FORTUNE YOUNGIN (IMO 9322970) detained at Tanjung Priok, October 2026
The 20-year-old chemical/oil products tanker Fortune Youngin has been detained at Tanjung Priok, Indonesia, marking the vessel's first detention in a PSC record spanning 28 inspections and two decades. The detention is a notable break from a historically clean record under stable South Korean ownership, and comes just months after the vessel was inspected without incident at the same port.
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Fortune Youngin was detained at Tanjung Priok, Indonesia on 5 October 2026. The vessel's recognised organisation is Korean Register (KR) and the ISM company is Fortune Marine Co Ltd. No specific deficiency codes or deficiency count have been published in the detention notice at this time. AIS data shows the vessel at anchor with a stated destination of Sungai Udang Port, Malaysia and an ETA of 7 October, a schedule now disrupted by the detention.
The vessel
Fortune Youngin is a chemical/oil products tanker built in 2006 by STX Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea. At 7,699 GT and 11,420 DWT, with a length overall of 116.5 metres and a beam of 20 metres, she sits in the handy-size segment of the product/chemical tanker fleet. She flies the South Korean flag, which she has carried since April 2014, and is classed by Korean Register. Before her current identity, the vessel traded as Clipper Karina under Bahamian and briefly Italian flags. At 20 years old, she is approaching the age band where port state inspectors apply heightened scrutiny to structural and mechanical condition.
Inspection history
This detention is genuinely surprising. Fortune Youngin's PSC record contains 28 inspections across five MoU regimes dating back to March 2006, and not a single prior detention. The vessel has accumulated 38 deficiencies over that period for a rate of 1.4 per inspection, a modest figure for a tanker of her age. The majority of inspections, 16 in total, have been under the Tokyo MoU, reflecting her long trading pattern in Asian waters. She has also been examined five times by Paris MoU authorities, five times by the US Coast Guard, once under the Indian Ocean MoU, and once under the Mediterranean MoU. Recent inspection activity has been routine: a clean inspection at Sandakan in May 2024, a single deficiency at Belawan in October 2024, a fire safety deficiency at Port Kelang in March 2025, and one deficiency at Tanjung Priok itself in July 2025 with no detention. Notably, her February 2026 inspection at Jiaxing flagged three deficiencies, enough to trigger a follow-up the next day, which she passed. Her most recent inspection before this detention, at Kuching in July 2026, found only a garbage management deficiency under MARPOL Annex V. The worst single inspection on record was in November 2014, shortly after the change to South Korean ownership, when eight deficiencies were recorded at Jiangyin, China, but even that did not result in detention. The record overall is one of a vessel that generates occasional low-severity findings but has consistently avoided detention for 20 years, making this event a clear outlier.
Ownership and management
Fortune Youngin has been under the same management structure since April 2014. BS Shipping Co Ltd of Yeosu, South Korea is both the registered owner and the ship manager/commercial manager, having held both roles since 22 April 2014. Fortune Marine Co Ltd of Busan, South Korea has served as ISM manager since 4 May 2014. BS Shipping operates a fleet of 10 vessels; Fortune Marine manages eight. There has been zero management churn in over 12 years, a point of stability that is reflected in the VesselScore. Before the 2014 acquisition, the vessel was owned by Clipper Fourth ApS (from June 2010) and commercially managed by MOL Chemical Tankers Europe AS, trading as Clipper Karina. The transition to South Korean ownership in 2014 also brought a flag change from the Bahamas to South Korea and a name change to Fortune Youngin.
Risk profile
VesselScore rates Fortune Youngin at 70.1 out of 100, placing her in the "below average risk" calibration band with an estimated detention probability of 2.71%. The score benefits substantially from the absence of any prior detentions (zero penalty on a 20-point component) and zero management churn (zero penalty on a 15-point component). Age is the vessel's largest single risk contributor: at 20 years old, she draws 8.0 points out of a possible 10 on the age baseline. The flag/class combination adds 6.0 out of 10. Deficiency rate contributes 6.2 out of 15, and severity mix 6.7 out of 10, both reflecting a history of low-level, non-detainable findings. AIS behaviour adds 3.0 out of 5, driven by three loitering events and no AIS gaps. Sanctions screening is clear and no casualties are on record. The vessel is not in the EU MRV system, so fuel efficiency and hull condition components are unscored. This detention will recalibrate the model on the next scoring cycle; the 20-point detention component will no longer be zero.
What to watch
The immediate question is the nature and severity of the deficiencies that triggered this detention, which have not yet been published. The vessel's destination was Sungai Udang, Malaysia; any delay will have commercial consequences. Charterers and underwriters should monitor for the release notice and the specific deficiency codes, which will indicate whether this is a documentation or procedural issue or something structural. Given the vessel's age of 20 years, any findings related to hull integrity, machinery, or safety equipment condition would be more significant than a paperwork lapse. The vessel's next Tokyo MoU inspection will carry a heightened targeting profile as a result of this detention. The VesselScore detention probability will increase materially upon the next recalculation.
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