EMILY (IMO 1037880) detained at Hong Kong, October 2026
The Togo-flagged deck cargo ship EMILY was detained in Hong Kong on 7 October 2026, marking the vessel's first detention in a short operational life of just three years. The ship has undergone three name changes, three flag changes, and a complete ownership overhaul since delivery in 2023, with the current manager, OceanShield Maritime Group, taking over only seven weeks before the detention.
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EMILY was detained at Hong Kong on 7 October 2026 following a port state control inspection. The THETIS record does not specify the number or nature of deficiencies cited. The vessel's recognised organisation at the time of detention was Union Bureau of Shipping, and the ISM company listed was Ariaz Worldwide Shipping Corp., a name that does not appear anywhere in the vessel's management history on record. The discrepancy between the ISM company shown on the detention notice and the vessel's registered management chain is notable and unexplained by the available data. At the time of detention, the vessel was at anchor in Chinese coastal waters.
The vessel
EMILY is a 2023-built deck cargo ship of 6,389 GT and 9,935 DWT, measuring 111 metres LOA with a beam of 27.8 metres. She was delivered under the Chinese flag as Yue Long Lan Tian, reflagged to Panama and renamed Talent Fiona in November 2023, and then reflagged again to Togo under her current name EMILY in August 2026. Classification is listed as Intermaritime Certification Services, S.A., with a status of "Delivered". For a vessel only three years old, the volume of identity changes is unusually high and signals a restless ownership and trading profile. The ship's current draught is 5.1 metres.
Inspection history
Prior to this detention, EMILY had undergone three PSC inspections since December 2023, accumulating seven deficiencies and zero detentions. The first two inspections took place at Humen, China, under the Tokyo MoU in December 2023: an initial inspection found two water/weathertight condition deficiencies (doors, railings/gangways), and a follow-up four days later cleared the vessel with no deficiencies. The third inspection, a more detailed inspection at Kingston, Jamaica, under the Caribbean MoU in October 2025, recorded five deficiencies across four categories: life-saving appliances (buoyant apparatus), propulsion and auxiliary machinery (auxiliary engine), safety of navigation (voyage or passage plan), and working and living conditions (electrical devices). Five deficiencies on a vessel barely two years old is a poor showing, though the inspection did not result in detention. The deficiency rate across the three inspections stands at 2.3 per inspection. There is a gap of nearly two years between the Humen inspections and the Kingston inspection, during which no PSC records appear.
Ownership and management
The ownership and management record for this three-year-old vessel is exceptionally turbulent. The ship was reported sold to China at delivery in February 2023. By November 2023, Anhui Yikun Shipping Co Ltd had taken on both registered ownership and ship management, with Qingdao Everbright Ship-Chr serving as ISM Manager from late November 2023. On 17 August 2026, the entire management structure changed simultaneously: OceanShield Maritime Group Ltd, registered at a Tsim Sha Tsui address in Hong Kong, took over as registered owner, ship manager, and commercial manager. The ISM Manager role was recorded as "UNKNOWN" from the same date. The detention notice, however, lists a different entity entirely, Ariaz Worldwide Shipping Corp., as the ISM company. This is the third distinct ownership configuration in under three years of the vessel's life. OceanShield Maritime Group had been in charge for approximately 51 days when the vessel was detained.
Risk profile
VesselScore rated EMILY at 62.3 out of 100, placing the vessel in a calibration band of 1.5% to 2.0% detention probability, labelled "below average risk". The score is driven upward by a clean detention record (0 points on the detention component, the best possible) and a low age baseline (1.2 of 10 points, reflecting the 2023 build). The deficiency rate component scored at maximum (15 of 15 points), indicating the rate is elevated relative to peers, as does the severity mix component (10 of 10 points). The flag and class component scored 6 of 10 points, reflecting the combination of Togo flag and Intermaritime Certification Services classification, neither of which carries the strongest port state performance records. Manager churn scored only 2.5 of 15 points, capturing the frequent ownership transitions. AIS behaviour scored 3 of 5, with three loitering events detected and no AIS gaps. No sanctions or casualty flags were raised.
What to watch
The immediate question is the release timeline and what deficiencies were cited. Charterers and underwriters should pay close attention to the identity of the actual ISM company: the detention notice names Ariaz Worldwide Shipping Corp., a company absent from the vessel's formal management history. Whether this represents a documentation gap, a recent appointment not yet reflected in the record, or something else is a question that requires clarification before any fixture. The combination of Togo flag, Union Bureau of Shipping as recognised organisation (distinct from the classification society on record, Intermaritime Certification Services), an "UNKNOWN" ISM Manager in the formal record, and a brand-new owner/manager with less than two months' tenure creates a due diligence profile that demands thorough vetting. The next PSC inspection, whenever it occurs, will be critical in establishing whether the vessel's condition has stabilised under its new management.
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