General Cargo Ship NS PRIDE Detained in Kocaeli

The general cargo/multipurpose vessel NS PRIDE (IMO 8815293) has been detained by Port State Control authorities in Kocaeli following an inspection conducted on 29 Jul 2026. The inspection, carried out under the Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Med MOU), identified 19 deficiencies in total, of which five were classified as detainable. The NS PRIDE, flagged in Gambia (GM), has a gross tonnage of 2,749. The vessel is managed under the ISM Code by NS Pride Shipholding Ltd, which holds responsibility for ensuring compliance with international safety and operational standards. Detention under Port State Control regimes such as the Med MOU is imposed when inspectors find deficiencies serious enough to pose risks to the safety of the ship, its crew, or the marine environment. Vessels subject to detention are required to rectify the identified deficiencies before being permitted to resume trading. The specific nature of the five detainable deficiencies identified aboard the NS PRIDE has not been disclosed in the inspection report. The detention adds to the vessel's Port State Control record and may affect its future risk profile under targeting systems used by regional MOUs to determine inspection frequency. No further details regarding the vessel's release or remedial actions have been made available at this time.