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Ship boarded and robbed by perpetrators in Dumai

On Dec 15, 2020,, at around 4 a.m. there was an alleged robbery of valuables from the 'Vantage River' at the Pt. Persade Superior Energy, Lubuk Gaung Sub-district, Sungai Sembilan District, in Dumai City. At 03.45 a.m. Marin Buzatu, a crew member on guard, was detained by four perpetrators who threatened him, covered his mouth and tied his hands. He was forced to show the way to the engine room where they headed straight to the store room for spare parts. They robbed spare tools and escaped with a boat. The crew immediately reported the robbery to the local authorities and the agent.

Operators of bulkcarrier charged for dumping oil

The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation charged the operators of the "South Wind", hauling a cargo of scrap metal, with dumping oil in the Hudson River at Rensselaer on Apr 22, 2016. The Spill was caused by a backup of pressure in the ship’s waste oil tanks. The crew dumped approximately 20 gallons of waste oil in the Hudson River. DEC Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) received a call at 5:15 p.m. reporting an oil sheen observed in the water around the bulk carrier which was docked at Grimmel Industries in the Port of Rensselaer. Members of DEC’s spills response team investigated the incident with help from Port of Rensselaer security. The captain of the ship, Ion Lemnaru, stated that a build-up of pressure from the engine’s waste oil tanks backed up through the vent pipes and caused oil to spill onto the deck. It was determined that crew members collected the spilled oil and poured at least 20 gallons into the ship’s drain ports on deck, which then discharged directly into the river. Several violations were issued to the captain and owner of the ship, the South Wind Shipping Corporation, including discharging waste oil into waters of the state, failure to contain waste oil, unlawful disposal of used oil, and failure to report an oil spill. Due to low tide going out, the oil dissipated before the spills response team could contain it. The oil was determined to have caused only minimal environmental impact. Further investigation revealed that the ship was also storing waste oil in 55 gallon drums in the hull of the ship along with several open 5-gallon pails of oil. DEC alerted the United States Coast Guard, and crews investigated the ship over the weekend and found several deficiencies, including overfilled waste oil tanks and excessive waste oil on board. The USCG ordered the removal of 4,000 gallons of waste oil from the vessel and mandated the engines be repaired before it could leave the port. The ship sailed from Albany on Apr 26.

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Attach by Chittagong High Court: 13/10/14