Paris MoU Detention Report for Bulk Carrier MV Sea Bridge

The ship was banned in Italy in 2002. The banning was lifted in December 2007 and the vessel was on a voyage to Port of Szczecin in Poland. After lifting the ship from banning, she was due for a Mandatory Expanded Inspection (MEI). The Mandatory Expanded PSC PMoU Inspection was carried out on 19 December 2007 on partly discharged ship in Szczecin – Poland by two of our PSC Officers. After the inspection the ship was detained having among other 27 deficiencies identified.

More specifically the following were noticed:

In her Statutory Certificates some wrong entries, more specifically a not updated form IOPP Certificate and Oil Record book with improperly entries.
On the partly corroded deck heavily corroded and a holed hatch cover pontoons.
Perished, broken and holed tarpaulins used as a weather cover over hatch pontoons.
Beams and frames were heavily corroded, cracked and damaged.
During the abandon ship drill the crew were not familiar with the Muster List. The PS lifeboat was completely seized in its stowage position. Its launching devices were inoperative. The boat could not be moved.
Windlass completely corroded with a partial damaged foundation.
Greased moving parts were not found at all.
Mooring rollers seized, corroded: were not movable or greased.
Some of crew sanitary facilities were inoperative.

As a result a Ship Safety Management System Major Non Conformity was raised and the ship was detained. Due to the detention the following actions were taken:

Flag State Mongolia and the International Ship Classification in Singapore were informed immediately.
Relevant repairing was carried out.
Principal Surveyor of IS Class as well as the owner’s superintendent attended the ship.
A necessary ISM audit has also been carried out.

After completion of all necessary supplying and repairing, the ship was lifted from detention on the 4th of December 2007 heading to St. Petersburg – Russian Federation.