Maritime News Thread

neris · 27-05-2021 5:58pm

I would have thought the trawlers would have been better off blocking the entrance to cork harbour in the roches point area then being tied up to the dock

Odelay · 27-05-2021 6:27pm

neris wrote: »

I would have thought the trawlers would have been better off blocking the entrance to cork harbour in the roches point area then being tied up to the dock

It’s their first protest. They won’t want to obstruct other mariners doing their job, just showing that they can organise themselves for a protest.

Atlantic Dawn · 27-05-2021 7:28pm

Some of the new rules are crazy, they want Irish trawlers to have their already ice packed catch weighed on the pier with all ice removed, then repack with ice, it's a health hazard and would take many hours to do each time, this rule only applies to Irish registered boats in Ireland. RSW trawlers will have to remove the water from the fish and then weigh them, this will damage the fish. Meanwhile Spanish trawlers unload their fish in Irish ports directly on to Spanish registered trucks with little or no checks whatsoever with no need to de-ice.

More here...
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40288877.html

Ubbquittious · 27-05-2021 9:01pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Some of the new rules are crazy, they want Irish trawlers to have their already ice packed catch weighed on the pier with all ice removed, then repack with ice, it's a health hazard and would take many hours to do each time, this rule only applies to Irish registered boats in Ireland. RSW trawlers will have to remove the water from the fish and then weigh them, this will damage the fish. Meanwhile Spanish trawlers unload their fish in Irish ports directly on to Spanish registered trucks with little or no checks whatsoever with no need to de-ice.

More here...
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40288877.html

How did things end up going this way? and what happens with this penalty point system they've been harping on about? If this is a new law they're creating how come the Spanish are exempt?

Widdensushi · 27-05-2021 10:11pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

How did things end up going this way? and what happens with this penalty point system they've been harping on about? If this is a new law they're creating how come the Spanish are exempt?

There's a requirement to have a penalty point system, different countries interpretation is totally different, one of the big issues with the Irish one is that if you are charged with an offence by the sfpa, you have to go before the courts and fight your case, whether you win or lose you have to go before three people appointed by the sfpa, they can decide you were guilty and it can lead firstly to your licence being completely worthless or to even completely confiscated longer term. Individual s have been subject to vendetta s by certain sfpa officers, they have it rigged so that they can decide to wrongfully arrest boats and Skippers and put them out of business without them ever being convicted. That is only the start of where the Irish system is rigged against fishermen compared to other eu countries. We need a points system similar to the other eu countries.

Widdensushi · 28-05-2021 4:40pm

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Ongoing situation since this skipper was threatening a smaller irish boat during the night, coastguard, navy etc all contacted, they are monitoring the situation, the line on the image is the 12 mile limit, he is not allowed inside it but they have been coming further and further inside recently

Widdensushi · 29-05-2021 8:54am

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Screenshot_20210529_084145_com.astrapaging.vf.jpgThe dots that are more apart is where he was shooting his gear at a higher speed the night before, the closer dots is because he was hauling his gear at a slower speed, you can clearly see that he hauled his Western gear and didn't haul 3 miles of his Eastern gear, letting it to ghost fish and letting the plastic in the sea

Widdensushi · 29-05-2021 8:57am

This is the the screenshot I meant to post above, I don't seem to be able to add it above

neris · 30-05-2021 5:13pm

looks like the spanish think they can go where they want

https://afloat.ie/port-news/fishing/item/50488-bantry-bay-incident-involved-spanish-trawler-inside-irish-12-mile-limit-says-sfpa

Atlantic Dawn · 30-05-2021 5:49pm

neris wrote: »

looks like the spanish think they can go where they want

https://afloat.ie/port-news/fishing/item/50488-bantry-bay-incident-involved-spanish-trawler-inside-irish-12-mile-limit-says-sfpa

I suppose it's only a matter of time before EU vessels take full control of policing the seas around Ireland...

https://afloat.ie/port-news/navy/item/50490-naval-service-shortages-sees-ireland-having-to-rely-on-eu-ship-to-patrol-fishing-waters

AndyBoBandy · 01-06-2021 10:02am

'A' Spanish fishing vessel has been detained by the Irish Naval Services...

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40303160.html

https://twitter.com/naval_service/status/1399489007474688011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1399489007474688011%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Farid-40303160.html

A Spanish trawler allegedly fishing illegally in Irish waters has been detained by the Naval Service.

It follows an incident in which a Spanish trawler was involved in a confrontation with Irish fishermen last Friday.

That vessel is alleged to have been operating illegally within the waters of Bantry Bay, which is within Ireland's 12-nautical mile limit.

The limit gives exclusive rights to Irish-registered fishing vessels to fish in those waters.

The Naval Services said the LÉ RÓISÍN detained a Spanish vessel 95 miles south of Mizen Head, Ireland's most south-westerly point.

A statement from the Navy said: "The Irish Naval Service Vessel LÉ RÓISÍN has detained a Spanish registered Fishing Vessel approximately 95 Nautical Miles South of Mizen Head.

"The detention was in relation to alleged breaches of fishing regulations. The vessel will be escorted to port, where on arrival it will be handed over to An Garda Síochána.

"This is the fifth vessel detained by the Naval Service in 2021. The Defence Forces conduct at-sea fishery inspections in line with the service level agreement with the Sea Fishery Protection Authority, as part of its delivery of government services to the state."

roundymac · 01-06-2021 10:30pm

Go get them Navy.

02-06-2021 12:05pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Brand new container ship MV X-Press Pearl has been on fire for six days now, off the coast of Sri Lanka. Her cargo of 1,486 containers includes 25 tonnes of Nitric Acid. All 25 crew members have thankfully been safely evacuated.

Fire out now but shes partially sitting on the bottom and they cant move her. Looks a total mess.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40304036.html

Tabnabs · 04-06-2021 9:39am

A total mess is right.

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knucklehead6 · 04-06-2021 9:44am

big financial loss there, she was barely 4 months old

neris · 05-06-2021 5:13pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEi24lKOFJk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m21zF5GEhGc

kub · 13-06-2021 8:17pm

I am not sure if this is the correct thread for this question but, does anyone here know, have Brittany Ferries stopped their Ringaskiddy service?

Just Armorique used to be in 3 times a week and the Pont Avon came out of Le Harve last week, went to Roscoff and is operating other routes as is Armorique and neither have been to Ringaskiddy.

Tabnabs · 15-06-2021 11:02am

Proof, once again, that the seafarer is on the lower rungs of the ladder when it comes to workers. That poor, poor family and crew.

A container ship owned by the same company as the Ever Given — the ship that blocked the Suez Canal — is sailing back to Italy this week, nearly two months after its captain died on board and the ship was turned away from multiple ports in Asia.

According to the maritime news site gCaptain, the Ital Libera container ship works the Far East to South Africa Express, delivering shipments between South Africa and ports in China and Taiwan.

It's owned by Italia Marittima, a subsidiary of the Evergreen Marine Corporation, the company that owns the Ever Given.

The ship brought on a new captain and crew before setting off from Durban, South Africa, on April 1, and within days a number of crew members became sick in what appeared to be a COVID-19 outbreak on board, according to the Maritime Executive.

Captain Angel Capurro, 61, is believed to have died on board on April 13, according to Italy's ANSA news agency.

Capurro tested negative for the coronavirus before getting on the ship, and traveled to Durban via Doha, Qatar, and Johannesburg, South Africa, according to the Maritime Executive.

When Capurro died a decision was made to divert the ship to the port of Jakarta for a 14-day quarantine, according to gCaptain.

After the quarantine was over, Italian officials wanted to fly the captain's body back to Italy, but no Asian ports allowed anyone get off the boat, Maritime Executive reports.

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was said to have been turned down by Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, the Philippines, and South Africa.

For that reason, a decision was made for the ship to sail to Italy to return the captain's body, according to a June 7 update from the Hapag-Lloyd shipping company, a partner of Evergreen.

Hapag-Lloyd said the ship will return to its Far East service, but dates on when are yet to be determined, according to gCaptain.

As of Thursday, the Ital Libera was sailing in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, according to the shipping tracker AIS.

https://www.businessinsider.com/cargo-ship-turned-away-from-asia-dead-captain-still-on-board-2021-6?r=US&IR=T

kub · 22-06-2021 11:43am

Dohvolle wrote: »

Still happening. France on Saturday on Pont Aven and Wednesday on Armorique.
Took a break for a few trips, back again on 23rd June. Freight only at present due to travel restrictions.

I have been watching out on Marine traffic and still no services last week, Pont Avon stayed tied up in Roscoff last Friday night when if it was serving Ringaskiddy would surely have been sailing.

Since Grimaldi came on the scene with their freight only service Brittany appear to have stopped.

kub · 22-06-2021 4:57pm

Dohvolle wrote: »

Yeah, they sent out an email last week saying they are delaying a return further.
https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/information/coronavirus/ceo-message

Grimaldi have been doing freight to Cork weekly for years. I don't see how their new route should impact Brittany Ferries in any way. Brittany ferries weren't going to Antwerp.

Thank you for that. I just thought that the timing of the new Grimaldi RO RO service and the scarcity of Brittany Ferries was a bit of a coincidence.

Does anyone know, does the Grimaldi ship Eurocargo Bari https://maritimeoptima.com/public/vessels/pages/imo:9471082/mmsi:247320400/EUROCARGO_BARI.html
offer accommodation for accompanied loads like RO RO ferries would for truck drivers ?

I have to wonder though, as the Brittany Ferries service to Ringaskiddy was just freight only, then why would Covid and different Governments approach to same have anything to do with that freight service.

Perhaps the business levels are not there and they decided to allocate resources elsewhere ?

yiddo59 · 22-06-2021 9:07pm

Dohvolle wrote: »

Yeah, they sent out an email last week saying they are delaying a return further.
https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/information/coronavirus/ceo-message

Grimaldi have been doing freight to Cork weekly for years. I don't see how their new route should impact Brittany Ferries in any way. Brittany ferries weren't going to Antwerp.

Pont Aven not scheduled to recommence Cork Roscoff til 3rd July with Armorique midweek schedule starting on 7th July
Interestingly BF Freight website has Armorique not recommencing til 15th September. Would imagine though that these will change again as things open up.
https://www.brittanyferriesfreight.co.uk/ferry-routes/timetables/cork-roscoff

Atlantic Dawn · 22-06-2021 9:59pm

I see the trawlers converging now on Dublin Bay for pilot escort in to Dublin Port at 10:30 throught East Link for the protest tomorrow.

Atlantic Dawn · 29-07-2021 12:38am

I see Ever Given is going to dock on Rotterdam in the next hour, that's its first port of call since being held in the Suez since March, those onboard deserve a few days shore leave on the pints.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:4.0/centery:51.9/zoom:10