Britain is part of a regional agreement on port state control known as the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU). This was the second ship belonging to Mumbai-headquartered GOL Offshore Limited to be detained after Malaviya Seven was detained at Aberdeen in June. Britain’s maritime authorities said on Tuesday an Indian ship named Malaviya Twenty was detained in July after surveyors found five deficiences when it docked in Great Yarmouth. If any of the deficiencies are so serious they have to be rectified before departure, then the ship will be detained. The vessel was among three new detentions in July and was still detained as of July 31, the agency said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 02, 2016 11:48 UTC