FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has imposed a 180-day ban on an Indian-flagged bulk carrier due to repeated safety risks, following the operator’s failure to report serious defects in the vessel’s main engine and machinery while visiting Australian ports. Inspections conducted by AMSA at the Port of Melbourne revealed multiple maintenance issues onboard, including defective main engine control systems, faulty alarm monitoring systems, and inadequate generator starting arrangements. The ship exhibited 19 deficiencies, indicating a failure to maintain it after survey, along with shortcomings in the safety management system. RelatedNews AMSA urges operators to comply with MLC or face bans DNV: Detentions show shortcomings in ISM implementation & fire safety var jnews_module_21315824_0_6a04e55385622 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21315824","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"45,532,57,3653","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_ty