AMIS BRAVE (IMO 9667459) detained at Zhangzhou, October 2026
The Panama-flagged bulker AMIS BRAVE was detained at Zhangzhou, China, on 12 October 2026, marking its first recorded detention in 13 years of service and across 39 prior port state control inspections. The vessel had passed every previous inspection without a single detention, making this event a significant departure from an otherwise exemplary record.
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AMIS BRAVE was detained at the port of Zhangzhou, China, on 12 October 2026. The THETIS listing does not specify the number or nature of deficiencies that led to the detention. The vessel's recognised organisation is Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), and the ISM manager on record is Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd. At the time of the detention, the vessel's AIS signal showed a current draught of 6.2 metres, a destination of Xiamen, and an ETA of 14 October. The vessel was underway.
The vessel
AMIS BRAVE is a 61,467-dwt geared bulk carrier built in 2013 at Shin Kasado Dockyard in Kudamatsu, Japan. She measures 199.98 metres LOA with a beam of 32.24 metres and a gross tonnage of 34,805. The vessel is powered by a MAN B&W 6S50MC-C8 two-stroke diesel engine and is fitted with four cranes rated at 30 tonnes. She has sailed under the Panama flag since delivery in November 2013 and has been classed by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) throughout her life. Originally named Copenship Wisdom at delivery, she was renamed AMIS BRAVE in February 2015. At 13 years old, she is a mid-life Supramax, a common workhorse class in the global dry bulk trades.
Inspection history
The PSC record for AMIS BRAVE is, until this detention, remarkably clean. Across 39 inspections conducted between December 2013 and July 2026, the vessel was never detained. Total deficiencies recorded across all inspections stand at just 22, yielding a deficiency rate of 0.6 per inspection. The vessel has been inspected across eight different MoU regimes: Tokyo (15 inspections), Viña del Mar (6), Indian Ocean (5), Paris (4), US Coast Guard (3), Abuja (2), Mediterranean (2), and Black Sea (2). This is a genuinely global trading profile. The most recent inspections tell an even stronger story. The last 14 inspections, stretching from October 2021 to July 2026, recorded zero deficiencies across every one. The vessel cleared an expanded inspection at Ghent under the Paris MoU in November 2024 with no findings, a meaningful result given the Paris MoU's rigour. She also cleared US Coast Guard standard examinations in 2016, 2020, and 2022 without issue. The only period with any notable deficiency count was early in her life: five deficiencies at Rotterdam in May 2014 (her first Paris MoU expanded inspection), four at Tianjin in May 2019, four at Callao in December 2018, and three at Panjang in March 2018. None of these led to detention. The Zhangzhou detention therefore breaks a pattern of consistent compliance spanning more than a decade.
Ownership and management
The registered owner is Amis Navigation SA, a single-purpose entity registered care of Wisdom Marine Lines SA in Taipei. Wisdom Marine Lines has served as ship manager and commercial manager since the vessel's delivery in November 2013. The ISM management changed hands in December 2022, when Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd of Chennai, India, took over from Wisdom Marine International Inc. Synergy operates a fleet of 143 vessels and is one of the larger third-party ship managers globally. The ownership and commercial management have remained stable since delivery; only the ISM function has changed hands, and that transition occurred nearly four years before this detention. There has been no flag change, no class change, and no registered owner change across the vessel's entire operating life.
Risk profile
VesselScore rated AMIS BRAVE at 73.3 out of 100 as of 13 October 2026, with a modelled detention probability of 2.18%, placing her in the 'below average risk' calibration band. The vessel scored perfectly (zero penalty) on deficiency rate, severity mix, manager churn, flag/class profile, and sanctions screening. The main risk contributors were modest: an age baseline penalty of 5.9 points out of 10 (reflecting her 13 years of service), a fuel efficiency penalty of 6.4 points out of 10 relative to 3,726 peer vessels, and an AIS behaviour score of 3.0 out of 5, driven by three recorded loitering events with no AIS gaps. The detention component carried a 10-point penalty with a raw score of 0.5, which was calculated before the current detention and reflected the absence of prior detentions but factored in fleet or flag-level base rates. Hull condition showed an 8.2% degradation, contributing 1.4 points out of 5. No casualties or sanctions flags are on record. In short, the model saw this as a low-risk vessel, and the detention is a statistical outlier against her profile.
What to watch
The immediate priority is the release inspection. With no deficiency detail yet published, charterers and underwriters should monitor THETIS for the specific findings that triggered the detention. Given the vessel's spotless prior record, the nature of the deficiencies will be critical in determining whether this reflects an isolated operational lapse or a deeper maintenance issue. The vessel's certificates, all issued by ClassNK, were current as of the most recent inspection in July 2026, with most statutory certificates valid through November 2028. The vessel's ETA for Xiamen on 14 October indicates she was mid-voyage at the time of detention; any delay will have commercial consequences for the charterer. This is a first detention for a vessel with an otherwise exemplary record; the follow-up inspection outcome will determine whether this is an anomaly or the start of a trend.
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