UK authorities have found serious safety deficiencies on a Russian bulker than ran aground late last year.
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) detained the 19,885-dwt Kuzma Minin (built 1980) on 18 December in Falmouth after it ran around that day on a nearby beach.
The ship, which is owned by Russia’s Murmansk Shipping Company, was found to have a total of 13 deficiencies during the UK MCA inspection, of which six are grounds for detention.
