Aging Freighter Banned From European Ports for Skipping Yard Date

A 42-year-old general cargo ship characterized as high-risk has been banned from European ports for failing to call at a repair yard as agreed.

The Paris MoU, a regional system of 28 maritime authorities that aims to eliminate substandard shipping in European waters and the North Atlantic region, said that the MV Lira (IMO 8516744) will not be allowed into any port in the bloc after failing to call at a repair yard in Greece.

The 1985-built ship had been detained at the Port of Olbia, Italy, but left on October 3. While one of the conditions for the ship's release from Olbia was that she head straight to a yard in Piraeus, the ship refused to honor the agreement to proceed for repairs.

The Paris MoU said that it had received a communication from the coordinator of the Piraeus Port State Control office on October 15 indicating that the vessel had not arrived at the port and had also failed to give any updates regarding its arrival.

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