The Paris MOU port state control body has barred three cargoships after they failed their third safety checks in three years.
Two are flagged in Moldova and one in Comoros, registers which are all on the organisation's black list. They were all banned for three months.
The 1,600-dwt Elg (built 1983), operated by Adoken Shipping of Turkey, was held in Gibraltar for six days with 11 deficiencies.
