Algerian ferry freed after eight-day Alicante detention
AI illustrationThe Algerian passenger ferry Tariq Ibn Ziyad left Alicante at 23:13 UTC on 4 November. Eight days. That is how long Paris MoU port state control inspectors had held the ship in Spain, its fourth detention since 2016. It reached Algiers the following afternoon at 14:20 UTC.
Port authorities have not said what deficiencies were found. Algerie Ferries postponed at least two crossings of the western Mediterranean while the ship sat idle in Alicante.
Scrutiny of passenger ships has been intense this season. The cruise ship MSC Poesia was detained by the US Coast Guard in Miami just days earlier after an expanded examination found deficiencies in onboard systems.
Algerian ferry freed after eight-day Alicante detention
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