Container ship detentions
7 detentions of container ship vessels by port state control. Each report covers the full VesselScore due diligence record including inspection history, ownership chain, and risk scoring.
BIG GEORGE (IMO 9142942) detained at Tianjin, October 2026
The 29-year-old container ship BIG GEORGE has been detained at Tianjin for the second time in eight months, following a deteriorating inspection record that has seen deficiency counts surge since late 2024. The vessel's ISM manager changed in January 2025, just weeks before its first detention in Dalian, and the ship has accumulated 13 initial inspections across Chinese and Korean ports in under two years.
EVER LUCKY (IMO 9604172) detained at Shenzhen, October 2026
Evergreen Marine's 9,466-TEU container ship EVER LUCKY has been detained at Shenzhen on 9 October 2026, marking the vessel's first detention in over 12 years of service spanning 33 prior port state control inspections, all of which she passed without being held. The detention is a genuine outlier for a vessel managed continuously by the same operator since delivery and classed throughout by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai.
MSC ASYA (IMO 9339296) detained at Sydney, NSW, October 2026
The 9,200-TEU container ship MSC ASYA has been detained by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in Sydney on 9 October 2026, marking its third detention in under four years. The vessel, managed by MSC Mediterranean Shipping since delivery in 2008, had already been detained in Antwerp in January 2023 and London in February 2025, both with double-digit deficiency counts, making this latest action part of a clear and worsening pattern.
SKY IRIS (IMO 9958066) detained at Shanghai, October 2026
A four-year-old Japanese-managed containership with a near-spotless PSC record has been detained at Shanghai, marking its first detention ever. Across 13 prior port state inspections, the vessel recorded just a single deficiency, making this an outlier event that will demand close attention from charterers and underwriters watching the vessel's next moves.
MSC PALATIUM III (IMO 9336165) detained at Shenzhen, October 2026
The 2,500-TEU container ship MSC PALATIUM III was detained at Shenzhen on 8 October 2026 under Chinese port state control. The detention is notable because the vessel's available PSC inspection history is entirely blank, meaning this is the first recorded detention in a record that contains no prior inspections at all, yet the ship carries a prior very serious marine casualty and a hull condition score flagged for significant degradation.
BELLE ARIES (IMO 9313204) detained at Shanghai, October 2026
The 21-year-old Panama-flagged container ship Belle Aries was detained in Shanghai on 3 October 2026, marking the vessel's first recorded detention in a PSC history stretching back over two decades and 35 inspections. The ship, formerly known as Newnew Polar Bear and linked to a 2023 marine casualty off the Chinese coast, has changed hands, names, flags, and class societies multiple times in the past three years.
EGY SKY (IMO 9366483) detained at Constanta, October 2026
The 1,147-TEU feeder container ship EGY SKY has been detained in Constanta, Romania, on 3 October 2026, marking the vessel's first recorded detention in a PSC history spanning 32 inspections over nearly 19 years of service. The detention is a sharp break from an exceptionally clean record and coincides with a recent class society transfer from ABS to Lloyd's Register, completed in December 2025.
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