General Cargo Ship UBC SANTA MARTA Detained in Quebec City

The general cargo/multipurpose vessel UBC SANTA MARTA (IMO 9380805) has been detained following a Port State Control inspection under the Paris MoU, conducted at Quebec City on 22 Dec 2025. Inspectors identified nine deficiencies in total, three of which were classified as detainable, prompting authorities to hold the vessel in port pending corrective action. The ship, flagged in Cyprus and carrying a gross tonnage of 19,748, is managed under the ISM Code by INTERSHIP NAVIGATION CO-CYP. Port State Control inspections are carried out to verify that foreign-flagged vessels calling at member ports comply with international safety, environmental and labour conventions. Detention is imposed when deficiencies are judged serious enough to pose a risk to the ship, crew or environment, and the vessel is not permitted to sail until the issues are rectified and verified by the relevant authority. No further details regarding the specific nature of the deficiencies or the vessel's release status have been disclosed. The case adds to the record of detentions logged under the Paris MoU regime, which monitors vessel compliance across member states' ports in Europe and the North Atlantic.