VIRGO I (IMO 9176412) detained at Piraeus, October 2026
The 29-year-old oil products tanker VIRGO I has been detained at Piraeus, marking the vessel's first known detention in a PSC record spanning more than two decades and 29 inspections. The detention comes roughly five months after her classification with Nippon Kaiji Kyokai was suspended, a fact that fundamentally changes the risk picture for a vessel whose inspection history was otherwise remarkably clean.
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VIRGO I was detained at Piraeus, Greece on 10 October 2026. The vessel is flagged to Panama and typed as an oil products tanker. No details on the number or nature of deficiencies, the recognised organisation, or the ISM company have been published in the THETIS current detentions listing at the time of reporting. Piraeus is familiar territory for the vessel; she underwent a more detailed Paris MoU inspection there in May 2023, receiving a single deficiency but no detention.
The vessel
VIRGO I is a 14,142 GT, 17,781 DWT oil products tanker built in 1997 by Sasebo Heavy Industries in Japan. She measures 158 metres LOA with a beam of 27.7 metres and is powered by a two-stroke Diesel engine (model 6S35MC). The vessel has flown the Panamanian flag since delivery in December 1997 with no flag changes on record. She was originally named New Faith, taking her current name in December 2019. At 29 years old, she is well past the age at which most product tankers see elevated scrutiny from port state control and commercial counterparties. Her classification is with Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK, IACS member), but that class has been suspended since 27 May 2026. A vessel trading without active class is, by definition, not insurable under standard hull and P&I terms and will attract automatic targeting in any Paris MoU or equivalent regime.
Inspection history
The PSC record for VIRGO I is, until this detention, unusually clean. Across 29 inspections stretching back to September 2005, the vessel recorded zero detentions and just eight deficiencies in total, a deficiency rate of 0.28 per inspection. The record spans four MoU regimes: 19 inspections under Tokyo MoU (predominantly in Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines), seven under Abuja MoU (all in Nigeria), two under the Indian Ocean MoU (Bangladesh), and one under Paris MoU (Piraeus). The vessel's recent trading pattern is notable. From 2022 onwards, she has been inspected almost exclusively in Nigeria, with seven Abuja MoU inspections between December 2022 and December 2025, all returning zero deficiencies. Abuja MoU inspections are generally considered less rigorous than Paris or Tokyo MoU regimes. The single Paris MoU inspection in May 2023 at Piraeus was a more detailed inspection and produced one deficiency. This Piraeus detention in October 2026 is the vessel's first encounter with Paris MoU enforcement since that 2023 call, and the first time any authority has detained her.
Ownership and management
VIRGO I is registered to Anemolia Maritime Co SA, a single-purpose entity with an address care of Adriatic Tankers Shipping Co in Voula, Athens. Adriatic Tankers holds both the ISM Manager role (since April 2021) and the Ship Manager/Commercial Manager role (since December 2019). The fleet operated by Adriatic Tankers numbers just two vessels. Ownership and commercial management transferred to the current structure in December 2019, coinciding with the vessel's renaming from New Faith to VIRGO I. ISM management initially sat with Swiss Carriers SA from December 2019 before moving to Adriatic Tankers in April 2021. Prior to the 2019 change, the vessel was commercially and ISM-managed by Stellar Shipmanagement Service from late 2007/early 2008, and before that by Adnyana PT from 2001. The management chain shows three distinct operators over a 25-year life, which is not excessive churn. Adriatic Tankers has now managed the vessel for nearly seven years in total.
Risk profile
VesselScore rated VIRGO I at 87 out of 100 as of 10 October 2026, placing her in a calibration band of 2.0% to 3.0% detention probability, labelled "below average risk." The score drew no penalty points for deficiency rate, prior detentions, severity mix, manager churn, or flag/class combination. The only material deductions were 10 points for age (the maximum penalty on that component, reflecting the 1997 build) and 3 points for AIS behaviour, where three loitering events were flagged. Sanctions screening returned clear, and no marine casualties are on record. However, the VesselScore was calculated before the full implications of the ClassNK suspension could manifest in a detention. The suspension of class on 27 May 2026 is the single most important risk factor for this vessel. A suspended class means statutory and safety certificates may no longer be valid. Any port state control officer encountering a vessel with suspended class will have grounds for immediate detention. The otherwise strong score should be read with that critical caveat: the model's inputs, built primarily from historical PSC performance, did not yet reflect the current class status in a way that fully captured the operational risk.
What to watch
The immediate question is whether VIRGO I can restore her ClassNK classification. Until class is reinstated, the vessel cannot trade commercially and P&I cover is almost certainly withdrawn or suspended. Charterers and underwriters should monitor for: restoration of class status with ClassNK or transfer to another recognised classification society; the deficiency list from the Piraeus detention once published; and any conditions of release imposed by the Hellenic Coast Guard. For a 29-year-old product tanker with a two-vessel manager, the commercial calculus of funding whatever repairs or surveys are required to regain class versus scrapping is a real consideration. The vessel's current draught of 4.5 metres, well below her loaded condition, is consistent with her sitting idle or in ballast.
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