General Cargo Ship Bakan Detained at Constanta

The general cargo vessel Bakan (IMO 9136840) was detained at the Romanian port of Constanta following a Port State Control inspection under the Black Sea MOU. The inspection, carried out on 16 Sep 2026, identified 25 deficiencies, though none were classified as detainable individually. The Panama-flagged multipurpose cargo ship has a gross tonnage of 4,355 and a deadweight of 6,830. It is managed by Bakan Denizcilik Ticaret Ltd Sti under the International Safety Management (ISM) Code. Despite no single deficiency being categorised as detainable, the cumulative number and nature of the findings led port state control officers to order the vessel's detention pending rectification. Detentions under the Black Sea MOU framework are typically issued when inspectors determine that a vessel's overall condition, equipment, or crew competency falls short of international safety, pollution prevention, or working condition standards to a degree that poses a risk if the ship were to proceed to sea. The MOU, one of several regional port state control regimes worldwide, coordinates inspections among member states bordering the Black Sea to enforce compliance with SOLAS, MARPOL, and other IMO conventions. The vessel will remain detained at Constanta until the identified deficiencies are addressed to the satisfaction of the inspecting authority. No further details on the specific nature of the deficiencies or a timeline for release have been disclosed.