NAIAS (IMO 9611254) detained at Taizhou, October 2026
The Cyprus-flagged Kamsarmax bulker NAIAS has been detained at Taizhou, Jiangsu, on 12 October 2026, marking her second detention in under three years under the same long-standing Greek manager. The vessel's deficiency rate has been climbing steadily since 2023, a trajectory that makes this detention less a surprise than a confirmation of trend.
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NAIAS was detained at Taizhou, Jiangsu, China on 12 October 2026. The detention was recorded against Bureau Veritas as recognised organisation and Dalnave Navigation Inc as ISM company. The number of deficiencies and specific deficiency codes have not yet been published. The vessel had arrived at Taizhou with an ETA of 9 October and was drawing 7.3 metres at last report, consistent with a ballast or part-laden arrival.
The vessel
NAIAS is a 81,850-dwt gearless bulk carrier, Kamsarmax class, built in 2012 at Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania. She measures 229 metres LOA by 32.26 metres beam, with a gross tonnage of 44,133. The vessel is powered by a MAN B&W 6S60MC-C8 two-stroke diesel engine. She has flown the Cyprus flag since delivery and has never changed name. Bureau Veritas has classed her since July 2012. At 14 years old, she sits in the middle of the global Kamsarmax fleet age profile.
Inspection history
The NAIAS PSC record runs to 35 inspections across five MoU regimes since her delivery inspection at Constanta in July 2012, yielding a cumulative 68 deficiencies, or 1.9 per inspection. The headline: for her first decade of service, this was a clean ship. From delivery through 2022, the vessel accumulated just a handful of minor deficiency counts and zero detentions across 22 inspections. The picture changed in 2023. An inspection at Zhoushan in May 2023 returned 10 deficiencies. In February 2024, Chinese PSC at Xiamen found seven deficiencies and detained her, requiring two follow-up calls before release. Then came 2024's expanded inspection at Fraser-Surrey Docks in December, where Transport Canada logged 14 deficiencies but stopped short of detention. A June 2025 initial inspection at Yantai produced nine deficiencies, again followed by a clean follow-up visit two days later. The April 2026 call at Guangzhou recorded two deficiencies for emergency generator and echosounder issues. In short, the vessel has recorded 42 of her 68 career deficiencies in the last three and a half years. The Tokyo MoU, where NAIAS trades most frequently with 16 inspections, accounts for the bulk of this deterioration. By contrast, her four USCG examinations have all been clean, and her Paris MoU record includes a clean expanded inspection at Vancouver in July 2025. The current detention at Taizhou is her second overall, following Xiamen in February 2024.
Ownership and management
NAIAS has been under single, unbroken management since delivery. Dalnave Navigation Inc, a privately held Greek company based in Kallithea, Athens, has served as ISM manager, ship manager, and commercial manager since July 2012. The registered owner is Dymi Maritime Co Ltd, a single-purpose entity at the same Athens address, also since June 2012. Dalnave operates a fleet of five vessels. There has been no management churn whatsoever, which is unusual for a vessel now carrying two detentions and rising deficiency counts. The stability of the management chain means the deteriorating inspection record cannot be attributed to transitional disruption; these results belong entirely to the incumbent operator.
Risk profile
VesselScore rates NAIAS at 54 out of 100, placing her in the "Elevated attention" calibration band with a modelled detention probability of 6.05%. The score is driven almost entirely by three PSC-related components: deficiency rate (15 of 15 possible penalty points), detention history (15 of 20), and severity mix (6.7 of 10). These three factors alone account for 36.7 points of her 54-point total. Age contributes a moderate 6.3 points on a 14-year-old hull. AIS behaviour adds 3 points, reflecting three loitering events and no AIS gaps. On the positive side, the vessel scores zero penalty on management churn, flag and class risk, sanctions, and casualty history. Cyprus remains a white-list flag under Paris MoU, and Bureau Veritas is an IACS member in good standing. The score effectively captures a vessel that is institutionally sound on paper but operationally slipping in practice.
What to watch
The immediate question is the nature and number of deficiencies behind this detention, which have not yet been published. Charterers and underwriters should monitor THETIS for the full deficiency list and any follow-up inspection timeline. Given the pattern of two detentions and 42 deficiencies in under four years, the vessel's next Tokyo MoU inspection will almost certainly be targeted. The Fraser-Surrey Docks result in December 2024, with 14 deficiencies but no detention, indicates that the vessel has been running close to the line across multiple jurisdictions. Any charterer fixing this vessel for North American or East Asian trades should factor in the probability of extended PSC attention at the next port call. Dalnave Navigation's fleet-wide PSC performance warrants review for anyone considering fixtures on their other four vessels.
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