General Cargo Ship KATREN Detained at Tekirdag

The general cargo/multipurpose vessel KATREN (IMO 9014937) was detained following a Port State Control inspection conducted on 12 Oct 2026 at the Turkish port of Tekirdag, under the Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding (Med MoU) regime. Inspectors recorded 19 deficiencies during the examination, of which four were assessed as detainable, prompting authorities to hold the vessel pending rectification. The ship, flying the Vanuatu flag, has a gross tonnage of 2,497 and is managed under the ISM Code by Dandiship OU. Port State Control inspections are designed to verify that vessels comply with international safety, environmental and labour conventions, regardless of flag state. Detentions are issued when deficiencies are deemed serious enough to pose a risk to the safety of the ship, its crew, or the marine environment, and the vessel is barred from sailing until the issues are addressed and verified by the relevant authority. No further details have been released regarding the specific nature of the deficiencies identified aboard KATREN or a timeline for the vessel's release. The detention adds to the record of Port State Control actions logged under the Med MoU for the period, which monitors vessel compliance across member ports in the Mediterranean region.