During November, there were five new detentions of a foreign flagged vessel in a UK port. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) publishes details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports each month. The .
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that three foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during November 2021 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.