Bulk carrier detentions
25 detentions of bulk carrier vessels by port state control. Each report covers the full VesselScore due diligence record including inspection history, ownership chain, and risk scoring.
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.
AMIS BRAVE (IMO 9667459) detained at Zhangzhou, October 2026
The Panama-flagged bulker AMIS BRAVE was detained at Zhangzhou, China, on 12 October 2026, marking its first recorded detention in 13 years of service and across 39 prior port state control inspections. The vessel had passed every previous inspection without a single detention, making this event a significant departure from an otherwise exemplary record.
WHITE FIN (IMO 9607291) detained at Yingkou, October 2026
The Malta-flagged Supramax bulker WHITE FIN has been detained at the Chinese port of Yingkou on 10 October 2026. This is the vessel's third detention in a 15-year career, and the second time she has been held by authorities in the Asia-Pacific region, following a high-deficiency detention by AMSA in Australia in December 2020. The vessel has been under the same Istanbul-based manager since delivery, making this a record worth scrutinising for charterers assessing operator quality rather than ownership churn.
RUN YUAN (IMO 9178226) detained at Rizhao, October 2026
The 28-year-old Vanuatu-flagged bulker RUN YUAN has been detained at the Chinese port of Rizhao on 10 October 2026, marking the vessel's fourth detention on record and its third in under three years. The ship changed ownership, management, flag, class, and name in June 2026, and is now classed by the non-IACS society Foresight Ship Classification.
EMERALD HORIZON (IMO 9638862) detained at Tianjin, October 2026
The 207,664 dwt capesize bulker EMERALD HORIZON was detained at Tianjin on 10 October 2026, marking the vessel's fifth PSC detention since delivery in 2013 and its third in the past three years. Managed by NYK Shipmanagement and classed by ClassNK throughout her career, the vessel's detention record has accelerated sharply since 2023 under a pattern that will concern charterers and underwriters operating in Australian and Chinese waters.
SAROCHA NAREE (IMO 9726449) detained at Port Kembla, October 2026
The Singapore-flagged bulker SAROCHA NAREE has been detained at Port Kembla, New South Wales, marking the vessel's first detention in over nine years of service. The ship had accumulated 30 port state control inspections across seven MoU regimes without a single detention, making this a notable departure from an otherwise clean record under long-standing Thai management.
LIBRA-XS (IMO 9282742) detained at Yingkou, October 2026
The 23-year-old Supramax bulker LIBRA-XS has been detained at Yingkou, China, marking the vessel's first recorded detention in over two decades of service and 66 prior port state control inspections without a single hold. The detention comes nine months after a change in ISM management and amid a sharp uptick in deficiency findings during 2026 inspections.
ILEKTRA (IMO 9782314) detained at Tianjin, October 2026
The 2017-built Ultramax bulker ILEKTRA has been detained at Tianjin on 7 October 2026, marking a sharp break in an otherwise exemplary port state control record. The vessel had passed 35 consecutive PSC inspections over nine years without a single detention, making this stoppage under Chinese authority a genuine outlier for a ship managed by Greece-based Meadway Bulkers Ltd.
DSM AMBITION (IMO 9472672) detained at Shanghai, October 2026
The 18-year-old Panama-flagged general cargo ship DSM Ambition has been detained in Shanghai on 6 October 2026, the third detention recorded against the vessel in just eight months. The vessel changed ownership, management, flag, and name in August 2026, and her deteriorating PSC record under these new operators marks a sharp departure from more than a decade of detention-free service.
INDIAN PARTNERSHIP (IMO 9521409) detained at Hay Point, October 2026
The 2014-built Capesize bulker INDIAN PARTNERSHIP has been detained by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority at Hay Point, Queensland, marking the vessel's first-ever detention after 12 years of near-spotless port state control performance. Managed continuously by Zodiac Maritime since delivery, the ship had passed ten consecutive PSC inspections across five MoU regimes with just three deficiencies recorded in total, making this detention a genuine outlier.
NOTA APP (IMO 9249271) detained at Constanta, October 2026
The 23-year-old Panama-flagged bulker NOTA APP was detained at Constanta, Romania, on 5 October 2026, barely two and a half months after her ship manager and ISM manager changed to Valship Shipping SA of Athens. This is the vessel's third detention in a PSC record spanning 74 inspections over more than two decades, and it comes amid a period of elevated deficiency counts, a reinstated classification, and a management chain that has turned over repeatedly since 2016.
OMARI (IMO 9242546) detained at Rizhao, October 2026
The 25-year-old Palau-flagged bulk carrier OMARI has been detained at Rizhao, China, marking its fourth detention in less than two years and its second in Chinese waters in 2026 alone. The vessel's inspection record deteriorated sharply after a late-2019 ownership change pulled it out of a reputable Hong Kong manager's hands and into a succession of Vietnamese operators, and the current detention confirms a trajectory that any charterer vetting the ship should have seen coming.
SHU GUANG (IMO 9615377) detained at Nakhodka, October 2026
The Liberian-flagged bulker SHU GUANG was detained at Nakhodka, Russia, on 5 October 2026, just two weeks after a wholesale change of ownership and management. This is the vessel's fourth PSC detention overall and her third in under twelve months, a dramatic deterioration for a ship that went the first seven years of its life without a single detention.
NOTA APP (IMO 9249271) detained at Constanta, October 2026
The 23-year-old Panama-flagged bulker NOTA APP was detained at Constanta, Romania on 5 October 2026, just ten weeks after a new Greek manager, Valship Shipping SA, took over ship management and ISM responsibilities. This is the vessel's third detention across its service life and the second under its current ownership, following a detention at Novorossiysk in August 2023, with a VesselScore of 25.7 out of 100 placing it firmly in the very high risk category.
LEFTERIS T (IMO 9621170) detained at Rotterdam, October 2026
The 2012-built handymax bulker LEFTERIS T has been detained at Rotterdam, marking its first recorded detention in over 14 years of service across 46 prior port state control inspections. The vessel changed hands, name, flag, and class society in April 2025, and its management chain has been reshuffled repeatedly since 2021, a factor that dominates its risk profile.
CHUANG HAI XING 1 (IMO 8672744) detained at Xiamen, October 2026
The 16-year-old general cargo vessel was detained at Xiamen on 2 October 2026, its fifth detention in just over three years under the same ownership group. The vessel has traded under four names, cycled through at least five flag states, and carries classification from Panama Maritime Documentation Services, a non-IACS society, placing it firmly in the highest risk bracket for charterers and underwriters.
OCEAN DIAMOND (IMO 9465162) detained at Gent, October 2026
The Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Diamond has been detained in the Belgian port of Gent on 1 October 2026, marking its first recorded detention in over 13 years of service and across 40 prior port state control inspections. The vessel's spotless detention record makes this a notable event, though a turbulent ISM management history, with six changes in nine years, has long been the vessel's most conspicuous risk factor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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