AUGUSTE SCHULTE

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Beached

beached at Chittagong 03.01.17

sold to Breakers

sold to Breakers 295 USD/TO as is Singapore

Auguste Schulte allowed to leave Male three weeks after grounding incident

The "Auguste Schulte" was allowed to leave the port of Male on Jan 28, after Transport Authority had prohibited the container ship from leaving the Maldives until the probe of its grounding on Jan 7 was completed. The agent of the Silver Company had wished to carry out an assessment of the reef damage on its own before paying the fine. The ship had been permitted to leave after the agent gave a bank guarantee to the government. The contracted team and a team from the Environment Protection Agency [EPA] are currently making an assessment as the ship’s owner wants to confirm the reef damage. But as keeping the ship here would cause major losses to the company, it was given the green light for the ship to leave after the bank guarantee was given. The one year bank guarantee would be used once the ship’s agent completes its assessment of the damage caused to the reef. Transport Authority stressed that the ship’s agent must take full responsibility for the incident.