Shipping Trade and Transport News 13th November 2015

 

Vessel News

 

Searose Fpso

A 51-year-old man from Nova Scotia is facing drug charges after his arrest on board the SeaRose FPSO late last week. Bruce Giles of Nova Scotia was arrested by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit

Falcon Explorer

The "Falcon Explorer has been selected for recycling, and bought by Smedegaarden. It berthed in Esbjerg on Oct 29, 2015. The vessel still contained a lager amount of good equipment

Felixstowe 

MV Svitzer Deben  

The Damen Shipyard group built ASD 3212 tugs SVITZER DEBEN and SVITZER KENT which were delivered by the Happy Star in Rotterdam to sail to their homeports London and Felixstowe however due to the stormy conditions at the Notrthsea the tugs were waiting for weather improvement in the 4th Petroleum harbor Svitzer.

Supreme Court upholds life sentence for captain

 

South Korea’s supreme court on Nov 11 upheld a life sentence for the captain of the "Sewol". The Supreme Court upheld a lower court that sentenced Lee Joon-seok, 70, to life imprisonment for charges that included homicide. The court ruled that Lee committed homicide by willful negligence, concluding he fled his ship without giving an evacuation order, although, as captain, he is required by law to take measures to save his passengers. The court also upheld prison terms of 18 months to 12 years for 14 other crew members who faced similar charges of negligence and passenger abandonment, but weren’t found guilty of homicide because they were subject to Lee’s orders.