A vessel involved in one of shipping’s most environmentally and safety sensitive trades has found itself at the centre of a major port state control (PSC) controversy after it was detained in the UK with a whopping 16 deficiencies.

The 2,056-gt Yara Embla (built 2005), which is involved in carrying liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) as part of an environmental trade involving Norway’s Yara ASA, was held last month with UK inspectors saying they had uncovered “objective evidence of a serious failure, or lack of effectiveness of the implementation of the International Safety Management [ISM] code”.

However,