Abuja MoU Detention List

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Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Abuja MoU region.

The Abuja MoU Detention List tracks ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities across the Atlantic Coast of Africa. It includes the ship’s name, flag, owner, classification society, and reasons for detention, among other details.

Data overview

Entities:
Total1,261
Searchable413
Targets191
Entity types:
Vessels191
Companies186
Organizations36
Countries:
43 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Abuja Memorandum of Understanding (Abuja MoU) · Global

The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central African Region (Abuja MoU) is one of the 9 Regional MoUs and 1 National MoU established pursuant to IMO Resolution A.682(17) of 1991. Operating under a Cooperative Agreement with IMO, Abuja MoU was established as an inter-governmental organization comprising the Maritime Administrations of twenty-two Countries abutting the Atlantic Coast of Africa.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default
Information:abujamou.org
Source data:abuja.marinet.ru · HTML
Tags:sector.maritime
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:2026-01-04 19:07:01 · v. 20260104190701-oms
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities620.23 KB
names.txtTarget names text file8.26 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format304.02 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON785.95 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV90.02 KB

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Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
ABERT OLDENDORFFVesselLiberia
CEMIXVesselVanuatu
MARIAVesselPalau
ROKHYVesselPanama
HAMMONIA BALTICAVesselLiberia
NQ ZINNIAVesselNetherlands
MSC DYMPHNAVesselPanama
ATHENS BRIDGEVesselPanama
MSC GEORGIA IIVesselLiberia
SSI INVINCIBLE IIVesselMarshall Islands
HAWA 5VesselCameroon
VANKORVesselCameroon · Barbados · Panama · Gabon · Palau · Guinea-Bissau · Marshall Islands
AARONVesselTogo
BOURBON LIBERTY 223VesselFrance
MV ONDAVesselGuyana · Togo
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