A veteran Ukrainian general cargo vessel has been barred from European ports after failing to call for repairs.

The Paris MOU on Port State Control (Paris MOU) said the 3,100-dwt Sefora (built 1972) was detained in Constanta, Romania, on 26 August after failing a safety inspection.

The cargo ship left the port on 9 September but did not dock at a repair yard in Izmail, Ukraine, as agreed.