ZEG GLORY (IMO 9152571) detained at Larnaca, October 2026
The 30-year-old general cargo ship ZEG GLORY has been detained at Larnaca, Cyprus, marking the vessel's fourth detention in its PSC record and its third in roughly 18 months. The vessel's history is defined by relentless management churn, serial flag and class changes, and a sharp deterioration in port state performance since it moved from the Asia-Pacific trade to the Eastern Mediterranean.
VesselScore generates due diligence reports on any vessel in the world fleet.
Request accessThe detention
Cyprus port state control authorities detained ZEG GLORY at Larnaca on 9 October 2026. Neither the deficiency count nor the specific grounds have been published at the time of writing. The vessel is flagged to the Comoros, though the report's flag history records the current flag state as "Not Known" since March 2026, which itself is a red flag for any vetting desk. This is the same port where the vessel was detained in June 2025 with 23 deficiencies, and inspected again in May 2026 with nine deficiencies but no detention. That the vessel has now been stopped for a second time at the same port in less than 18 months underscores the severity of the situation.
The vessel
ZEG GLORY is a 2,992 GT, 5,213 DWT general cargo ship built in 1996 at Banguhjin Shipbuilding & Engineering in Ulsan, South Korea. She measures 79.9 metres LOA by 15 metres beam and is powered by a Caterpillar 3606TA four-stroke diesel engine with a single crane rated at 15 tonnes. The vessel has traded under six names: Yusung, World Leader, Time Ace, Team Ace, Gulf East, and finally ZEG GLORY since November 2021. She has flown the flags of South Korea, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, and Palau before her current flag, recorded by the detention event as Comoros. Classification has been equally unstable. Korean Register (IACS member) withdrew class in August 2023. Phoenix Register of Shipping took over but also withdrew in April 2025. The vessel's current classification is listed as International Naval Surveys Bureau, a non-IACS society. At 30 years old, she is well beyond the age at which most charterers begin to apply heightened scrutiny.
Inspection history
The PSC record spans 56 inspections from August 2004 to May 2026, with 227 total deficiencies and three detentions prior to the current one. The vessel's inspection history splits cleanly into two eras. From 2004 to roughly 2018, ZEG GLORY (then Time Ace or Team Ace) traded in East Asia under Tokyo MoU jurisdiction, managed by Time Shipping Co Ltd of South Korea and classed with Korean Register. During that period, spanning approximately 35 inspections, she was never detained and deficiency counts were modest, typically in the low single digits per inspection. The picture changed dramatically after the vessel moved to the Eastern Mediterranean around 2018. Since the shift to Med MoU, Black Sea MoU, and Paris MoU jurisdictions, inspection outcomes have deteriorated sharply. The first detention came in March 2022 at Kastelli Kissamou, Greece, under Paris MoU, with 18 deficiencies. The second came in June 2025 at Larnaca with 23 deficiencies. The third was in February 2026 at Iskenderun, Turkey, with 18 deficiencies. Including the current detention, that is four detentions in four and a half years. The deficiency volumes tell their own story. An inspection at Ashdod in April 2025 recorded 30 deficiencies without triggering a formal detention. The May 2026 Larnaca inspection found nine deficiencies spanning ISM non-conformities, fire safety shortcomings, structural issues, watertight integrity problems, and missing or invalid certificates. The record shows a vessel that is consistently failing across multiple categories, not a ship with a single recurring issue.
Ownership and management
The management history of ZEG GLORY is extraordinary for its instability. The registered owner since September 2021 is ZEG Shipping LLC, with its care-of address at Taurus Maritime Shipmanagement in Varna, Bulgaria. Taurus Maritime has held the ship manager, commercial manager, and ISM manager roles since December 2023. Before Taurus, the vessel cycled through managers at a pace that would give any vetting analyst pause. Since ZEG Shipping took ownership in September 2021, the ISM manager role has changed hands at least seven times: Pasifik Lojistik Grubu, an unknown entity, Nevzat Aydin Denizcilik, another unknown entity, Milestone Gemi Islet ve Acente, Sirius Maritime LLC-Bul, and finally Taurus Maritime. The ship manager role changed nearly as frequently. Prior to ZEG Shipping's ownership, the vessel was managed by Turkish interests (Glory Denizcilik ve Gemi, then Trim Denizcilik) and before that by Time Shipping Co Ltd of South Korea, which ran the vessel from 2004 to 2018 with no detentions. The classification record mirrors this instability. Korean Register withdrew class in August 2023. Phoenix Register of Shipping took over in March 2023 but also withdrew in April 2025. The vessel is now classed by International Naval Surveys Bureau. Certificates seen at the May 2026 inspection were issued by Bulgarski Koraben Registar, with multiple certificates expiring on 21 May 2026, several months before this detention.
Risk profile
VesselScore rates ZEG GLORY at 31.5 out of 100, placing her in the "very high risk" calibration band with a modelled detention probability of 14.4%. Every assessable risk component is scoring at or near the maximum penalty. Deficiency rate (c1) scores 15 out of 15, the worst possible. Detention history (c2) scores 20 out of 20. Severity mix (c3), measuring the breadth of deficiency categories, scores 10 out of 10. Flag and class risk (c5) scores 10 out of 10, reflecting the non-IACS class society and a flag state recorded as unknown. Age baseline (c6) scores the maximum 10 out of 10 for a vessel turning 30. The only component providing any relief is manager churn (c4), which scores 2.5 out of 15, reflecting some stability since Taurus Maritime took over in late 2023. AIS behaviour (c9) contributes a minor 1 out of 5, with one loitering event recorded. The vessel is clear on sanctions and casualty records.
What to watch
The immediate question is whether ZEG GLORY can achieve release from Larnaca. Multiple certificates observed in May 2026 carried expiry dates of 21 May 2026, and it is unclear whether they have been renewed. If they have lapsed, the vessel faces both a PSC detention and a potential classification gap. Charterers and underwriters should note that this is the vessel's fourth detention and that Cyprus authorities have now detained her twice at the same port. Any fixture involving this vessel would require extremely careful due diligence on the status of class, flag, and statutory certificates. The pattern of two IACS and non-IACS class societies withdrawing in succession, combined with a flag state listed as "Not Known," means the vessel may struggle to find a credible regulatory home. The trajectory is one of accelerating deterioration, not recovery.
Due diligence on any vessel in the world fleet
VesselScore generates due diligence reports covering sanctions screening, full PSC history, ownership chain, market valuation, classification and flag history, AIS tracking, and much more.
Every PSC detention, every Monday
Free weekly digest: every vessel detained by port state control in the past 7 days, with risk scores and analysis.