GELMOND 2 (IMO 9403487) detained at Porto Nogaro, October 2026
The Turkish-managed general cargo ship GELMOND 2 has been detained by Italian authorities at Porto Nogaro on 9 October 2026, marking her fourth detention in a PSC record spanning 36 inspections since 2008. The vessel, which scored 47 out of 100 on VesselScore with maximum penalty points for deficiency rate, flag/class risk, and age, has a history of oscillating between Russian and St Kitts and Nevis flags and has cycled through six ISM management changes in 18 years of service.
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GELMOND 2 was detained at Porto Nogaro, Italy, on 9 October 2026. The vessel is flagged to Saint Kitts and Nevis and classified as a general cargo ship. No deficiency count, recognised organisation, or ISM company details were published at the time the detention was recorded in THETIS. This is the vessel's second detention in an Italian port; she was previously inspected at Napoli (2014), Palermo (2015), and Venezia (2013) without being held. Porto Nogaro is a small Adriatic port in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, consistent with the vessel's established eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea trading pattern.
The vessel
GELMOND 2 is a 3,923 GT, 5,492 DWT general cargo ship built in 2008 at Ceksan Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey. She measures 115.2 metres LOA with a beam of 15.9 metres and has a modest 113 TEU capacity. At 18 years old, she is firmly in the mature segment of the handy-size general cargo fleet. The vessel was originally delivered as GELIUS 2 and carried that name until January 2021, when she was renamed GELMOND 2 upon reflagging to St Kitts and Nevis. Classification was originally with the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, whose status is now recorded as withdrawn. Bureau Veritas (IACS) took over classification with a status recorded as "Delivered" since 22 March 2022. The certificates on record, last verified at the March 2022 UK MCA inspection at Newport, were overwhelmingly issued by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, with many carrying expiry dates in January and February 2023. Whether these have been renewed under Bureau Veritas is not confirmed in the available data.
Inspection history
GELMOND 2 has been inspected 36 times by port state control authorities across three MoU regimes since March 2008, accumulating 134 deficiencies and three detentions prior to this latest one. That is a career detention rate of roughly 8.3%, and the current event pushes it above 10% on a career basis. The three prior detentions tell their own story. The first came at Gemlik, Turkey, in December 2015 under Mediterranean MoU, with a substantial 14 deficiencies recorded. The second was at Haifa, Israel, in April 2021, with five deficiencies. The third, at Burgas, Bulgaria, in March 2024 under Black Sea MoU, produced 10 deficiencies. The interval between detentions has shortened: roughly five years between the first and second, then under three years between the second and third, and now roughly 18 months between the third and fourth. The deficiency record is volatile. The vessel has returned clean scores on several occasions, including at Samsun (March 2025), Sibenik (October 2024), Alexandria (September 2024), and Chalkis (April 2023). But high-deficiency inspections punctuate the record: 23 deficiencies at Ashdod in April 2014, 14 at Gemlik in December 2015, 10 at Burgas in March 2024, 8 at Haifa in May 2025, and 8 at Rijeka in November 2016. The career average of 3.7 deficiencies per inspection is elevated for a vessel of this size and type. Recent inspections show a mixed trend. A clean call at Samsun in March 2025 was followed by eight deficiencies at Haifa in May 2025, then seven at Constanta in November 2025, and three at Trabzon in February 2026. The Trabzon inspection flagged emergency lighting, emergency generator issues, and defective ropes and wires. The vessel trades across Paris, Mediterranean, and Black Sea MoU jurisdictions, with 15, 11, and 10 inspections respectively, giving her high visibility to PSC authorities across all three regimes.
Ownership and management
The vessel's ownership and management structure is rooted in a cluster of Turkish companies sharing the same Besiktas, Istanbul address. Albros Shipping & Trading Co has served as ship manager and commercial manager continuously since the vessel was delivered in January 2008. The registered owner is Gelius 1 Shipping Co Ltd, recorded since October 2018, with its correspondence address listed care of Albros. ISM management, however, has been notably restless. The record shows six ISM manager changes across five entities since 2008. Albros initially held the ISM role from mid-2008, then handed it to its affiliate Albros-Don Shipping Co Ltd in 2012. Albros resumed the role in December 2015, briefly ceded it to Nevaris LLC from October 2016 to December 2017, then took it back. Since January 2021, the ISM role has sat with Sarfo Denizcilik ve Ticaret AS, another Istanbul-based operator with a fleet of 27 vessels, also headquartered on the same street in Besiktas. Sarfo has now held the ISM role for nearly six years, the longest single tenure on record. The two detentions under Sarfo's ISM watch (Haifa 2021 and Burgas 2024), plus the current detention at Porto Nogaro, give the company a detention frequency of roughly one every two years for this vessel. The flag history mirrors the management churn. The vessel has switched between St Kitts and Nevis and Russia four times since 2008, most recently reflagging to St Kitts and Nevis in January 2021. She has remained under that flag since.
Risk profile
VesselScore rates GELMOND 2 at 47 out of 100, placing her in an "elevated attention" calibration band with an estimated detention probability of 6.64%. Three components scored at their maximum penalty: the deficiency rate (15 of 15 points), the severity mix of deficiencies (10 of 10), and the flag/class risk component (10 of 10). The vessel's age baseline also scored the maximum 10 of 10 points, reflecting her 18 years in service. The prior detention history contributed 5 of a possible 20 points, a relatively modest score that reflects the spacing of detentions over the vessel's career. Notably, manager churn scored zero, indicating VesselScore's model does not penalise the current period of ISM stability under Sarfo. AIS behaviour contributed 3 of 5 points, driven by three loitering events and no AIS gaps. The vessel is clear on sanctions and has no casualty record. No MRV emissions data was available for fuel efficiency or hull condition scoring. The flag/class combination is a key risk factor. St Kitts and Nevis is not a Paris MoU white-list flag, and the transition from Russian Maritime Register of Shipping to Bureau Veritas in 2022 coincides with broader sanctions-related classification shifts across the Black Sea fleet. The full-penalty score on this component reflects the elevated targeting profile that vessels with this flag attract from PSC authorities.
What to watch
The immediate question is the nature and number of deficiencies behind this detention, which were not yet published at the time of reporting. Porto Nogaro falls under Paris MoU jurisdiction, meaning the detention will feed directly into the vessel's THETIS targeting profile and increase her ship risk profile for future European port calls. With four career detentions, the vessel is now approaching thresholds that could trigger refusal of access under Paris MoU rules if further detentions accumulate within the rolling window. Charterers should verify the status of statutory certificates, many of which were last confirmed in early 2022 and carried 2023 expiry dates under the now-withdrawn Russian Maritime Register of Shipping classification. Confirmation that Bureau Veritas has issued current replacement certificates is essential. The accelerating detention frequency, from a five-year gap to 18 months, is the trend that should concern underwriters and charterers most.
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