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Ship detained for unpermitted anchoring

The "Saiq" was detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency after unauthorized anchoring since May 16, 2019, in the country's erritorial waters about 10 nautical miles south of Pulau Jarak on May 20, 2019, at 9 a.m. The ship had 25 crew members including Pakistan, India, Russia, Oman and Montenegro nationals, aged between 20 and 65. The captain failed to submit permission documents from the Director General of the Marine Department and were arrested for further investigations under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952.

Medevac off Cape Recife

Port Elizabeth volunteers were placed on alert on June 15, 2012, 15 to be ready for a pending call-out following a request for medical assistance from the "Saiq" which was sailing from Angola to Mauritius. The ship’s 2nd Officer, from India was reported to be suffering abdominal pain and needed to be evacuated from the ship. NSRI were placed on alert by the Transnet National Ports Authority following a request for a medical sea rescue extrication from the MRCC which, following monitoring of the patients condition by the Government Health Emergency Medical Services (EMS) duty doctor, activated the casualty extrication operation for the officer to be removed from the ship and transported to the nearest appropriate hospital as soon as possible. Sea conditions at the time were calm with no wind. At 2.50 p.m. the lifeboat "Spirit of Toft" of the NSRI Port Elizabeth was launched and responded to rendezvous with the ship eight miles off Cape Recife. Once on-scene, NSRI medics went aboard the ship, and the patient was transferred onto the waiting lifeboat before being brought to the sea rescue base. The patient was then transferred into a Guardmed private ambulance services ambulance and taken to hospital in a stable condition for further treatment. The operation was completed by 4 p.m. Report with photos: http://ports.co.za/news/news_2012_06_19_01.php#three