Sunday, August 24, 2008

Foreign-flag ships in detention in UK ports after failing inspections

Eight foreign-flag ships remain under detention in UK ports during July after failing Port State Control inspections.

According to the UK Maritime and Coastguard agency, latest monthly figures show that there were five new detentions of foreign-flagged ships in UK ports during July 2008 and three vessels under detention from previous months. Out of the detained vessels, four were registered with flag states listed on the Paris MOU white list, two were registered with flag states on the grey list, one was registered with a flag state on the black list and one was registered with an unlisted flag state. During July, 107 Port State Control inspections were carried out in the UK.
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