EVER LUCKY (IMO 9604172) detained at Shenzhen, October 2026
Evergreen Marine's 9,466-TEU container ship EVER LUCKY has been detained at Shenzhen on 9 October 2026, marking the vessel's first detention in over 12 years of service spanning 33 prior port state control inspections, all of which she passed without being held. The detention is a genuine outlier for a vessel managed continuously by the same operator since delivery and classed throughout by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai.
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EVER LUCKY was detained at Shenzhen on 9 October 2026 by Chinese port state control authorities. The vessel is flagged Panama, classed by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), and managed under the ISM Code by Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan). Neither the number of deficiencies nor their specific codes have been published in the THETIS listing at the time of this briefing. At the time of detention, AIS showed the vessel under way and bound for Ningbo with an ETA of 11 October.
The vessel
EVER LUCKY is a 9,466-TEU gearless container ship built in 2014 by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries at Geoje, South Korea. She measures 334.98 metres LOA and 45.8 metres beam, with a gross tonnage of 99,995 and deadweight of 103,668. The vessel is powered by a MAN 9K98ME7 two-stroke diesel engine and has a design speed of 25.8 knots. She has been Panama-flagged and carried the name EVER LUCKY since delivery in July 2014. ClassNK has classed her continuously from that date.
Inspection history
The record is remarkable for its consistency. Across 33 port state control inspections spanning from July 2014 to March 2026, EVER LUCKY was never detained. She accumulated just 20 deficiencies in total, a rate of 0.6 per inspection, which is low for a vessel of this age and trading pattern. The inspections are spread across four regimes: 18 under the Tokyo MoU, 10 by the US Coast Guard, four under the Paris MoU, and one under the Viña del Mar Agreement. The worst single result was a six-deficiency inspection at Antwerp in July 2022, which flagged ballast water management documentation, seafarer employment agreements, rest period records, crew emergency familiarisation, and fire safety (means of escape). Even that inspection did not result in detention. Since Antwerp 2022, the vessel recorded 11 inspections with zero deficiencies and one inspection at Shenzhen in February 2023 with a single deficiency. Three inspections at Callao in late 2024 through early 2026, plus two follow-up inspections at Valparaíso in February 2025, were all clean. This makes the Shenzhen detention in October 2026 a clear departure from an otherwise spotless operational history.
Ownership and management
There has been zero churn in the ownership and management chain. Evergreen Marine Corp, headquartered in Taipei, has served as ship manager, commercial manager, and ISM manager since delivery on 8 July 2014. The registered owner is Greencompass Marine SA, a single-purpose entity also care-of Evergreen Marine Corp in Taipei, operating a fleet of 22 vessels. Evergreen Marine Corp itself manages a fleet of 175 ships. The vessel has never changed name, flag, classification society, or management company.
Risk profile
VesselScore rates EVER LUCKY at 70.2 out of 100, placing her in a calibration band with a modelled detention probability of 1.84%, labelled "below average risk." The score is penalised primarily by two components: the detention sub-score (c2) contributed 10 points of risk on a 20-point scale, and severity mix (c3) contributed the full 10 points on a 10-point scale. These reflect the concentration of the Antwerp 2022 deficiencies, which spanned multiple categories. The age baseline added 4.8 points on a 10-point scale, consistent with a 12-year-old vessel. AIS behaviour (c9) scored 5 out of 5 risk points, with three AIS gaps and three loitering events flagged. Notably, the vessel scored zero risk on manager churn, flag/class quality, hull condition, sanctions, and casualties. No recent MRV data was available for fuel efficiency benchmarking.
What to watch
The immediate question is what deficiencies triggered this detention; the absence of deficiency codes in the THETIS listing leaves that unanswered for now. Charterers should monitor the release timeline and the specific findings, particularly whether they relate to structural or safety-critical items on a vessel now approaching its second special survey cycle. Given the vessel's otherwise pristine 12-year record under continuous Evergreen management, an isolated operational lapse is a different risk profile from systemic neglect. The certificate data last recorded in the report dates from the July 2022 Antwerp inspection, with many statutory certificates showing expiry dates in 2024; confirmation of renewal status would be prudent. AIS behaviour flags, three gaps and three loitering events, are worth noting for compliance-sensitive charters.
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