A damaged and corroded general cargoship has been banned by the Paris Memorandum on Port State Control for failing three inspections in three years.
The 2,650-dwt Turbo SM (built 1978) was detained in the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don earlier this month for nine days with 30 deficiencies.
This means an automatic ban from Paris MOU ports of three months.
Inspectors found corrosion to the hull, which was also damaged, impairing the seaworthiness of the cargo vessel.
Corrosion was also discovered to beams, frames and floors.
Cargo and other hatchways were damaged, as was air pipe ventilator casing.
In addition, firefighting equipment, the radio, bridge navigation watch alarm system and anchoring devices were all inoperative.
UK and Danish detentions
The ship was held in Goole in the UK in early 2019 for 48 days with 24 deficiencies.
Eight months later, the vessel was detained in Copenhagen, Denmark.
This time it spent 21 days under detention and had 33 faults.
The vessel is currently moored in Kherson, Ukraine.
The ship's class was suspended in November 2019 by Dromon Bureau of Shipping because a survey was overdue.
The Turbo SM is registered in Comoros, which is black on the current Paris MOU list of flag states.
Operator Tommy Marine of Ukraine has been contacted for comment.
In March, a Romanian-owned feeder containership was barred by the Paris MOU after being detained three times in six months.
The organisation said the 508-teu Jaohar Challenger (built 1995) was banned for three months from ports in member countries.
