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Asylum seekers acted like pirates

A boatload of asylum-seekers picked up by the "Parsifal" on Aug 13, 2012, after a distress call were accused of acting like pirates after forcing the captain to take them to Australia. The ship had picked up the 67 asylum-seekers from a people-smuggling ship off Java in response to a distress call relayed by Australian authorities. It intended to continue on to Singapore with the group but became very aggressive when learning of the plan and insisted he take them to Australia's Christmas Island. The conflict erupted on Aug 14 morning, 30 minutes after the rescue of the 67 male asylum-seekers from their leaking boat was finished, and continued steaming towards Singapore The men threatened self-harm if the master continued to Singapore. Once they were advised that the ship would proceed to Christmas Island the asylum-seekers calmed down immediately. Poice investigators have spoken to some of the asylum-seekers and to the "Parsifal"'s captain, who had indicated that he "did not wish to pursue this matter at this time". The group could be among the first sent to remote Nauru or Papua New Guinea's Manus Island under a punitive new policy to detain asylum-seekers offshore currently being debated in the upper house of parliament. A first call by cell phone had been received on Aug 13 at 5 a.m. The line was bad, and it took until 5 p.m. to determine the vessel's location, which was about 48 nautical miles south of East Java and inside the Indonesian SAR region. Throughout the day, several locations were provided, which were each investigated by merchant vessels in the area. The location of the vessel was confirmed when it was sighted by a RAAF maritime surveillance aircraft under the co-ordination of AMSA. Report with photo: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indonesian-crew-escape-in-rescued-vessel/story-fn59niix-1226452181647

Parsifal rescues 67 asylum seekers off Java

The MV Parsifal picked up 67 asylum seekers from near Java on Monday, August 13, 2012 and planned to take them to its intended destination of Singapore. But the asylum seekers reportedly became agitated and successfully demanded they be taken to Christmas Island where they were dropped off on Tuesday night. More at http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National/2012/08/16/67_Refugees_taken_to_Christmas_Island_784384.html

Wallenius Wilhelmsen takes delivery of second Mark-V roro Parsifal

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has taken delivery of its second Mark V ro-ro vessel, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Japan, The Motorship reports. Parsifal is a sister vessel to Tonsberg, delivered to Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics in March this year.The vessel has a length of 265m offering a cargo volume of 138,000m3 over six fixed and three hoistable decks. A total of four Mark V vessels for use by WWL are scheduled for delivery to Wallenius and partner Wilh. Wilhelmsen during 2011-2012. http://www.motorship.com/news101/second-ro-ro-giant-delivered