A Murmansk Shipping (MSCo) bulker has been arrested in Denmark, but the Russian owner says it will address unspecified problems involving the crew.
The Itar-Tass news agency said the 23,600-dwt Novaya Zemlya (built 2009) has been held off Cape Skagen.
But it is now preparing to sail, according to MSCo.
Its press service said: "The Novaya Zemlya ship is currently in the harboor of port Skagen, Denmark, and is getting prepared for a voyage to the port of Murmansk.
"There are 19 crew members onboard. The crew has enough to eat and maintain the ship. Nothing threatens the crew’s lives and the environment.
It added: "We kindly ask the mass media to refrain from fanning emotions. The situation is under control, with all the problems being addressed routinely."
Other vessels detained
The report cited Russian Seamen’s Trade Union official Sergei Fishov as saying that crew on three other MSCo bulkers have requested help from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
He said the 23,600-dwt Zapolyarye (built 2008) and Severnaya Zemlya (built 2009) have been detained in Ceuta and Aviles in Spain, while the sistership Pomorye (built 2007) was arrested in the US in May.
Pomorye's latest AIS update shows it anchored in New Orleans.
In June, a court sale of an MSCo cargoship was called off in South Africa after the Russian owner paid a debt.
Law firm Shepstone & Wylie told TradeWinds its client had been paid and would not be seeking confirmation of the judicial auction set for 3 July.
The South African high court had slapped a sale order on the 10,500-dwt Ivan Papanin (built 1990) that was holed off Antarctica in February.
It had been docked in Cape Town since April.
