ship detentions

Russia calls on South Korea to release detained sanctioned tanker

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned South Korea’s ambassador in Moscow on Monday and demanded that Seoul allow a Russian vessel to leave South Korea’s port of Busan, Reuters reported.

The vessel, named ‘Sevastopol’, was one of six Russian-flagged vessels targeted by United States sanctions in August for their alleged breach of United Nations restrictions on North Korea.

Namely, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) added in August the Russian company Gudzon...

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Foreign-flagged ships detained in UK during August

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that eight foreign-flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during August 2018, after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. From these, there were five new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port, while three vessels remained under detention from previous months. A total of three vessels remained under detention at the end of August.

New detentions

  • The Switzerland-flagged ‘Luzern’ was detained on 7th August 2018 at...

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Maersk ship detained in Tunisia over ‘Maersk Honam’ claims

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, has confirmed that one of its ships was detained in the Port of Sfax, Tunisia, on 10 September over an insurance dispute related to the major ‘Maersk Honam’ fire incident back in March 2018.

According to local media sources, the 1,068 TEU container ship ‘Alexander Maersk’ arrived in Sfax on 8 September, but was arrested in relation to Tunisian shippers’ claims on cargo losses they suffered in Maersk Honam fire.

The 15,000 TEU boxship ‘Maersk...

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42 ships under detention in Paris MoU in August

The Paris MoU issued an updated list with the ships detained in the Paris MoU region during August, citing a total of 42 ships.

‘Ship allowed to sail to nearest repair yard for repairs’: in general, a ship is not released from detention before all necessary repairs have been made. However, sometimes it is not possible to repair all defects at the place of detention.

Therefore, a detained ship may be allowed to sail to a repair yard without really being released from detention. In the list those...

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