Vessel detentions in September 2026
16 detentions recorded in September 2026. Each report covers the full VesselScore due diligence record including inspection history, ownership chain, and risk scoring.
ULTRA LEOPARD (IMO 9758428) detained at Fangcheng, September 2026
The Panama-flagged Kamsarmax bulker ULTRA LEOPARD was detained at Fangcheng, China, on 30 September 2026, marking only the second detention in a decade of service under unchanged Japanese management. The vessel had passed through 31 prior port state inspections with a notably low deficiency rate, making this detention an outlier against an otherwise clean record.
XIN HAI TONG 18 (IMO 9519004) detained at Varna, September 2026
The Marshall Islands-flagged bulker XIN HAI TONG 18 has been detained at the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna on 29 September 2026, marking its fourth detention in a 17-year career and its second in just over 14 months. The vessel has cycled through four ISM managers in six years, switched classification society three times in the same period, and carries a VesselScore of 40 out of 100, placing it firmly in the high-risk band.
DE XIN XING LONG (IMO 9612088) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The Chinese-flagged bulker DE XIN XING LONG has been detained at Constanta, Romania, marking her second detention in just over 13 months. The vessel, managed by a small three-ship Chinese operator, had a near-spotless record for the first decade of her life under Greek management before a sharp deterioration following her 2021 change of ownership.
LIDER EXPRESS (IMO 8818312) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The 34-year-old Cameroon-flagged passenger/ro-ro ferry LIDER EXPRESS has been detained at Constanta, Romania, marking her third detention in under three years under the same Turkish manager. With 141 deficiencies across just 14 inspections since mid-2023 and a VesselScore of 44.1 out of 100, the vessel sits firmly in the 'very high risk' bracket, and this latest detention will do nothing to change that picture.
LIDER EXPRESS (IMO 8818312) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The 34-year-old Cameroon-flagged passenger/ro-ro vessel LIDER EXPRESS was detained at Constanta, Romania on 29 September 2026, her third detention in under three years under the same ISM manager, Samsun Shipping Ltd. The vessel has accumulated 141 deficiencies across 14 port state control inspections since August 2023, a record that places her firmly in the very high risk band with a VesselScore of 39 out of 100.
XIN HAI TONG 18 (IMO 9519004) detained at Varna, September 2026
The Marshall Islands-flagged Supramax bulker XIN HAI TONG 18 was detained in Varna, Bulgaria on 29 September 2026, marking her fourth detention in a PSC record spanning 53 inspections. The vessel has been detained twice in the past 14 months under two different ISM managers, and her classification society changed from ClassNK to RINA in November 2025, the fourth class transfer in the ship's 17-year life.
DE XIN XING LONG (IMO 9612088) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The Chinese-flagged bulk carrier DE XIN XING LONG was detained in Constanta, Romania, on 29 September 2026, marking its second detention in just over 13 months. The vessel had been detained at Kocaeli, Turkey, in August 2025 with 24 deficiencies, a sharp escalation for a ship that had sailed deficiency-free through most of its first decade of service.
LADY MIA (IMO 9546318) detained at Kdz. Ereğli, September 2026
The Palau-flagged general cargo ship LADY MIA has been detained at the Turkish Black Sea port of Kdz. Ereğli on 28 September 2026, marking her third detention in under 16 months and her fifth overall since entering service in 2009. The vessel trades under a suspended class with Dromon Bureau of Shipping, is classed by the non-IACS International Naval Surveys Bureau, and carries a VesselScore of just 30 out of 100, placing her firmly in the very high risk band.
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.
GUANG TONG 15 (IMO 8591366) detained at Ulsan, September 2026
The Panama-flagged general cargo ship GUANG TONG 15 was detained at Ulsan, South Korea on 28 September 2026, marking its second detention in under twelve months. The vessel, classed by Panama Maritime Documentation Services (PMDS), scored 49.9 out of 100 on VesselScore and sits firmly in the 'very high risk' band, with its prior detention in October 2025 at Teluk Bayur, Indonesia, already on the record.
HOPA (IMO 9684213) detained at Vancouver, September 2026
The Malta-flagged bulker HOPA was detained in Vancouver on 27 September 2026, marking only the second detention in the vessel's 13-year service life. The first, at Tangshan in June 2015, was over 11 years ago, making this a notable break in what has been one of the cleaner PSC records among Turkish-managed tonnage.
PEARL-T (IMO 9264166) detained at Rotterdam, September 2026
The 23-year-old chemical/oil products tanker PEARL-T has been detained in Rotterdam on 25 September 2026, marking the vessel's first known detention in over two decades of service and 35 prior port state control inspections without a single hold. The detention is a striking departure from a historically clean record, and it comes just weeks after a deficiency-free inspection in Cameroon.
ATLANTIS (IMO 8721533) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The Comoros-flagged general cargo ship ATLANTIS was detained at Constanta, Romania, on 25 September 2026, marking the vessel's eleventh detention in a PSC record stretching back to 1998. The 38-year-old vessel, classed by Bulgarian Register of Shipping, has been detained three times in the past 18 months alone, and its VesselScore of 32.5 out of 100 places it firmly in the very high risk band.
POAVOSA BRAVE (IMO 9519195) detained at Nelson, September 2026
The Handysize bulker POAVOSA BRAVE was detained at Nelson, New Zealand, on 24 September 2026, marking its third detention in just over three years and its second in Australian and New Zealand waters during 2026 alone. The vessel, managed by Synergy Maritime and commercially operated by Taiwan's Wisdom Marine Lines, now carries a VesselScore of 42.8 out of 100, placing it firmly in the high-risk band.
ZETA I (IMO 9539676) detained at Curaçao, September 2026
Panama-flagged oil products tanker ZETA I has been detained at Curaçao on 22 September 2026 with three deficiencies, marking the vessel's first detention in a PSC record that spans eight years of inspections. The detention comes just six months after inspectors at the same port logged seven deficiencies without detaining the ship, and against the backdrop of a Bureau Veritas classification that was reinstated in late 2024 after an apparent lapse.
SAMRO (IMO 8919790) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The 36-year-old general cargo ship SAMRO was detained at Constanta, Romania on 22 September 2026, marking her fifth detention in less than two years under the management of Piraeus-based Samro Shipping Co LLC. The vessel has accumulated nine detentions across a PSC record stretching back to 1998, with the recent acceleration in enforcement actions coinciding with a migration through non-IACS class societies and a succession of flag and ownership changes.
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