Ten ships detained in UK ports in March
North Sea offshore supply vessel amongst offenders


The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that ten foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2007 after failing Port State Control (PSC) safety inspection.

Latest monthly figures show that there were six new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during March 2007. Four vessels remained in detention from the previous month. The overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last twelve months remains just below 4.5%, unchanged from Februarys twelve month rate.

During the month of March 83 Port State Control inspections were carried out in the UK. A total of 25 vessels had no deficiencies raised against them, 32 had between one and five deficiencies, 16 had between six and ten deficiencies, 8 had between eleven and twenty deficiencies and 2 vessels had more than twenty deficiencies.

Out of the detained vessels five were registered with flag states listed on the Paris MOU white list and one was registered with a state on the grey list.

Vessels detained in March included:

• a 1,948 GT offshore support vessel and a 17,356 GT bulk carrier both detained with inoperative fire pumps;
• two general cargo vessels detained with ISM major non-conformities: on both vessels the maintenance of ship and equipment was not according to the Safety Management System, one also recorded a further ISM major non-conformity for lack of emergency preparedness;


Date & Place of detention: 02/03/2007 – Newport
Vessel Name: PIA STEVNS (General Cargo Vessel)
GT: 1,892
IMO No: 8213407
Flag: Antigua & Barbuda
Company: THH Denizcilik
Classification Society: Lloyds Register of Shipping (LR)
Summary: 12 deficiencies in total, detained for 5 days with malfunctioning engine room fire detection and 2 ISM major non-conformities: emergency preparedness and maintenance of ship and equipment not according to SMS. The vessel was released on 07/03/2007.

Date & Place of detention: 06/03/2007 – Coleraine
Vessel Name: DEFENDER (General Cargo Vessel)
GT: 1,512
IMO No: 7915125
Flag: Antigua & Barbuda
Company: Reederei Erwin Strahlman
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd (GL)
Summary: 21 deficiencies in total, detained for 3 days for defective cargo hold bilge pumping and an ISM major non-conformity, maintenance of ship and equipment not according to SMS. The vessel was released on 09/03/2007.

Date & Place of detention: 09/03/2007 - Aberdeen
Vessel Name: SCOTSMAN SEA (Offshore Support Vessel)
GT: 1,948
IMO No: 8016110
Flag: Barbados
Company: Secunda Marine Services Ltd.
Classification Society: Det Norske Veritas (DNVC)
Summary: 12 deficiencies in total, detained for a defective emergency fire pump failing to supply pressure to the fire main. The vessel was released the same day.

Date & Place of detention: 17/03/2007 – Ellesmere Port
Vessel Name: JOMI (General Cargo Vessel)
GT: 2,827
IMO No: 9038397
Flag: Bahamas
Company: Misje Rederei AS
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd (GL)
Summary: 1 deficiency, detained for 6 days with a non-compliant alarm system for the jacketed high pressure fuel line. The vessel was released on 23/03/2007.

Date & Place of detention: 19/03/2007 – Silvertown
Vessel Name: MELINA 1 (Bulk Carrier)
GT: 17,356
IMO No: 7916636
Flag: Malta
Company: Libra Shipping SA
Classification Society: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Summary: 8 deficiencies in total, detained for 2 days with an inoperative emergency fire pump. The vessel was released on 21/03/2007.

Date & Place of detention: 20/03/2007 – Belfast
Vessel Name: NAXOS (Bulk Carrier)
GT: 15,056
IMO No: 8118360
Flag: Panama
Company: Jin Yang Shipping
Classification Society: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK)
Summary: 31 deficiencies in total, detained for 6 days for an ISM major non-conformity (emergency preparedness), lack of training in lifeboat operations, flooding to cabin space and an emergency escape blocked. The vessel was released on 26/03/2007.

DETENTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS

Date & Place of detention: 16/02/2007 – Leith
Vessel Name: MER (General Cargo Vessel)
GT: 1,082
IMO No: 8003864
Flag: St Vincent and the Grenadines
Company: Geuze Shipping
Classification Society: Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)
Summary: 14 deficiencies in total, detained for 18 days with a malfunctioning gyro compass, magnetic compass not adjusted, bunker air pipes gauze missing and inoperative rescue boat launching arrangements. The vessel was released on 06/03/2007.

Date & Place of detention: 22/02/2007 – Liverpool
Vessel Name: GOLDEN GLORY (Bulk Carrier)
GT: 36,433
IMO No: 8800107
Flag: Bahamas
Company: Dockendale Shipping Co.
Classification Society: Lloyds Register of Shipping (LR)
Summary: 31 deficiencies in total, detained for ISM major non-conformity, maintenance of ship and equipment. The vessel was released on 23/03/2007.

Date & Place of detention: 28/02/2007 – Belfast
Vessel Name: JEROME H (General Cargo Vessel)
GT: 1,297
IMO No: 8505927
Flag: Antigua & Barbuda
Company: Helms
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd (GL)
Summary: 9 deficiencies in total, detained for 3 days with 2 ISM major non-conformities (shipboard operations and masters responsibility not according to SMS), missing navigation records, inadequate use of appropriate scaled charts and failure to maintain an accurate record of the vessels position on chart. The vessel was released on 03/03/2007.

Date & Place of detention: 28/02/2007 – Shoreham
Vessel Name: DANA-1 (General Cargo Vessel)
GT: 1,494
IMO No: 7310973
Flag: Belize
Company: Joint Stock Co. FRIM
Classification Society: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)
Summary: 23 deficiencies in total, detained for 7 days with a holed fire main and two ISM major non-conformities (emergency preparedness and maintenance of ship). The vessel was released on 07/03/2007.