PHOENIX SUN

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Phoenix leaving Soreal after 2,5 years

The "Phoenix Sun" which has been immobilized for 2,5 years in Sorel-Tracy was due to leave the downtown wharf in the morning of May 22, 2015, bound to Dubai with an Indian crew. A Montreal company that oversaw the repair work by the crew of 17 Indians. Once in Dubai, the "Phoenix Sun", now renamed "Phoenix", will undergo major repairs. Transport Canada conducted inspections of safety and security during the recent days. The owner had abandoned the cargo and crew. The fate of the 12 Turkish sailors abandoned without pay and without food had moved Quebec in August 2014. Sorel-Tracy citizens were mobilized to collect food and $10 000 for them. The company Air Transat offered them their tickets. Eight months after their return to Turkey, two of the sailors have applied for Canadian citizenship. One of them had a relationship with a resident of Sorel. In November 2014, the Holborn Shipping based on the Marshall Islands, had bought the vessel for $ 682.500. French report with photos: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2015/05/21/003-phoenix-sun-sorel-tracy-marins.shtml

Arrested bulker sold to breakers

A Canadian judicial official has approved the sale of the "Phoenix Sun" which was at the centre of a legal dispute in Montreal. Prothonotary Richard Morneau approved the sale of the bulkcarrier for nearly CAD $683,000 ($604,000). The buyer, one of two vying for the ship, was a company known as Holborn Shipping. The company was understood to be planning to scrap the ship in India. The bulker has been under arrest off Sorel in Quebec since late July 2014 after Canadian investment company Ballantrae Holdings filed a CAD 1.24m lawsuit aimed at foreclosing on a November 2013 loan it claims to have given to a company known as Trenton Shipping and Trading. The lawsuit, filed by Brisset Bishop lawyer David Colford, claims Trenton was acting on behalf of Goldrich Waters International Shipping and Mengu Pasinli, general manager of Canada’s Menpas Shipping and Trading. The loan was in default and its principal and 20% annual interest have gone unpaid. The Montreal based shipbroker Gibson Canadian & Global acted as court-appointed sheriff in the case. The vessel was estimated to be worth around CAD 1.9m to CAD 2.2m upon delivery at a scrap yard, but that price did not include costs of the journey and of preparing it to sail. It has been in layup for two years after having entered the port on Dec 17, 2012.

Stranded crew on the way home

12 Turkish sailors who have been stranded on the "Sun Phoenix" for the past five months in Quebec went home on Sep 21, 2014. In April the crew was flown to Sorel-Tracy, east of Montreal, to fix the Panamanian-flagged ship. Their employer, Menpas Shipping, never paid them, leaving them without money and the necessary paperwork to return home. A fundraising campaign launched by Sorel-Tracy mayor Serge Péloquin was able to raise $10,000 to help the sailors. The Seafarers' International Union of Canada, which took up the crew's cause, gave them money to buy food in August. Last week, Air Transat offered the stranded men plane tickets so they can be reunited with their families. The sailors departed from Montreal-Trudeau airport in the afternoon. The Ontario company who owns the ship, which has been docked in the city for the last two years, owes $60,000 to the city of Sorel-Tracy for unpaid rent.