The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU) has barred an elderly general cargoship from its ports after it fell foul of inspectors once again.
The 1,500-dwt Diamant (built 1985) has been banned for a year after its detention in Termini Imerese, Italy, on 21 September.
This was the third detention in the Paris MOU region within the last three years and also its second ban.
A first ban is usually for three months.
The vessel was held for nine days with 14 deficiencies last month.
Grounds for detention included inadequate cargo information and stability documents, the Equasis database records.
The crew showed a lack of familiarity with cargo operations and the emergency generator was inoperative.
Crew not trained properly
Inspectors also noted a lack of training in fire drills, and a faulty launching arrangement for rescue boats.
In November last year, the Diamant was banned for three months after failing three inspections in three years.
Grounds for detention included non-payment of wages in contravention of the Maritime Labour Convention, as well as incorrect entries in the record of rest.
The Diamant is listed as owned by B&B Shipping Trading and managed by Efe Gemi Isletmeciligi Sanayi of Turkey, neither of which could be contacted.
The ship's flag state, Moldova, is on the black list of Paris MOU registers due to a higher proportion of detentions to inspections than those nations on the grey and white lists.
Bureau Veritas withdrew the Diamant's classification certification in 2018 because of an overdue survey. The cargoship is now classed by Bulgaria's Bulgarski Koraben Registar.
The Paris MOU has also banned the 1,700-dwt cargoship Thunder (built 1984) for three months.
The vessel was detained in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 27 September, for four days with 14 deficiencies.
The Thunder had previously failed inspections in Italy in 2019 and 2020.
Port state officials reported missing crew certificates, unhygienic recreational and catering areas, as well as inadequate firefighting facilities.
Rescue boats were not ready for use and medical equipment was missing.
In addition, the vessel was overloaded and missing a voyage plan.
The Thunder is owned by Thunder Shipholding and managed by Nergis Enterprises of Albania.
