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Casualty Week Sep 10 Lloyd’s Casualty Week contains information from worldwide sources of Marine, Non-Marine and Aviation casualties together with other reports Lloyd's relevant to the shipping, transport and insurance communities CasualtyWeek September 10 2004 UASC master pays heaviest penalty for pollution HE Pakistani master of a the head of a 5 km long, 50 m wide Last year, the government United Arab Shipping slick off Cap Couronne, west of signalled its intention to get tough on T container vessel has Marseilles. marine waste dumping off its coasts received what is thought to be by transferring jurisdiction for the heaviest sentence imposed The master of the Cimil was 29- deliberate offshore pollution from by a French court since the year-old Bourak Vurnal, but, as in the Paris to courts in Marseilles, Brest case of the Khaled Ibn al-Waleed , the French authorities began and Le Havre. taking tougher action to stamp vessel’s owner, given by Equasis as out marine pollution off its Cimil Denizcilik of Istanbul, was Fine dodging coasts. ordered to pay the bulk of the fine — in this case euro 290,000. Since then, the courts have sought The Marseilles criminal court to prevent fine dodging by masters Waste dumping imposed on 54-year-old Anis Yazdani and owners by bringing offending Zuberi a 12-month suspended prison vessels into port and ordering sentence and a euro 500,000 Damages ranging from euro 3,000 payment of heavy bail as a condition ($600,000) fine, although it stipulated to euro 18,000 were also awarded to of their release. that the bulk of the fine — euro five environmental organisations, 485,000 — should be paid by the including Greenpeace France, which Such was the case for the two vessel’s owner. took legal action on its own account. vessels whose masters were tried in The two sentences were condemned Marseilles. Pollution slick by Marc Guerin, the lawyer representing the two masters, who In addition, since March this year, The 1983-built, 32,534 gt Khaled said that French courts were maximum penalties for deliberate Ibn al-Waleed was spotted from the marine pollution have been increased. air at the head of an 18 kms long, 50 currently under “enormous pressure” from the government and other m wide pollution slick off Cap Siciè, The maximum fine has gone up authorities to be “extremely severe” near La Seyne sur Mer on the French from euro 600,000 to euro 1m or up to in cases of waste dumping by vessels Mediterranean coast, on February 11 four times the value of cargo of the at sea. this year. vessel concerned, while the maximum prison sentence has gone up from four The same court imposed a euro “I explain this by the government’s years to 10. 300,000 fine on the Turkish master of desire to teach lessons which in my a 4,289 gt container ship, the Cimil, opinion is not really the role of the Andrew Spurrier which was spotted on January 29 at judiciary,” he said after the case. Lloyd’s List Correspondent EDITOR Stephen Legall Tel +44 020 7017 5228 ADVERTISEMENTS SUBSCRIPTIONS: Mike Smith Peter Barker Tel +44 (0) 20 7017 4488 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7017 4779 Fax +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 email [email protected] Email: [email protected] A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779. Summary of Major Cases in this week’s issue of Lloyd’s Casualty Week Vessel Type Flag Class GT DWT Blt Casualty AL SAHIN — — — — — — Returning to Mundra due heavy weather but struck SAH HIND rocks in Kori Creek and sank in lat 23 20N, long 68 18E, Aug 28. All 20 crew rescued. ASTRO ALTAIR product GRC AB 53,074 98,880 1997 Lost steering while travelling upriver in River tanker Mississippi and struck ferry landing at Algiers Point Aug 28. Gash in hull above waterline. Towed to St. Rose area for repairs. Ferry landing damaged and may be out of action for 2 weeks. CANDY COTTON — USA — 99 — 1997 Struck a jetty at Cameron in lat 29 48N, long 93 19W, Aug 26. A number of compartments flooded and vessel had to be grounded to prevent it sinking. Still aground Aug 28, temporary repair required before vessel can proceed for repair yard. FEDOR SILIN general RUS RS 484 454 1965 Reported Sep 1 grounded near Kitovy settlement, Iturup Island, due to typhoon "Chaba". Punctured in several places, engine- room flooded. Crew still on board. JACKIE MOON general ATG RI 1,616 2,014 1986 Ran aground in lat 55 56.68N, long 04 55.38W, Sep 1. Listing five degrees to starboard. Tug on scene and second tug proceeding. Refloated Sep 1 and anchored in Clyde Bay for inspection. Still anchored Sep 2. MECIT KAPTAN general TUR — 1162 1,801 1998 In collision with general cargo Boris Babochkin at Constantza Aug 26. Damage to No 1 double bottom tank and No 1 hold port side. Beached following collision. Still aground Aug 30, surveys being carried out. PENG YANG bulker CHN LR 30,325 53,439 1973 Grounded on rocks at Yam O, Hong Kong, in lat 22 20.34N, long 114 01.81E, Aug 23. Holes torn in tanks and cargo holds. Reported listing and bow pitched down. Salvors to assess vessel's condition. Still aground Sep 2, hull repairs in hand. SAINT product GRC AB 22,009 39,225 1984 Grounded in lat 55 53.7N, long 10 56.4E, NICHOLAS tanker Aug 30. Tug in attendance. Diver's survey to be carried out prior to salvage operations. Still aground Sep 1. Salvors negotiating salvage plan. Part cargo to be removed. SVITZER tug GBR LR 369 210 2004 Reported 30 Aug 2004 under repair after BIDSTON reportedly slipping off blocks at a dry dock on the Mersey. Damage reported to propellers and skeg, and hull puncured in way of fuel tank. VAL CADORE lpg ITA RI 5,778 7,504 1997 Contacted Boudewijn Lock Aug 27. Damage to starboard side and ballast tanks. Unable to proceed. Sailed Antwerp Aug 28 & arrived Flushing same day. VIHAN 5 general VNM NK 5,552 7,045 1990 Grounded near Uwajima, in lat 33 01N, long 132 23 E, Aug 30, during typhoon "Chaba". Bow block broken and engine-room flooded. Listing. 16 crew rescued, 4 missing. Tug proceeding. (ii) CONTENTS The following reports are reprinted from Lloyd’s List weather lifeboat launched and proceeded. At 1330, UTC, tow Reports appear in alphabetical commenced by Thurso lifeboat but line order under the following parted frequently. Orkney towage headings and relevant page contracted for tug availability. Tug number: HHarald contracted under cast agreement and stood by casualty until 1700, UTC. At 1552, UTC, Arnoytrans Marine, including Overdue AFRIN (Turkey) regained use of rudder and being & Missing Vessels 1 London, Aug 27 — General cargo Afrin escorted into Scrabster, ETA 1800, UTC. departed from Diliskelesi on Aug 17. London, Aug 27 — Following received Port State Control 7 from Aberdeen Coastguard MRCC, AL SAHIN SAH HIND timed 1807, UTC, today: Ref Arnoytrans arrived safely alongside Scrabster Seizures & Arrests 7 London, Aug 29 — A press report, dated Aug 28, states: Twenty sailors harbour 1751, UTC. Search and rescue were missing today after a cargo ship operations terminated. Pipeline Accidents 8 sank off India’s west coast, coastguard officials said. A search was called off at ASTRO ALTAIR (Greece) London, Auig 29 — A press report, Pollution 8 nightfall after the Indian ship, carrying rice for Somalia, went down 20km off dated yesterday, states: The U-S Coast the western Indian port town of Guard says product tanker Astro Altair Weather & Navigation 9 Jakhau. “We sent out a helicopter, five (53074 gt, built 1997) lost steering on boats and one of our ships to rescue the the Mississippi River and slammed into crew members, but the sailors could not a ferry landing across from the French Earthquakes 15 be traced by dusk,” coastguard Quarter this afternoon. Petty Officer spokesman S.B.Venketesway said, Nick Cangemi, a Coast Guard Volcanic Activity 15 adding that a fresh search would be spokesman, says there were no reports launched tomorrow. It was not of injuries and the tanker did not leak immediately known whether the rice any oil into the river. Officials say the Political & Civil Unrest 15 was meant for the civilian population of ferry landing at Algiers Point was drought-hit Somalia or Indian soldiers damaged and that the ferry would not be in use for an undetermined amount Labour Disputes 22 deployed there as UN peacekeepers. London, Aug 29 — Following received of time. The ferry takes cars and people from Mumbai RCC, timed 1505, UTC: to and from the Algiers neighborhood Awards & Settlements 22 Vessel Al Sahin Sah Hind, local and the French Quarter. The 813-foot registration number BDI1315, Mundra long vessel, which was carrying 643- thousand gallons of crude oil, lost Railway Accidents 24 for Somalia, laden with 575 tonnes of rice, sank at 0630 hrs, Aug 28, in lat 23 steering while travelling upriver and 20N, long 68 18E. All the crew have hit the ferry landing at about 1420 hrs. Miscellaneous 24 now been safely rescued. Cangemi says the vessel would be towed Mumbai, Aug 31 — Vessel Al Sahin to near Saint Rose for repairs. (Note — Astro Altair passed Gibraltar West Aug Fires & Explosions 25 Sah Hind, which was on its way to Somalia from Mundra Port, sank about 15 for U.S.A.) 20 nautical miles from the Jakhau coast London, Aug 29 — A press report, Aviation 26 in Kutch district of Gujarat.
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