Vessel detentions
Detention briefings published when vessels are held by port state control authorities. Each report draws on the full VesselScore due diligence record: inspection history, ownership chain, management changes, classification, and risk scoring.
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.
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.
JC QINGDAO (IMO 9614804) detained at Singapore, October 2026
The Panama-flagged bulk carrier JC QINGDAO was detained in Singapore on 8 October 2026, the second detention for a vessel that has accumulated 28 deficiencies across just seven inspections in barely 15 months of trading under a new flag and name. The ship reflagged from China and renamed from Jiang Quan 6 in July 2025; ISM management changed hands to Hong Kong-based Newbal Shipping Ltd in late November 2025, just weeks before a 17-deficiency detention in Indonesia.
EMILY (IMO 1037880) detained at Hong Kong, October 2026
The Togo-flagged deck cargo ship EMILY was detained in Hong Kong on 7 October 2026, marking the vessel's first detention in a short operational life of just three years. The ship has undergone three name changes, three flag changes, and a complete ownership overhaul since delivery in 2023, with the current manager, OceanShield Maritime Group, taking over only seven weeks before the detention.
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.
POLARIS MILA (IMO 9289908) detained at Ulsan, October 2026
The 20-year-old pure car and truck carrier was detained by Korean port state control at Ulsan on 7 October 2026, only nine months after a wholesale change of ownership, commercial management, and ISM management. The vessel had passed 48 of its previous 49 PSC inspections without detention, with the sole prior detention recorded in Brisbane more than eight years ago, making this an unusual event for a ship with an otherwise clean record but one that coincides with significant management turnover.
HUI TONG 27 (IMO 9546693) detained at Singapore, October 2026
The Barbados-flagged chemical tanker HUI TONG 27 was detained in Singapore on 7 October 2026 under the management of Zhoushan Haibo Ship Management Co Ltd with classification by the Indian Register of Shipping. The vessel is virtually invisible in international PSC databases, with no inspection history, no Equasis profile, and conflicting data on flag state and technical management, a combination that should give any charterer pause.
STEP FORWARD (IMO 9119153) detained at Tanjung Priok, October 2026
The 31-year-old Panama-flagged general cargo ship STEP FORWARD was detained at Tanjung Priok, Indonesia on 6 October 2026 under the management of Dalian Chun An Ship Management. This is only the vessel's second detention in a PSC record spanning 88 inspections over 26 years, but it comes after a period of rising deficiency counts and follows a previous detention at an Indonesian port in 2020.
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.
QI YUAN 17 (IMO 1136076) detained at Incheon, October 2026
The Guinea-Bissau-flagged bulk carrier QI YUAN 17 has been detained in Incheon, South Korea, marking its first recorded detention after a year of intensive port state control attention across East Asia. The vessel changed ownership, management, flag, name, and classification society within a single month in late 2025, and has since accumulated 42 deficiencies across ten inspections in barely ten months of trading under its new identity.
UNKAI (IMO 9188673) detained at Plastun, October 2026
The 28-year-old Belize-flagged general cargo ship UNKAI was detained at the Russian Far East port of Plastun on 6 October 2026, its third detention in the Tokyo MoU region in under five years and the second in 2026 alone. The vessel has changed ship manager twice in two years and is classed by the non-IACS society Overseas Marine Certification Services, a profile that scores 48 out of 100 on the VesselScore risk model, placing it firmly in the very high risk band.
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.
SVR VENUS (IMO 9130212) detained at Burgas, October 2026
The 29-year-old general cargo ship SVR VENUS has been detained at Burgas, Bulgaria, marking what the available record indicates is the vessel's first-ever detention across 57 prior port state control inspections stretching back to 1997. The detention comes barely 11 weeks after a wholesale change of ownership, management, flag, and name, and six months after a Turkish inspection logged 10 deficiencies including ISM and emergency system failures.
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.
FORTUNE YOUNGIN (IMO 9322970) detained at Tanjung Priok, October 2026
The 20-year-old chemical/oil products tanker Fortune Youngin has been detained at Tanjung Priok, Indonesia, marking the vessel's first detention in a PSC record spanning 28 inspections and two decades. The detention is a notable break from a historically clean record under stable South Korean ownership, and comes just months after the vessel was inspected without incident at the same port.
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.
SVR VENUS (IMO 9130212) detained at Bourgas, October 2026
The 29-year-old general cargo ship SVR Venus has been detained at Bourgas, Bulgaria, marking what the available record indicates is the vessel's first-ever detention across 57 prior port state control inspections spanning nearly three decades. The detention comes less than three months after the vessel changed hands, flags, class, and name in a wholesale corporate overhaul that moved it from a long-standing Turkish operator to a new entity in the same country.
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.
SKOON A (IMO 8592982) detained at Dalian, October 2026
The Panama-flagged general cargo ship SKOON A was detained at Dalian, China on 4 October 2026, her second detention in 18 months under the same Hong Kong-based manager. The vessel, classed by the minor classification society Intermaritime Certification Services, has accumulated 58 deficiencies across 17 inspections since late 2022, a record that made this outcome more predictable than surprising.
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