Officials held the 9,700-dwt Isis (built 2006) in Silvertown on 3 January after picking up 10 deficiencies, including four considered grounds for detention.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) says the cargo ship safety equipment had expired. It also found fault with its use of automatic pilot and ISM procedures.
As TradeWinds has reported, the International Transport Workers’ Federation had threatened to arrest the ship if its owner did not pay overdue wages to its crew of 18 Filipinos.
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