TWELVE FOREIGN SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN THE UK DURING JAN 2006

24 Feb 2006 11:15 AM

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 12 foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during January 2006 after failing Port State Control safety inspection.

Latest monthly figures show that there were 9 new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during January 2006, along with 3 other ships still under detention from previous months. The number of new detentions compared to last month has increased by 50% while the overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last 12 months is 5.19%, which is a 0.02% increase on December's 12 month rate.

During the month of January 134 Port State Control Inspections were carried out in the UK, which brings the total so far this year to 1524 inspections. For those ships inspected during January a total of 101 vessels had deficiencies raised against them. 67 had between 1 to 5 deficiencies, 20 had between 6 to 10 deficiencies, 10 had between 11 to 20 deficiencies and 4 had more than 20 deficiencies.

1 of the vessels detained in December was registered with a flag state listed on the Paris MOU white list, 4 were registered with flag states listed on the Paris MOU grey list, and 6 were registered with flag states listed on the Paris MOU black list. An additional detained vessel was registered with a flag state not included on the Paris MOU lists

3 bulk carriers, 1 tug, 1 ro-ro cargo vessel, 1 refrigerated cargo vessel and 6 general cargo vessels were detained in the UK during January.

Vessels detained in January included the following:

* a 10,669 GT ro-ro cargo vessel detained for hull integrity concerns following a pollution incident. A total of 35 deficiencies were recorded;

* a 1,900 GT general cargo ship detained for 2 days with a holed the hull in way of the starboard quarter at steering flat deck level. No other recorded deficiencies were recorded, but the same vessel had been detained as recently as October at another UK port for lack of up to date charts and defective radiocommunications;

* a 22,511 GT bulk carrier detained for being unable to stop the main engine fuel pumps or engine room fans from outside the engine room A total of 23 deficiences were recorded.

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 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 JANUARY 2006

Date & Place of detention: 04/01/2006 - Plymouth
Vessel Name: DREAMER I (General Cargo vessel) 1,999 GT
IMO No: 8222197
Flag: Panama
Company: Tradewood Shipping Company
Classification Society: Germaischer Lloyd
Summary: Detained for 5 days for failing to report a serious incident to the MCA or the company and having no evidence of planned maintenance for engine room.

Date & Place of detention: 09/01/2006 - Tyne
Vessel Name: AYIA MARINA (Bulk Carrier) 22,511 GT
IMO No: 8306979
Flag: Greece
Company: Tri - Marine Shipping Co.
Classification Society: American Bureau of Shipping
Summary: Still under detantion at the end of January: vessel unable to stop main engine fuel pumps or engine room fans from outside engine room.

Date & Place of detention: 04/01/2006 - Cardiff
Vessel Name: ARABELLA (Bulk Carrier) 14,877 GT
IMO No: 8518651
Flag: Malta
Company: All Oceans Shipping Limited
Classification Society: Korean Register of Shipping
Summary: Detained for three days for ISM deficiencies: maintenance of ship and equipment, emergency preparedness, resources and personnel, crew training.

Date & Place of detention: 20/01/2006 - Hull
Vessel Name: GRENLAND (General Cargo) 1,900 GT
IMO No: 7015286
Flag: Dominica
Company: SA Shipping
Classification Society: Polski Rejestr Statkow
Summary: Detained for 2 days with a hole in the ship's side in way of the starboard quarter at flat deck level.

Date & Place of detention: 26/01/2006 - Grimsby
Vessel Name: TORO (Bulk Carrier) 19,031 GT
IMO No: 7814149
Flag: Cyprus
Company: Evalend Shipping
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd
Summary: Detained for 4 days for ISM failures in emergency preparedness, personnel training and vessel maintainance.

Date & Place of detention: 26/01/2006 - Fleetwood
Vessel Name: SEA RUNNER (Ro-ro Cargo Vessel) 10,699 GT
IMO No: 7606645
Flag: Malta
Company: Demline Egypt for Maritime Transport
Classification Society: bureau Veritas
Summary: Detained for 14 days for hull integrity concerns following a pollution incident.

Date & Place of detention: 30/01/2006 - Newport
Vessel Name: EVER HAPPY (General Cargo Vessel) 18,846 GT IMO No: 7515305
Flag: Malta
Company: Chinese Joint Shipping
Classification Society: China Classification Society
Summary: Detained for 7 days for substandard fire drill, generator oil leakage and three major ISM non-conformities.
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Date & Place of detention: 31/01/2006 - Grimsby
Vessel Name: PORSOY (Refrigerated Cargo Vessel) 1,980 GT IMO No: 7521936
Flag: St Vincent and the Grenadines
Company: Hammerfest Kysstransport
Classification Society: Det Norske Veritas
Summary: Detained for 8 days for lifeboat launching equipment failing to function correctly, and oily water separator not working.

Date & Place of detention: 31/01/2006 - Plymouth
Vessel Name: LIRA (General Cargo Vessel) 1,948 GT
IMO No: 8516744
Flag: Slovakia
Company: Yugrefttransflot
Classification Society: Germanischer Lloyd
Summary: Detained for 10 days for having an inoperative fire main.

DETENTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS

Date & Place of detention: 27/01/2006 - Tyne
Vessel Name: STELLA IV (General Cargo) 657 GT
IMO No: 6523107
Flag: Comoros Islands
Company: Not listed
Classification Society: None
Summary: This vessel is the former Estonian flagged GLORIA which has been under detention since August 2003 with multiple structural deficiencies. The detention was reissued upon the vessel's renaming and transfer to the Comros Islands register, pending the completion of repairs by the vessel's current owners.

Date & Place of detention: 03/11/2005, Falmouth
Vessel Name: GALINA (General Cargo) 257 GT
IMO No: 7630385
Flag: Georgia
Company: A. M. Yagur
Classification Society: INCLAMAR
Summary: Still under detention at the end of January. 7 recorded deficiencies (4 detainable). Detained for auxiliary engines and associated systems being in variously unsafe, defective and unreliable; other machinery and electrical devices and systems being similarly unreliable or unsafe; health, hygiene and sanitary conditions a risk to crew; loose floor plates and other accident hazards on board. The vessel has since been sold.

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.

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