INTENSITY (IMO 1078054) detained at Vancouver, September 2026
The newbuild bulk carrier Intensity was detained in Vancouver on 28 September 2026, less than a month after delivery. With no prior PSC inspection history and a management team that took the vessel on only weeks earlier, this is a brand-new ship's first encounter with port state control, and it did not go well.
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Intensity was detained by Transport Canada at the port of Vancouver on 28 September 2026. The detention record from THETIS does not specify the number or nature of deficiencies. Bureau Veritas is the vessel's recognised organisation, and Aegean Bulk Co Inc is listed as the ISM company. At the time of the report, the vessel was underway with a destination of Balboa, Panama, and an ETA of 18 October, indicating she has since been released.
The vessel
Intensity is a 2026-built Kamsarmax-class bulk carrier of 82,000 dwt and 44,733 gt. She measures 229 metres LOA with a beam of 32 metres, and was drawing 11.9 metres at last report. The vessel flies the Liberian flag, registered since August 2026, and is classed with Bureau Veritas. She has carried the name Intensity and the Liberian flag since delivery; no prior names or flags appear in the record. For a vessel of this size and vintage, she represents a thoroughly modern addition to the dry bulk fleet.
Inspection history
The record is blank. Intensity has zero prior PSC inspections, zero deficiencies, and zero detentions before this event. That is entirely consistent with a vessel delivered on 31 August 2026 and detained less than four weeks later. The Vancouver detention is therefore her inaugural PSC encounter. A detention on a first-ever inspection is unusual and notable: newbuilds typically benefit from pristine equipment and fresh certification. Without published deficiency codes, it is not possible to determine whether the issues were operational (crew documentation, ISM compliance, drill records) or hardware-related. The absence of any prior inspection baseline means there is no trend to assess; this single data point is all charterers have to work with.
Ownership and management
The vessel is owned by Amazonstone Marine Investments, a single-purpose entity registered care of Aegean Bulk Co Inc at 8 Dragatsaniou Street, Athens. Aegean Bulk holds all operational roles: ship manager, commercial manager, and ISM manager. All appointments date to 31 August 2026, the delivery date. There has been no management churn because there has been no prior management; the current team is the original and only operator. Aegean Bulk operates a fleet of seven vessels. The company history shows no predecessor managers.
Risk profile
VesselScore rated Intensity at 89 out of 100 prior to this detention, placing her in the low-risk band with a modelled detention probability of 0.88%. The score was built almost entirely on the absence of negatives: zero deficiency rate, zero severity mix, no manager churn, no age penalty, clean sanctions screening, and no casualty record. The only points lost were 10 of 20 on the detention component (the raw value of 0.5 predates this detention's formal recording) and 1 point on AIS behaviour, where one loitering event was flagged. Fuel efficiency and hull condition data were unavailable as the vessel is not yet in the EU MRV dataset. The score should be expected to deteriorate materially once this detention is incorporated into the model.
What to watch
The vessel's AIS track shows her underway toward Balboa, confirming release from detention. Charterers and underwriters should request the full detention report from Transport Canada to understand whether the deficiencies were crew- or documentation-related (more indicative of a new management team finding its feet) or structural/equipment-related (more concerning on a newbuild and potentially a yard or class issue). The next PSC inspection will be closely watched: a clean result would go some way toward framing Vancouver as an outlier, while further deficiencies would establish a pattern early in the vessel's trading life. Aegean Bulk's broader fleet performance is worth monitoring for any parallel issues across their seven-ship operation.
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