FOREIGN MERCHANT SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN UK PORTS

8 Aug 2005 03:45 PM

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 14 foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during June 2005 after failing Port State Control safety inspection.

Latest monthly figures show that there were 11 new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during June 2005, along with 3 other ships still under detention from previous months. Of the 11 new detentions 8 vessels were general cargo ships, 2 were oil tankers and 1 was a survey vessel. Compared to the previous month the number of new detentions has increased by 6, while the overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last 12 months is 5.1%, this is identical to May's 12 month rate.

Vessels detained in June include the following:

* A Liberian flagged, 17233 GT oil tanker was detained in Cardiff on 27/06/05 with 29 deficiencies. A total of 6 detainable deficiencies were raised:

* The starboard lifeboat aft davit arm was wasted through. * The port lifeboat aft davit arm was wasted through.
* The port lifeboat falls block cheek plates had excessive wastage due to corrosion.
* The port lifeboat engine would not start
* The crew were unable to conduct a satisfactory fire drill * The abandon ship drill was stopped because the crew were lowering the lifeboat with the air lifting motor running as the Chief Officer did not trust the winch brakes to hold if required to.

The vessel remained detained at the end of the month.

* A Hong Kong flagged, 12037 GT general cargo vessel was detained in Liverpool on 14/06/05 with a total of 14 deficiencies. A total of 4 detainable deficiencies were identified:

* The lifeboat internal condition was found to be very poor and required a total refurbishment
* The port lifeboat stern gland was cracked
* Both davits had corroded blocks and the sheaves were seized. * The engine room bilge was full of oil and the bilge tank was almost full.

The general condition of the vessel was found to be very poor. The vessel remained detained at the end of the month.

* During the month of June 168 port State control inspections were carried out in the UK. From these inspections a total of 125 vessels had deficiencies raised against them. 87 had between 1 to 5 deficiencies, 28 had between 6 to 10 deficiencies, 9 had between 11 to 20 deficiencies and 1 had more than 20 deficiencies.

Note to Editors

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 (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.

2. 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.

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

4. When applicable the list includes those passenger craft prevented form operating under the provisions of the EU Directive on Mandatory Surveys for the safe operation of regular Ro-Ro ferry and highspeed 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.

FOREIGN MERCHANT SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN UK PORTS

SHIPS DETAINED IN JUNE 2005

Date & Place of detention: 01/06/2005 - Immingham
Vessel Name: REBECCA HAMMANN (General Cargo) 1595 GT
IMO No: 9119634
Flag: German
Company: Hammann & Prahm Reederei GmbH & Co, Wischhafen, Germany Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd

Summary: Detained for 2 days. 3 recorded deficiencies (1 detainable). Emergency firepump not taking suction. A hatch on an engine room escape door was found padlocked on the outside making exit impossible.

Date & Place of detention: 02/06/2005 - Immingham
Vessel Name: LEONA (General Cargo), 1593 GT
IMO No: 8611013
Flag: German
Company: Christian Jurgensen Brink & Wolffel Schiffart GmbH, Flensburg, Germany
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd

Summary: Detained for 1 day. 1 detainable deficiency recorded. Master's Danish certificate was not revalidated and had expired on 09/05/2005.

Date & Place of detention: 02/06/2005 - Newport
Vessel Name: CHRISTIAN (General Cargo) 2084 GT
IMO No: 7702126
Flag: Antigua & Barbuda
Company: Reederei Erwin Strahlmann, Marne, Germany
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd

Summary: Detained for 5 days. 12 recorded deficiencies (1 detainable). Fire line on deck holed and corroded in a number of places needing replacement of the entire length on the starboard side main deck and on the corroded sections on port side. Access to the ship from shore was unsafe - no net under gangway. Personal equipment found to be missing, i.e. gloves, apron, eye protection for chemical handling. Fire escape blocked by paint drums.

Date & Place of detention: 06/06/2005 - Hull
Vessel Name: YANA E (General Cargo) 1430 GT
IMO No: 7028805
Flag: Cambodia
Company: Nargen Ltd Tallinn, Estonia
Classification Society: INCLAMAR

Summary: Detained for 2 days. 11 recorded deficiencies (2 detainable). Davit arm for lifeboats corroded, and no objective evidence of mandatory 5 yearly load test being undertaken. Fixed fire extinguishing installation not as required with firemain holed and unsupported. Fire fighting detection not as required with no proper means of testing the system. Lights were found to be damaged and defective. Alarm system not as required with no objective evidence of calibration of oil monitoring equipment. Accident prevention deficient - no obvious plan available on board. Lifeboat inventory was found to be expired - medical supplies out of date. This ship was released on 07/06/2005 to undertake a single voyage to Riga to conduct supervised load test on davits.

Date & Place of detention: 14/06/2005 - Liverpool
Vessel Name: NEW VEGA (General Cargo) 12037 GT
IMO No: 8503888
Flag: Hong Kong
Company: Dalian Saint Dragon Shipmanagement Co Ltd, Dalian, China Classification Society: Bureau Veritas, (ISM Auditor China Classification Society)

Summary: This vessel was still under detention at the end of June. 14 recorded deficiencies, 4 detainable. The general condition of the vessel was extremely poor. Lifeboats and davits were found to not be properly maintained. Lifeboat wooden internal structure was rotten, several pulleys and rollers on the davits were seized suggesting a lack of maintenance over a long period. Watertight doors were not as required with holes in bulkhead below door at portside entrance. Sanitary conditions poor - no flushing water and galley required cleaning.

Date & Place of detention: 14/06/2005 - Grimsby
Vessel Name: LANGUST (General Cargo) 716 GT
IMO No: 6900771
Flag: Cambodia
Company: NORFOS Shipping Ltd, Tallinn, Estonia
Classification Society: INCLAMAR

Summary: Detained for 2 days. 18 recorded deficiencies, (2 detainable). Fuel lines from auxiliary generators in close proximity to an un-insulated exhaust. The cleanliness of the engine room was substandard which constituted a fire hazard. Stowage of rescue boats not as required with their position obstructing access.
Certification for medical care deficient - the Bosun's medical certificate had expired on March 2005. Doors to emergency battery room, radio battery room and starboard side entry to accommodation not properly maintained. Navigational passage plan not berth to berth.

Date & Place of detention: 21/06/2005 - Grimsby
Vessel Name: ZARYA (General Cargo) 677 GT
IMO No: 8226325
Flag: Russia
Company: CF Zarya, Murmansk, Russia
Classification Society: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

Summary: Detained for 4 days. 15 recorded deficiencies (2 detainable). Satellite EPIRB not programmed with correct flag/identity, and IMMARSAT SAT 'C' number 2 inoperative. Maintenance of the ship and its equipment were found to not be poor due to lack of full implementation of key maintenance procedures. Radio communications deficient, with radio room emergency light not permanently fitted. Magnetic compass inoperable. Local charts were not as required and not up to date. Lifebuoys were not ready for use, their lights defective, and needing to be remarked. Accident prevention was also found to be deficient, as no safe working areas identified and redundant equipment impairing access. Development of plans for shipboard operations were found to be incomplete - passage plans not berth to berth.

Date & Place of detention: 21/06/2005 - Lowestoft
Vessel Name: BETATANK II (Oil tanker) 58086 GT
IMO No: 8613798
Flag: Liberia
Company: Estorial Navigation Ltd Piraeus, Greece
Classification Society: Lloyds Register of Shipping

Summary: Detained for 5 days. 13 deficiencies recorded (3 detainable), GMDSS reserve battery bank defective, EPIRB inoperative. Abandon ship drills displayed a lack of knowledge as the crew were unable to launch lifeboat satisfactorily. Cockroaches were found in galley and accommodation. Sanitary facilities were found to be extremely poor with numerous shower curtains missing. Electric equipment such as light covers were missing, or unsafe and hanging loose, electric earth wires on some fittings were missing or not connected.

Date & Place of detention: 21/06/2005 - Aberdeen
Vessel Name: ROSITA (General Cargo) 2316 GT
IMO No: 7605873
Flag: Antigua & Barbuda
Company: Lubeca Marine (Germany) GMBH & COKG, Germany
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd

Summary: Detained for 1 day. 12 recorded deficiencies (1 detainable). Lifeboat engines were not in working order and not ready for immediate use. VHF and MF radio installation faulty and AIS gave incorrect call sign. Deficiencies were also found relating to the maintenance of the ship and its equipment with missing maintenance regimes for fire hoses, tables of working hours not in the correct format, records for ratings incorrect, and charts missing. Cold room temperatures were not as required and no thermometers provided for fridges and freezers. There was also no means of safe access from shore to ship.

Date & Place of detention: 27/06/2005 - Cardiff
Vessel Name: STORM (Oil Tanker) 17233 GT
IMO No: 8001567
Flag: Liberia
Company: Val Enterprises SA, Piraeus, Greece
Classification Society: Bureau Veritas

Summary: This vessel still under detention at the end of June. 29 deficiencies recorded (6 detainable). Launching arrangements for survival craft not properly maintained with port lifeboat engine unable to start effectively. Funnel vent fire dampers do not close completely. Lack of control, training and knowledge in fire drills was evident as 15 men entered the area of fire while drill was in progress, no fire suits or breathing gear were available, no fire team entered the scene of the fire after 45 minutes, and no contingency plan was evident in the case of fire. Launching arrangements for survival craft not as required as abandon ship drill was stopped due to port lifeboat being lowered with air (lifting) motor running. The officer did not trust the brakes as they were difficult to control. Also no head count was taken during the abandon ship drill. Nautical publications were also missing from onboard the vessel. The state of cleanliness on board was unacceptable - Cockroaches were found in officers' accommodation along with a lack of suitable furnishings. While sanitary facilities were especially poor with no hot water in sinks and toilet flushes inoperative. Food preparation areas were extremely dirty and disorganized, with most food and vegetables out of date and rotten.

Date & Place of detention: 29/06/2005 - Falmouth
Vessel Name: ODYSSEY EXPLORER (Survey vessel) 1697 GT
IMO No: 7125811
Flag: Bahamas
Company: Marr Vessel Management Ltd, Hull, UK
Classification Society: Lloyds Register of Shipping

Summary: Detained for 1 day. 11 recorded deficiencies (3 detainable). Cleanliness of engine room was found to be of an insufficient standard with deficient machinery, greasy/slippery surfaces, numerous exhaust leakages and surfaces coated in exhaust grease. Protective fencing around machinery was also missing or damaged.

DETENTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS

Date & Place of detention: 05/09/2000 - Lowestoft
Vessel Name: OLIVER FELIX (Tug) 144 GT
IMO No: 5281128
Flag: Honduras
Company: General Maritime Ltd, London
Classification Society: International Naval Surveys Bureau - INSB

Summary: Allowed to sail to Southampton for scrapping and re-detained on arrival, (27/02/03). 50 recorded deficiencies. Magnetic Compass deviation card missing, daylight signals missing, excess oil in engine room constituting a fire hazard, ship's certificates expired. Ship still under detention but now sold on and undergoing refurbishment.

Date & Place of detention: 08/08/2003 - Tyne
Vessel Name: GLORIA (General Cargo) 657 GT
IMO No: 6523107
Flag: Estonia
Company: Timant Ltd, Tallinn, Estonia
Classification Society: None

Summary: Still under detention at the end of June. 57 deficiencies recorded prior to inspection being suspended. Vessel unsafe due to condition of ship's hull structure, deck transverse beams holed with corrosion, numerous side frames distorted due to operational damage, vessel fails to meet the stability requirements for a vessel loading bulk grain, evidence of insect infestation in cargo hold.

Date & Place of detention: 25/05/2005 - Sheerness
Vessel Name: WALINI (Refrigerated Cargo) 3801 GT
IMO No: 7916454
Flag: Morocco
Company: Company de Transport Maritime SA, Casablanca, Morocco Classification Society: Bureau Veritas

Summary: Detained for 11 days and released from detention on 6th June. 43 recorded deficiencies. MF/HF and VHF aerials found to be defective. The maintenance of the ship and its equipment was inadequate, and a number of deficiencies suggested on board safety management procedures were insufficient to ensure compliance with international requirements. Numerous defects with lifeboats were found. There was insufficient food on board for the intended voyage, and storage facilities for provisions were unhygienic and in need of repair. Sanitary conditions for the crew were extremely poor - 4 showers and 2 toilets in need of repair and all facilities required cleaning. No charts available for area of operations and Notice to Mariners not up to date. Passage plan not berth to berth.