Detention Review & National Detention Appeal

01 Jul 2022

Detention Review Procedure

Detention Review, Detention Review & National Detention Appeal

In case an owner or operator declines to use the National appeal procedure but still wishes to complain about a detention decision, such a complaint should be sent to the flag State or the recognized organization (if authorized to act for the flag State).

The flag State or Recognized Organization (RO) may then ask the port State to reconsider its decision to detain the ship.

In such cases the port State should investigate the decision and inform the flag State or the RO of the outcome.

If the flag State or the RO disagrees with the outcome, a request for review may be sent to the Secretariat (secretariat@bsmou.org) within 90 days from the date of release of the detention.

PDF BS MOU Detention Review Board Procedure


05 Jun 2018

Detention Appeal Procedure

Detention Review & National Detention Appeal, National Detention Appeal
  1. Section 3.14 of the BS MOU states that “the owner or the operator of a ship will have the right of appeal against a detention decision to higher administrative Authority or to the court of competent jurisdiction, according to the law in each country. However, an appeal shall not cause the detention to be suspended”.
  2. Owners or operators should be advised to use official national procedure according the national jurisdiction of the country where the detention order was issued, if they wish to appeal against a detention order.
  3. For Black Sea MoU member States the particulars necessary to submit a National appeal are listed below:

Click on the member State for details.

PDF National Detention Appeal Procedures BS MOU Member States