Constantino-Kochifas

The "Furkan" and "Salah Aldeen 2" have been denied access to the region covered by the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control. The "Salah Aldeen 2" has been detained in Tarragona since Dec 16, 2014. This was the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The Vanuatu-flagged "Furkan" was detained in Castellon, Spain on Dec 20, 2014. This was the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 24 months. Under the provisions of section 4 of the Paris MoU, Article 16 of EU Council Directive 2009/16/EC1, both ships will be refused further access to any port and anchorage in the Paris MOU region, except a port and anchorage of the ships’ respective flag states. The refusal of access will become applicable immediately after the ships have been authorized to leave their current ports and anchorages. As this is the first refusal of access order, the period of the refusal of access will be three months for each ship.

M/V Furkan was detained in Castellon (Spain) on December 20, 2014. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 24 months, Paris MoU said in its press release. The ship flies the flag of VANUATU, which is grey on the current Paris MoU BWG list.