A Turkish-controlled general cargoship has suffered a ban after its third port state control detention in the last three years.
The 1,500-dwt Diamant (built 1985) is barred for three months at ports under the Paris MOU on Port State Control.
The vessel was held on 2 November at the port of Rhodes in Greece for four days with seven deficiencies.
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.
Inspectors also found a lack of knowledge of abandoned ship drills and inoperative heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems.
Black list
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.
The vessel is listed as operated by Turkey's B&B Shipping Trading, which could not be contacted.
The Diamant was also detained in Italy in July with 12 faults. Before that, the ship was held in Greece in March 2019 with 19 deficiencies.
Bureau Veritas withdrew its class certification in 2018 because of an overdue survey. The cargoship is now classed by Bulgarski Koraben Registar.
