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The Vietnam Coast Guard on Monday (4 January) said the patrol team of the Marine Police Zone Command Region 2 has detained vessel TG 90659 TS for transporting 140,000 litres of undocumented diesel oil.
Singapore bunker publication Manifold Times in April reported the same vessel was arrested for illegally carrying 50,000 litres of diesel oil.
The patrol team said it was out on its inspection rounds on Sunday (3 January) at 10.37 am when they discovered the vessel about 14 nautical miles from the northeast coast of Phú Quốc Island.
Initial investigations revealed the Master being unable to present the necessary invoices proving the legality of the diesel oil carried onboard.
The ship’s Master and four crew members also did not have the required qualifications to operate the vessel.
Due to adverse weather conditions, Marine Police Zone Command Region 2 detained the vessel with the help of Coast Guard Region 4 in order for the case to be dealt with in accordance with Vietnamese law.
A series of Vietnamese Coast Guard arrests inn 2020 covered by Manifold Times are as follows:
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Related: Vietnam: Coast guard detains ‘TG 95823 TS’ for carrying 50,000 litres of illegal diesel oil
Related: Vietnam: Coast guard detains unmarked vessel illegally carrying 20,000 litres of diesel
Related: Vietnam: Coast guard detains vessel carrying 30,000 litres of undocumented diesel
Related: Vietnam: Marine Police detains ‘TG 91737TS’ for carrying 70,000 litres of illegal diesel oil
Related: Vietnam: Marine Police detains vessel carrying 100,000 litres of undocumented diesel oil
Related: Vietnam: Coast Guard paging for owner of 1 million litres of diesel oil on “Diamond Z”
Related: Vietnam: Coast Guard detains fishing vessel for carrying 90,000 litres of illegal diesel oil
Related: Vietnam: Coast Guards remand two fishing boats for conducting illegal oil transaction
Related: Vietnam: “Tuna One” detained by Coast Guard over illegal diesel oil transaction
Related: Vietnam: Coast Guard detains LPG tanker “Venus 08” over alleged illegal oil transfer
Photo credit: Vietnam Coast Guard
Published: 6 January, 2020
The 5,643 dwt Malaysia-flagged bunker tanker was operating with “forged” documentation, claims MDM staff.
Several individuals were ordered to continue acting as the Joint Provisional Liquidators of the company, with the full powers of a liquidator in a winding-up exercise, says firm.
Vessel owners were found to have violated terms of licences by adding extra space and modifying oil tanks of the vessels; ships were handed over to MMEA investigation officers for further action.
‘All creditors of the abovenamed Company should file their proof of debt with the Liquidators who will be administering all affairs of the Company,’ say Liquidators.
Unidentified broker and his accomplices were accused of supplying 18,000 tonnes of diesel to North Korea on a total of 35 occasions from October 2021 to January last year.
Creditors are requested to send in their names, addresses, particulars of debts or claims to liquidator Hamish Alexander Christie on or before 28 December.
Transferred shares of 40 subsidiaries to BVI firm after tribunal awarded claims in favour of Trinity Seatrading; YSPL has also filed a civil complaint against DNV and Liberian ship registry at Nanjing Maritime Court.
ADNOC L&S, Gulf Energy Maritime, Cockett Marine Oil, Mideast/Bahri Ship Management and VPS experts present their views on biofuel bunker hurdles at the VPS Biofuels Seminar in Dubai on 16 March.
‘Bunker barges operate in very local areas so these vessels call at port very often which means it will be a good fit for women with families,’ states Elpi Petraki, President of WISTA International.
“Our Singapore branch is under preparation and is expected to start business at the republic before June 2023,” Managing Director Darcy Wong tells bunkering publication Manifold Times in an interview.
Development to supply B35 biodiesel blend officially takes effect on 1 February; local bunker suppliers will be able to deliver updated spec within March onwards, once current stocks of B30 avails run out.
VPS, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, Wilhelmsen Ship Management, and INTERTANKO executives offered a multitude of perspectives to 73 attendees during the VPS Biofuels Seminar, reports Manifold Times.
