SCOTIA PRINCE

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Discussions underway to resume ferry service between Sri Lanka and India

The new Chairman of Sri Lanka Shipping Corporation Kanchana Ratwatte says discussions have been underway to resume the ferry service between Sri Lanka and India. Indian company Flamingo Liners launched the 9-story MV Scotia Prince between Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka's Colombo port in June 2011. However, the 1000-passenger ferry halted operations in less than six months from its launch. The ship is now detained at the Colombo Ports since November 18 due to unpaid bills amounting to over US$ 400,000 as catering charges. The government, citing UNHCR statistics, has noted that the number of Sri Lankan refugees returning home from refugee camps in India has dropped in 2011 when compared to the previous year due to suspension of the Colombo-Tuticorin ferry service. The UNHCR opened up the ferry service for refugees in last October but the service was suspended a month later. The refugees prefer to take the ferry as they can carry five times more luggage than those traveling by flight. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/Jan11_1326263425CH.php

Another warrant on Scotia Prince

The Colombo Commercial High Court on Dec 5, 2011, issued another warrant for the arrest and detention of the "Scotia Prince” on charges of having defaulted payments on account of goods and materials supplied agency fees and services rendered to “Scotia Prince” for her operation by the plaintiff Tradex Shipping Co (P) Ltd of No. 24, Bagawantham Street, Chennai India. The warrant was issued to the Colombo Port Marshal directing him to detain the vessel. The plaintiff submitted that during the period between June to November 2011 the plaintiff, at the request of Flemingo Liners Pvt Ltd in Mumbai, the operators of the defendant vessel M.V.”Scotia Prince” acted as agent of the vessel at the port of Tutocorin. The Plaintiff had supplied the crew and made supplies and rendered services to the vessel for her operation by placing 50 Indian Crew on-board at the request of the Flemingo Liners (Pvt ) Ltd. The crew worked as catering crew, front desk crew and hospital crew. The plaintiff claim that those crew members had not been paid their wages and they were requesting the plaintiff company for settlement of their wages., compensation and repatriation costs. The Plaintiff claims that the crew wages compensation and repatriation will costs a sum of Indian Rupees 7000,000.00 A further sum of Indian Rupees 14,788,444.73 is due on account of goods and materials supplied and agency fees and service rendered to the vessel. The court gave notice to the defendants to appear in court on January 12, 2012