CHUANG HAI XING 1 (IMO 8672744) detained at Xiamen, October 2026
The 16-year-old general cargo vessel was detained at Xiamen on 2 October 2026, its fifth detention in just over three years under the same ownership group. The vessel has traded under four names, cycled through at least five flag states, and carries classification from Panama Maritime Documentation Services, a non-IACS society, placing it firmly in the highest risk bracket for charterers and underwriters.
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The vessel, identified in THETIS as CHUANG HAI XING 1 and in the Equasis register as HE SHENG SHUN 29, was detained at the port of Xiamen, China on 2 October 2026. The detention lists Asia Shipping Certification Services (ASCS) as the recognised organisation and Oriental Fortune Int'l Shipping (HK) Ltd as the ISM company. Neither the specific deficiency codes nor the deficiency count have been published at the time of writing. The vessel's AIS position confirms she remains at anchor off Xiamen with a listed destination of 'CN XIA MEN/OFF' and an ETA of 8 October.
The vessel
HE SHENG SHUN 29 is a 2010-built general cargo ship of 8,329 GT and 12,248 DWT, with a length overall of 140 metres and a beam of 20 metres. She is diesel-powered. The vessel's flag state history is unusually complex: she was originally registered in China, switched to Panama in January 2015, returned to China in June 2018, went back to Panama in September 2022, briefly reverted to China in March 2024, moved to Togo in April 2024, and most recently re-flagged to China in June 2026. At the time of detention she was recorded under the Sierra Leone flag, a state not yet reflected in the report's flag history, indicating yet another change. Classification is held by Panama Maritime Documentation Services (PMDS), a non-IACS society. The vessel has sailed under four names since delivery: Heng Chang Yuan 2 (2010), Zhe Yuan 2 (2013), Zhong Yu 57 (2015), and He Sheng Shun 29 (2022).
Inspection history
The PSC record tells a clear story of a vessel that attracts sustained port state attention. Across 46 inspections on record, all within the Tokyo MoU, the vessel has accumulated 96 deficiencies and four detentions prior to the current event, yielding a deficiency rate of roughly 2.1 per inspection. The detentions cluster tightly after the 2022 ownership change: Changshu in June 2023 (14 deficiencies), Nakhodka in September 2023 (22 deficiencies, an exceptionally high count), Vostochny in November 2023 (5 deficiencies), and Shanghai in April 2025 (6 deficiencies). Before the ownership transition, the vessel had zero detentions across 11 inspections from January 2015 to February 2018 under previous management. The pattern is unmistakable: no detentions in seven years of prior service, then four in under two years once the current ownership took hold, with the Xiamen detention in October 2026 now making five. The vessel has also required a conspicuous number of follow-up inspections, including four consecutive follow-ups at Nakhodka in February and March 2025 following the Shanghai detention. The trading pattern is heavily concentrated in Russian Far East ports (Nakhodka, Vostochny, Zarubino, Slavyanka, Posyet) and Chinese bulk terminals (Caofeidian, Changshu, Shanghai), consistent with a Russia-China cargo shuttle.
Ownership and management
The vessel is owned by Xiamen Heshengshun Shipping Co, which also serves as ship manager and commercial manager, a role it has held since late October 2022. The ISM manager on the Equasis record is Hongkong Yuanshun Trading Co, in place since November 2022. Both companies share the same physical address in Xiamen's Xiangan district, indicating a tightly connected operation. The ISM company listed on the THETIS detention record, Oriental Fortune Int'l Shipping (HK) Ltd, does not appear in the vessel's Equasis management history, which is a discrepancy worth noting. Before the current ownership, the vessel was managed by Zhongyu Ocean Shipping Co Ltd (ISM and commercial manager from January 2015) and owned by Zhongxin Ocean Shipping Co Ltd. The handover in September-November 2022 involved an intermediate appointment of Hongkong Hangsheng Trading Co as both ISM and commercial manager for a matter of weeks before Xiamen Heshengshun and Hongkong Yuanshun took over. Xiamen Heshengshun operates a fleet of just two vessels.
Risk profile
VesselScore rates the vessel at 49.9 out of 100, placing it in the 'very high risk' calibration band with an observed detention probability of 10.7%. The score is driven principally by three components, all of which score at maximum penalty. The detention history component (c2) scores a full 20 out of 20 penalty points, reflecting the four prior detentions. The flag and class component (c5) scores 10 out of 10, consistent with classification by a non-IACS society and a flag history that includes Togo, Panama, and Sierra Leone. The age baseline (c6) also scores the maximum 10 out of 10, reflecting the vessel's 16-year age and general cargo type. The deficiency rate component adds 10.1 out of a possible 15 points. Notably, the severity mix component scores zero, meaning deficiency detail data was insufficient to assess the seriousness of individual findings. The vessel clears sanctions screening and has no recorded casualties.
What to watch
With five detentions in just over three years, this vessel is now firmly in expanded inspection territory across the Tokyo MoU and will face mandatory follow-up inspections before release from Xiamen. Charterers should note the discrepancy between the ISM company named in the detention record (Oriental Fortune Int'l Shipping) and the ISM manager in the vessel's registry (Hongkong Yuanshun Trading Co), which may indicate another management change in progress or a documentation irregularity. The vessel's most recent flag change to Sierra Leone is not yet captured in the registry's flag history, and the classification by PMDS, combined with the separate recognised organisation (ASCS) listed in the detention, adds further opacity. Any counterparty considering this vessel should demand current, verified certificates and clarify who, precisely, is responsible for ISM compliance today.
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