Foreign Merchant Ships under Detention in UK Ports

Ships detained in January 2006

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04/01/2006 – Plymouth
DREAMER I (General Cargo vessel) 1,999 GT
8222197
Panama
Tradewood Shipping Company
Germanischer Lloyd
Detained for 5 days for failing to report a serious incident to the MCA or to the company and having no evidence of planned maintenance for engine room machinery


 
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09/01/2006 – Tyne
AYIA MARINA (Bulk Carrier) 22,511 GT
8306979
Greece
Tri-Marine Shipping Co.
American Bureau of Shipping
Detained for 4 days, vessel unable to stop main engine fuel pumps or engine room fans from outside engine room.


 
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04/01/2006 – Cardiff
ARABELLA (Bulk Carrier) 14,877 GT

8518651
Malta
All Oceans Shipping Co. Ltd.
Korean Register of Shipping
Detained for three days for ISM deficiencies: maintence of ship and equipment, emergency preparedness, resources and personnel, crew training.



 
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20/01/2006 – Hull
GRENLAND (General Cargo) 1,900 GT
7015286
Dominica
SA Shipping
Polski Rejestr Statkow
Detained for 2 days with a hole in the ship’s side in way of the starboard quarter at flat deck level.











The hole in the GRENLAND's hull can be clearly seen, with streaks of cement used to attempt a patch visible on the paintwork below
Hole in the hull of the GRENLAND















The attempted repair from the interior of the vessel
The Cement Patch used to try and repair the hole in the GRENLAND's hull

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26/01/2006 - Grimsby
TORO (Bulk Carrier) 19,031 GT
7814149
Cyprus
Evalend Shipping
Germanischer Lloyd
Detained for 4 days for ISM failures in emergency preparedness, personnel training and vessel maintainance.


 
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26/01/2006 – Fleetwood
SEA RUNNER (Ro-Ro Cargo) 10,669 GT
7606645
Malta
Demline Egypt for Maritime Transport
Bureau Veritas
Detained for 14 days for hull integrity concerns following a pollution incident.


 
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30/01/2006 - Newport
EVER HAPPY (General Cargo Vessel) 18,846 GT
7515303
Malta
Chinese Joint Shipping
China Classification Society
Detained for 7 days for substandard fire drill, generator oil leakage and three major ISM non-conformities.


 
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31/01/2006 – Grimsby
PORSOY (Refrigerated Cargo Vessel) 1,980 GT
7521936
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Hammerfest Kyssttransport
Det Norske Veritas
Detained for 8 days for lifeboat launching equipment failing to function correctly, and oily water separator not working.


 
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31/01/2006 - Plymouth
LIRA (General Cargo Vessel) 1,948 GT
8516744
Slovakia
Yugrefttransflot
Germanischer Lloyd
Detained for 10 days for having an inoperative fire main.


Detentions carried over from previous months

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27/01/2006 – Tyne
STELLA IV (General Cargo) 657 GT
6523107
Comros Islands
Not listed
None
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.


 
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03/11/2005, Falmouth
GALINA (General Cargo) 257 GT
7630385
Georgia
A. M. Yagur
INCLAMAR
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 to new owners.


 
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05/09/2000 – Lowestoft
OLIVER FELIX (Tug) 144 GT
5281128
Honduras
General Maritime Ltd, London
International Naval Surveys Bureau - INSB
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