Missing ship found on African coast
Published: 17 August, 2009, 18:06
The cargo vessel the “Arctic Sea”, which had been missing for almost three weeks, has been found off the west coast of Africa.
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17.08.2009, 14:26
“The case of Arctic Sea is a Trojan Horse indicating the current level of European maritime safety, about which I’m personally very pessimistic,” says Timo Hellenberg, an expert in crisis management.
14.08.2009, 12:30
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Despite a series of reported sightings, the location of a Russian-crewed cargo vessel missing for almost two weeks is still not known.
11.08.2009, 10:25
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The “Arctic Sea” ship which disappeared in the Atlantic was carrying a cargo of timber worth nearly $2 mln and, perhaps, a “secret” cargo says Mikhail Voytenko, editor-in-chief of the Russian maritime bulletin Sovfrakht.
16.08.2009, 08:20
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Police in Finland say the owner of the missing freighter "Arctic Sea” has received a demand for a ransom, suggesting the involvement of pirates. Meanwhile, the ship's location is still unknown.
18.08.2009, 16:07
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The Russian frigate Ladny has freed the “Arctic Sea” cargo ship in the Atlantic without firing a shot and arrested eight alleged hijackers, according to the country’s Defense Ministry.
26.03.2010, 08:50
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Hackers in Latvia claim the country was selling arms to Somalia in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. They say they obtained copies of documents proving a top Latvian official supplied weapons to pirates.
27.08.2009, 18:01
The suspected hijackers of the Arctic Sea cargo ship have been officially charged with piracy and kidnapping. Russian investigators say the eight men had been planning for a long time to seize the freighter.
28.10.2009, 22:59
The end of the “Arctic Sea” cargo ship saga may be near, with the lifting of the arrest order by the Russian Prosecutor General's office on the Maltese-flagged vessel which was hijacked in the Baltic Sea last summer.
30.10.2009, 16:46
The Maltese-flagged cargo vessel “Arctic Sea” – mysteriously hijacked in July 2009 and then freed by the Russian patrol boat “Ladny” – docked at the Maltese port of Valetta on Thursday.
03.11.2009, 13:39
The last four sailors who remained on board the hijacked Arctic Sea vessel have returned to their home base in northern Russia.
Published: 17 August, 2009, 18:06
The cargo vessel the “Arctic Sea”, which had been missing for almost three weeks, has been found off the west coast of Africa.
Congratulations! After decades of regulating policies from UN, IMCO, IMO – the seamen status at international seas turned up to be called a concoction of misery and tragedy. Firstly UK reacted heavily to bring the companies to domestic flags, then gave up and resigned. Nobody knew where the situation would go. Today we have it explicit – seamen are endangered profession left without awareness of their rights to sovereignty. Example (typical and heavily pondered): Mixed international crew employed by Japanese respectful management. Say 3 different nationalities. The ship flag registered in Singapore, owner is quite formal consortium. Suppose being docked at some jetty in Saudia and suppose to have the claim from crew. Try to process it… Saudia and other Gulf states do not recognize anything directly signed with IMO. The registered flag will refuse any help. The crewing agencies hiring the crew will vanish under a table. The seaman is abandoned in entirety! In the end he might come to idea to look in the dictionary and accidentally he finds the word “sovereignty”. Not copying he asks captain, but the guy has no idea as well…last time he heard for the word was at school, but he never experienced it. Russia is the state signing far the greatest number of IMO resolution. Happily she is also sovereign. Simply and straight – as for the sky, same at sea – Russia is the last Slavic dream of sovereign belonging. Otherwise we only make a number of zeroes – easy to make chain reacted at seas. This is the ultimate fiasco of IMO – enslaved seamen.