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Aversa towed away as dead ship

In the afternoon of Oct 7, 2014, the "Aversa" left the port of Gent after a detention of more than six months. A tug took the ship in tow to Turkey for repairs. The Ukrainian crew was repatriated on Aug 19 after having been supported with sufficient food, water and diesel by the seamen's house Stella Maris, OCMW Gent, shipping agents, both captains, the International Transport Federation and the Ukrainian embassy. The "Aversa" had arived in the port on March 18 to deliver a cargo of 2,600 tons of linseed By order of the Belgian Maritime Control of the Port State Control she was seized a day later as she was no longer seaworthy. The "Aversa" was subject to rust and had a leak at the height of the ballast tanks. Meanwhile, the ship was made seaworthy for a Transit to Tuzla as "dead ship" Another ship, the Cambodian cargo m/v "Major" (IMO: 8135100) remained under detention in Gent since Jan 15 due to cracks at the bulkheads. Currently five crew members are working on the repair of the ship.