In its latest port detention report officials said the 164,300-dwt Nordic Passat (built 2002) was held after investigators found “objective evidence” that the crew was using hoses, a pump and a flange to bypass the ship’s oily water separator in a configuration often called a “magic pipe”.
Columbia Shipmanagement was identified as the vessel’s manager and also appeared in a citation related to the detention of the 2,758-teu containership Cape
