UK. MCA announces 7 foreign ships under detention during January
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 7 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during January 2009 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there were 6 new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during January 2009 and 1 vessel under detention from previous months. The overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last twelve months was 3.77% this is slightly down from Decembers' twelve month rate.
During the month of January 145 Port State Control inspections were carried out in the UK. A total of 44 vessels had no deficiencies raised against them, 64 had between one and five deficiencies 27 had between six and ten deficiencies 7 had between eleven and twenty deficiencies and there were 3 vessels inspected that had more than twenty deficiencies.
Out of the detained vessels, 5 were registered with flags states listed on the Paris MOU white list, none were registered with flag states on the grey list, 1 was registered with a flag state on the black list and 1 was registered with an unlisted flag state.
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 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.
Recognised Organisation
The "organisation" - responsible for conducting the statutory surveys: and issuing statutory certificates, (on behalf of the Flag State).
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.
Vessels detained in January included:
A 22,638 GT Oil/Chemical Tanker was detained in Belfast as her radar was inoperable and her MF/HF installations were not working correctly. The radar had not been working since July 2008. A major non conformity was identified in respect of the ship maintenance and documentation which was against the SMS system. 43 deficiencies in all were identified, and the ship was still detained at the end of January.
A 2,599 GT Other Cargo vessel was detained in Chatham because oil was being pumped overboard into the dock via the ballast system, in addition the engine room bilges were covered with heavy oil leaking from the fuel treatment unit. The ship was still detained at the end of January
During the month of January 145 Port State Control inspections were carried out in the UK. A total of 44 vessels had no deficiencies raised against them, 64 had between one and five deficiencies 27 had between six and ten deficiencies 7 had between eleven and twenty deficiencies and there were 3 vessels inspected that had more than twenty deficiencies.
Out of the detained vessels, 5 were registered with flags states listed on the Paris MOU white list, none were registered with flag states on the grey list, 1 was registered with a flag state on the black list and 1 was registered with an unlisted flag state.
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 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.
Recognised Organisation
The "organisation" - responsible for conducting the statutory surveys: and issuing statutory certificates, (on behalf of the Flag State).
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.
Vessels detained in January included:
A 22,638 GT Oil/Chemical Tanker was detained in Belfast as her radar was inoperable and her MF/HF installations were not working correctly. The radar had not been working since July 2008. A major non conformity was identified in respect of the ship maintenance and documentation which was against the SMS system. 43 deficiencies in all were identified, and the ship was still detained at the end of January.
A 2,599 GT Other Cargo vessel was detained in Chatham because oil was being pumped overboard into the dock via the ballast system, in addition the engine room bilges were covered with heavy oil leaking from the fuel treatment unit. The ship was still detained at the end of January