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.
GUANYANG (IMO 9110250) detained at Subic Bay, October 2026
The 31-year-old Comoros-flagged general cargo ship GUANYANG was detained at Subic Bay, Philippines, on 4 October 2026. The vessel has no recorded PSC inspection history whatsoever, has cycled through at least four flags in five years, and lists an unknown ISM manager, a profile that should concern any counterparty considering engagement.
EGY SKY (IMO 9366483) detained at Constanta, October 2026
The Egyptian-flagged container ship EGY SKY has been detained at Constanta, Romania, marking a striking break from one of the cleanest port state control records in its peer group. The vessel had passed 32 consecutive inspections over 18 years without a single detention, making the Constanta action a genuine outlier that warrants scrutiny of what may have changed aboard.
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.
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.
CELTIC MARINER (IMO 9377925) detained at Drogheda, October 2026
The 2010-built general cargo ship Celtic Mariner has been detained in the Irish port of Drogheda, marking her third detention in a 16-year operational life and the first under new UK-based owners Charles M Willie & Co, who took over the vessel just seven months ago. The detention comes after a wholesale change of ownership, management, flag, and name in March 2025, a transition that the vessel's risk score had already flagged as a concern.
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.
LIDER EXPRESS (IMO 8818312) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The 34-year-old Cameroon-flagged passenger/ro-ro ferry LIDER EXPRESS has been detained at Constanta, Romania, marking her third detention in under three years under the same Turkish manager. With 141 deficiencies across just 14 inspections since mid-2023 and a VesselScore of 44.1 out of 100, the vessel sits firmly in the 'very high risk' bracket, and this latest detention will do nothing to change that picture.
LIDER EXPRESS (IMO 8818312) detained at Constanta, September 2026
The 34-year-old Cameroon-flagged passenger/ro-ro vessel LIDER EXPRESS was detained at Constanta, Romania on 29 September 2026, her third detention in under three years under the same ISM manager, Samsun Shipping Ltd. The vessel has accumulated 141 deficiencies across 14 port state control inspections since August 2023, a record that places her firmly in the very high risk band with a VesselScore of 39 out of 100.
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.
LADY MIA (IMO 9546318) detained at Kdz. Ereğli, September 2026
The Palau-flagged general cargo ship LADY MIA has been detained at the Turkish Black Sea port of Kdz. Ereğli on 28 September 2026, marking her third detention in under 16 months and her fifth overall since entering service in 2009. The vessel trades under a suspended class with Dromon Bureau of Shipping, is classed by the non-IACS International Naval Surveys Bureau, and carries a VesselScore of just 30 out of 100, placing her firmly in the very high risk band.
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.
GUANG TONG 15 (IMO 8591366) detained at Ulsan, September 2026
The Panama-flagged general cargo ship GUANG TONG 15 was detained at Ulsan, South Korea on 28 September 2026, marking its second detention in under twelve months. The vessel, classed by Panama Maritime Documentation Services (PMDS), scored 49.9 out of 100 on VesselScore and sits firmly in the 'very high risk' band, with its prior detention in October 2025 at Teluk Bayur, Indonesia, already on the record.
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.
PEARL-T (IMO 9264166) detained at Rotterdam, September 2026
The 23-year-old chemical/oil products tanker PEARL-T has been detained in Rotterdam on 25 September 2026, marking the vessel's first known detention in over two decades of service and 35 prior port state control inspections without a single hold. The detention is a striking departure from a historically clean record, and it comes just weeks after a deficiency-free inspection in Cameroon.
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