Ro-Ro Passenger Ship Queen Rinas Detained in Jeddah

The Ro-Ro passenger ship Queen Rinas was detained by port state control authorities in Jeddah following an inspection conducted on 27 Aug 2026, according to a detention report issued under the Riyadh MOU. The vessel, flagged in Saint Kitts and Nevis and carrying IMO number 7305253, has a gross tonnage of 13,005. It was inspected at the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah, where deficiencies identified during the port state control examination led inspectors to order the ship detained pending corrective action. The Riyadh MOU is one of several regional port state control regimes worldwide tasked with verifying that foreign-flagged vessels calling at member ports comply with international safety, security and environmental standards. Detentions are typically imposed when inspectors find deficiencies serious enough to pose a risk to the safety of the ship, its crew, passengers or the marine environment, and the vessel is barred from sailing until the issues are resolved and cleared by the authority. No further details regarding the specific deficiencies found aboard the Queen Rinas or the timeline for release have been disclosed in the report. Further updates are expected once the vessel undergoes reinspection and remedial measures are completed to the satisfaction of port state control officials.