Heavy-Load Carrier CORSICA Detained in Nordenham Over 49 Deficiencies

The heavy-load vessel CORSICA (IMO 9222352) was detained following a Paris MoU port state control inspection at Nordenham on 10 Dec 2025. Inspectors recorded 49 total deficiencies, of which 18 were classified as detainable, prompting authorities to hold the vessel in port. The ship flies the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) and has a gross tonnage of 5,548. It is managed under the ISM Code by Oceanic Express Ship Mgmt Pvt. The scale of the deficiencies identified during the inspection points to significant shortcomings across multiple areas of the vessel's condition and operational compliance, though the specific categories of defects were not detailed in the inspection record. Detention under the Paris MoU framework is applied when deficiencies are deemed serious enough to pose a risk to safety, health or the environment, or when they breach applicable international conventions. Vessels detained under the regime are required to rectify the identified deficiencies before being permitted to depart, and the case may factor into future risk profiling of the ship and its management company within the Paris MoU inspection regime. No further details on the nature of repairs or expected release have been disclosed.