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Bulk carrier dismantled at Transversal Shipyard
The 'B Atlantic' which was moored for more than two years on the Gran Malecón del Río was removed to begin its scrapping upstream at the Transversal Shipyard, according to Michell García, manager of the Michellmar Port Society on March 8, 2021. The maneuver lasted more than eight hours. Report with photo: https://www.elheraldo.co/barranquilla/buque-del-gran-malecon-del-rio-sera-desguazado-800017
Ukraine sentenced two seamen to 9 years imprisonment on a false Venezuela drug charge
“Two ship officers are back in their Ukrainian homes after being imprisoned on false drug charges in Venezuela for more than three years”, reported Fairplay in December 2010. “ It wasn’t the end of the story, or to be correct, the end wasn’t happy. On April 25 2012 Ukrainian Supreme Court sentenced both seamen to a 9 year imprisonment in high security prison. Read full story at http://www.odin.tc/news/read.asp?articleID=833
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Two ship officers are back in their Ukrainian homes after being imprisoned on false drug charges in Venezuela for more than three years, Fairplay confirmed today. The widely publicised case involved the August 2007 arrest of the 38,506dwt bulker "B ATLANTIC" in Lake Maracaibo after cocaine was found attached to the hull. Captain Volodymyr Ustymenko and second officer Yuriy Datchenko were held in Venezuela until their trial in August 2010. No evidence was presented against them, yet they were each sentenced to nine years. Stefano Magnelli of Bulker Charter & Management, commercial manager of B Atlantic, confirmed to Fairplay today that the officers have returned to Ukraine.
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