment, emergency preparedness and resources and personnel not according to SMS.  The vessel was also detained for an inoperative reserve GMDSS power supply and an inadequate fire drill caused by lack of training. The vessel was released on 09/10/2006.

Date & Place of detention: 03/10/2006 - Grimsby

Vessel Name:   DIADEM (General Cargo vessel) GT:1,939 IMO No: 8104539 Flag:Antigua & Barbuda Company: Balchart Estonia Ltd Classification Society:  Germanischer Lloyd (GL)

Summary: 17 deficiencies in total, detained for 8 days for an ISM major non-conformity (emergency preparedness not according to SMS), inoperative fuel oil tank quick closing valves and a crack in the vessel's hull in the way of the aft peak water ballast tank. The vessel was released on 11/10/2006.

Date & Place of detention: 03/ 10/2006 - Aberdeen

Vessel Name:NORTHERN GENESIS (Supply Vessel) GT: 1,899 IMO No: 8112615 Flag: Norway Company: Trico Supply Classification Society:  Det Norske Veritas (DNVC)

Summary: 11 deficiencies in total, detained for 4 days with defective firefighting equipment (breathing apparatus and air bottles) and a major ISM non-conformity (maintenance of ship and equipment not according to SMS). The vessel was released on 18/10/2006.

Date & Place of detention: 04/ 10/2006 - Hull

Vessel Name: DEEPWORKER (Other Cargo Vessel) GT: 1,420 IMO No: 7924255 Flag:  Panama Company: Retech Marine Ltd. Classification Society:  Phoenix Register of Shipping

Summary: 23 deficiencies in total, detained for 5 days with 3 ISM major non-conformities: maintenance of ship and equipment, emergency preparedness and resources and personnel.  The vessel was also detained for an invalid minimum safe manning document and an inadequate fire drill caused by lack of training. The vessel was released on 09/10/2006.

Date & Place of detention: 06/ 10/2006 - Birkenhead

Vessel Name: GEMMA (General Cargo Vessel) GT: 3,407 IMO No: 7702554 Flag: St. Vincent and the Grenadines Company: Balchart Estonia Ltd Classification Society:  Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)

Summary: 13 deficiencies in total, detained for 4 days with serious corrosion to hold frames, numerous side shell frames buckled and for ISM major non-conformity (maintenance of ship and equipment not according to SMS). The vessel was released on 06/10/2006.

Date & Place of detention: 10/ 10/2006 - Ipswich

Vessel Name: AZUR 1 (General Cargo Vessel) GT: 1,829 IMO No:8111776 Flag:Panama Company: Tradewood Shipping Co. Classification Society:  Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)

Summary: 23 deficiencies in total, detained for 11 days with

missing and out of date charts, both pilot ladders unsafe and an ISM major non-conformity (safety and environment policy). The vessel was released on 21/10/2006.

Date & Place of detention: 18/10/2006 - Belfast

Vessel Name: VERA MARETSKAYA (Bulk Carrier) GT: 16,502 IMO No: 8222599 Flag: Russian Federation Company: Novorossiysk Shipping Co (Novoship) Classification Society:  Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)

Summary: This vessel was originally detained during Port State Control by the Irish Maritime Safety Directorate, at Greenore. The vessel was permitted to sail to Belfast for repair as a condition of release from detention. There were 25 deficiencies in total, and the vessel was re-detained for a total of 9 days pending completion of repairs before being released on 27/10/2006. Detainable deficiencies were corroded vent pipes and split closing valves on the main deck, corroded water ballast tank lids and an ISM major non-conformity (maintenance of ship and equipment not according to SMS). This was a preventative detention and will not be counted as a Port State Control detention by the UK.

Date & Place of detention: 25/ 10/2006 - Londonderry

Vessel Name: MARNEBORG (General Cargo Vessel) GT: 6,540 IMO No:9142564 Flag: Netherlands Company: Wagenborg Shipping Classification Society:  Bureau Veritas (BV)

Summary: 17 deficiencies in total, detained for 3 days with 2 ISM major non-conformities (emergency preparedness and maintenance of ship and equipment not according to SMS), as well as inadequate fixed fire-fighting installation, inoperative lifeboat and rescue boat engines, an inoperative lifeboat  radar transponder and cracks in the main deck. The vessel was released on 28/10/2006.

Last Updated ( Monday, 20 November 2006 )