ANEMOS (IMO 9577472) detained at Constanta, October 2026
The Greek-flagged tug ANEMOS was detained at the Romanian port of Constanta on 13 October 2026, marking the vessel's third detention in just over three years. The 16-year-old tug changed ownership, flag, name, and management less than a year ago, but recurring deficiency patterns in certification and fire safety persist under the new regime.
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ANEMOS was detained at Constanta, Romania, on 13 October 2026. The THETIS record does not specify the number or nature of deficiencies, the recognised organisation, or the ISM company at the time of detention. The vessel's AIS status at the time of the report showed her moored in the Black Sea. Constanta falls under Paris MoU jurisdiction, making this the vessel's second detention within that regime following a stop in Stathelle, Norway, in March 2023.
The vessel
ANEMOS is a 298 GT tug built in 2010 at Vitawani Shipbuilding in Miri, Malaysia. She measures 31.1 metres LOA with a beam of 9.52 metres and a deadweight of 255 tonnes. The vessel sailed as "Northwind" from her delivery in July 2010 until November 2025, when she was renamed ANEMOS and reflagged to Greece. She is currently classed with Registro Italiano Navale (RINA), an IACS member, which took over classification in October 2019 after Bureau Veritas withdrew in September 2013. The gap of over six years between the BV withdrawal and RINA assignment is notable in the record. At 16 years old, she is past mid-life for a working tug, though not unusually so.
Inspection history
The PSC record comprises eight inspections across four MoU regimes between August 2011 and March 2026, yielding a total of 39 deficiencies and two prior detentions before the current Constanta stop. The deficiency rate of 4.9 per inspection is high for a vessel of this size. The early record was benign. Inspections in Australia in 2011 and Darwin in 2012 found modest deficiency counts (three and five respectively) with no detentions. The picture changed sharply in 2023. A more detailed inspection by Norwegian authorities at Stathelle on 27 March 2023 found 10 deficiencies, including an overloaded vessel, expired seafarers' employment agreements, missing charts, an unclean engine room, and compromised weathertight doors. The vessel was detained. Six months later, on 12 September 2023, Indonesian authorities at Tanjung Priok conducted an initial inspection that uncovered 16 deficiencies and resulted in detention. The issues spanned crew certification (missing flag state endorsements, manning document problems, STCW shortfalls), ship certificates (cargo ship safety and construction), fire safety (detection and alarm systems), and life-saving appliances (liferafts, lifejackets, emergency communications). A same-day follow-up inspection cleared the vessel. The most recent inspection before the current detention took place at Valletta on 17 March 2026, under the Mediterranean MoU. Malta conducted a more detailed inspection and recorded five deficiencies covering fire detection and alarm systems, fire doors, the minimum safe manning document, machinery guarding, and the compass correction log. No detention resulted, but fire safety and manning documentation issues reappeared, forming a thread that runs through the entire 2023-2026 record. Fire detection and alarm system deficiencies were flagged in both the September 2023 detention and the March 2026 Valletta inspection. Manning document issues appeared at Stathelle, Tanjung Priok, and Valletta.
Ownership and management
ANEMOS is owned and managed by Nemeca MAE, a Piraeus-based company operating a fleet of 15 vessels. Nemeca took over as both registered owner and ship/commercial manager on 14 November 2025, simultaneously reflagging the vessel from Panama to Greece and renaming her from Northwind to ANEMOS. The previous owner and manager was Efferal Investments Ltd, which held the ship manager/commercial manager role from 1 October 2019. Before Efferal, the vessel was managed by Nordav BV; dates for Nordav's tenure are not recorded. The ISM manager is listed as "Unknown" since the vessel's delivery in July 2010, a data gap that persists in the current record. The timeline shows three distinct management eras in 16 years of service: Nordav BV (build to an unrecorded date), Efferal Investments Ltd (from October 2019), and Nemeca MAE (from November 2025). Both of the vessel's prior detentions occurred under Efferal's management. The flag history is similarly restless: Malaysia at build, Curacao from late 2010, Panama from June 2019, and Greece from November 2025.
Risk profile
VesselScore assigns ANEMOS a score of 42.6 out of 100, placing her in the "Elevated attention" calibration band with a modelled detention probability of 6.14%. The scoring maxes out on two components: deficiency rate (15 of 15 points) and severity mix (10 of 10 points), confirming that the volume and seriousness of deficiencies are the vessel's primary risk drivers. Manager churn contributed 10 of a possible 15 points, reflecting three different management companies and frequent ownership transitions. The flag and class profile scored 8 of 10 points; Greece is a white-list flag under Paris MoU, but the vessel's history of four flag changes and a class society switch weighs against her. Age adds 6.4 of 10 possible points, consistent with a 16-year-old tug. Prior detentions contributed 5 of 20 points; the two detentions in 2023 are now more than 36 months old, dampening their current weight. AIS behaviour analysis recorded three loitering events and no AIS gaps, contributing 3 of 5 points. The vessel is clear of sanctions and has no recorded casualties.
What to watch
The immediate question is the nature and severity of the deficiencies behind this Constanta detention, which were not disclosed in the initial THETIS listing. Given the recurring pattern of fire safety and manning documentation failures across multiple inspections, charterers and underwriters should expect those categories to feature. Release will depend on rectification and a follow-up inspection by Romanian port state control. Nemeca MAE took ownership and management less than 12 months before this detention. The Valletta inspection in March 2026, Nemeca's first recorded PSC encounter as manager, already showed five deficiencies. This Constanta detention, their second, resulted in a hold. The ISM manager remains recorded as "Unknown," a gap that any counterparty should seek to clarify. With three detentions in three and a half years, this vessel will attract heightened targeting at her next port of call under both Paris and Mediterranean MoU targeting matrices.
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