The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that four foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during January 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. During January, there were five new detentions of a foreign flagged vessel in a UK port. 1. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) publishes details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports each month.2. The UK is part of a regional agreement on port state contro…
