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The motion to sell the arrested 'Amadea' has been denied by US district judge Dale Ho. On Feb 9, 2024, federal prosecutors in Manhattan filed a statement urging the judge to press ahead with an auction amid excessive carrying costs, estimated at $743,750 a month. The argument has now been rejected by the court: "The court is wary of relying solely on maintenance costs to justify sale, when those costs represent a small fraction of the value of the res and do not appear to be atypical for property of this type." The 'Amadea' was arrested in May 2022 after its UBO (ultimate beneficiary owner) was allegedly sanctioned following the start of the Russian war against Ukraine. US authorities detained the vessel and subsequently moved it from Fiji to San Diego, where she remains to date. In October 2023, the DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint which could allow the US government to take ownership of the 'Amadea'. The complaint alleged that maintenance and other works were carried out in violation of US law, including allegations of money laundering. The filing was submitted in federal court in New York and further alleged the existence of "a chain of shell companies designed to conceal the identity of the true owner of the yacht" in corporate documents. "The burden to prove forfeitability in a civil forfeiture proceeding is upon the government, and proceedings involving this property and its claimants remain ongoing. The yacht could therefore be 'subject to forfeiture to the United States. A civil forfeiture complaint is merely an allegation that money or property was involved in or represents the proceeds of a crime".

Sold to Breakers as is Taizhou

The new transport ship “El Camino Español” (A 07) left for the first time on the morning of June 11, 2024, since its acquisition by the Ministry of Defense, for sea trials. On the afternoon it returned to its berth at the La Graña naval station and, if everything goes as planned, it will soon travel to the Cartagena arsenal to continue with the adaptation work to its new role as a transport unit of the Army. Since the end of December 2023, it has been in the Ferrol estuary, where the process of adaptation to its military life has begun until its final enlistment during the course of this year, at which time it will reinforce its transport capacity by a considerable percentage. The former “Color Carrier” had been sailing on the Oslo-Kiel line until Nov 2022. Report with photo: https://www.puentedemando.com/el-gris-naval-de-el-camino-espanol/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR30ULtnMTdOLD9vbzsUdR4MIP8ejB5AHi3WtVJq-BLO2taf1cFNJbt38d8_aem_AaSvNxrQdCPv0yVLC6Qtpig94IYF3A7DtDAPRuHtdZwWSqOQoH06RqmmH0ZyDgxol9ijzIXu3pWK7tyL8DQYRZMq

Sold to Breakers as is Jebel Ali