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Abandoned ship pulled to breakers
The "Condor" which has been detained in the port of Zeebrugge since April 2010, is getting demolished at Galloo shipbreakers in Ghent. On Dec 3, 2013, the tugs "Barracuda" and "Multratug 10" pulled the ship out of the port where it had been moored since April 19, 2010. It had been detained during a stopover enroute from the Caribbean to Poland with a cargo of 1200 tons rice. A port state control had proved that it was no longer seaworthy duue to 47 defiencies. Some provisional repairs were carried out , but they were not sufficient. The crew which consisted of three Hondurans, a Jamiacaan and a Panamanian, were removed from the ship and the country as illegal immigrants by order of the social inspection. One remaining sailor from Myanmar disappeared in 2010, just before he was to be deported too. In summer 2011 the port authoritiy pumped off the fuel from the vessel. Recently the ship started making water and threatened to sink sot the seaport made the necessary adjustments so that it could sail. Over the past years it took tat least 100,000 Euros for repairs and port charges. The legal fees and costs for the port services were not yet included in the calculations. The ship was owned by a shipping company based in Suriname, but the port authority never received answers to its questions from there. Dutch and Belgian reports with photos: http://trends.knack.be/economie/nieuws/transport-en-logistiek/shipping/condor-heeft-zeebrugge-verlaten/article-4000464819021.htm http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20131018_00798022 http://www.stadsomroep.com/Detail.asp?NUM=37127
Condor in danger of sinking
The "Condor" was reported to be in danger of sinking on Aug 11 in Brugge where the ship is detained. The abandoned ship was tilting and leaking oil. The oil was removed by the port authority which already has a lawsuit against the shipowner from Suriname. The ship reached Zeebrugge in April 2010 with a cargo of rice from the Caribbean. There were 47 defiencies found by the maritime police, regarding safety and hygiene, and the crew consisted largely of illegal aliens. Belgian report with pphoto: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=OB3DVOP8
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The "Condor" was detained in the port of Zeebrugge at berth 925 on Apr 19, 2010. The ship had come from the Caribbean Sea with a cargo of 1200 tons rice bound for Poland. During a port safety control 47 defiencies were found. Ship's agent is the Minne Port Services. The crew of 11. a.o. from Jamaica and Myanmar, remained on board and were supplied with food. In the morning of Apr 29 a team of ship repair yards boarded the ship to start a survey. The required repairs could take at least weeks or months.
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