Without captain and agentless, only six crew avoid abandonment. Ports of Azores arrested the ship.
The Turkish bulk carrier 'M/V Hacının Ahmet' is four months moored in the
port of Ponta Delgada, apparently abandoned by its owner and left at the mercy of solidarity six of the 15 original crew members who hope the
court decides on the orders of arrest hanging over the vessel by
accumulated debts.
First, it was an order of seizure of a foreign company that was lifted in late January, for withdrawal of the company, but now the Turkish ship is held in Ponta Delgada by another order of arrest, is now requested by the Ports of Azores, various services provided by the ship since he landed to disembark an order on December 2 last year and never 'got irons'. Because, in addition to the legal problems of the debts by its owner, there is a malfunction in the machine already brought the ship when docked in Ponta Delgada and that prevents him from leaving by his own means, they will not have the Captaincy order to make these conditions.
Finally, is currently underway also the legal deadline of 30 days for which the vessel is considered abandoned - as it is now without an agent and without commander - at that before the court decides on the seizure of the Ports of the Azores, can be given in case the ship is considered to be lost in favor of the Portuguese State, by abandonment. A situation that could facilitate its subsequent sale to pay creditors, one that will probably be the solution to the 'M/V Hacının Ahmet' since its owner is very difficult to contact and already has given clear signs of considering this ship as lost to creditors.
Ports of the Azores, the shipowner should towing service the ship when it broke down to the port of Ponta Delgada, but also other services call 'account of scale' as the supply of water and electricity.
"The owner came to make some contacts, but never directly to the ports of the Azores and was never easy to get in contact with him, so at the moment there is no negotiation and only await the conduct of proceedings in court," he said, making the state of play, the administrator of the Azores Ports, Filipe Macedo, who would like to see the matter resolved until the summer, or more than six months after the Turkish ship moored in Ponta Delgada Tues. Filipe Macedo says, anyway, that the operation in the port of Ponta Delgada has gone smoothly, despite the space occupied by the Turkish ship and could be missed in the 'peaks' of activity. The administrator admits that these are not "normal situations" in the port of Ponta Delgada and that a similar case that happened recently was, however, resolved more easily and not cause the constraints that this is causing Turkish ship. Crew who remain live aid but are calm The Turkish ship 'M/V Hacının Ahmet' reached Ponta Delgada with 15 crew members, but currently only six remain on the ship, not to lose the right to have the money they receive from the shipowner.
And he explained to Açoriano Oriental Captain of the Port of Ponta Delgada, Matos Nogueira, crewmembers are being helped with food and clothing by local IPSS, as well as crews from other ships calling at Ponta Delgada and are calm, despite being with their lives suspended for four months. Five of the crew members are Turkish and one is Ukrainian. The more complicated cases, like that of a crew member who tried to kill Guinea, already abandoned the ship and left the Azores. The crew expect, however, the court's decision because they have lost touch with the owner, who appears to have been 'off' the ship.
First, it was an order of seizure of a foreign company that was lifted in late January, for withdrawal of the company, but now the Turkish ship is held in Ponta Delgada by another order of arrest, is now requested by the Ports of Azores, various services provided by the ship since he landed to disembark an order on December 2 last year and never 'got irons'. Because, in addition to the legal problems of the debts by its owner, there is a malfunction in the machine already brought the ship when docked in Ponta Delgada and that prevents him from leaving by his own means, they will not have the Captaincy order to make these conditions.
Finally, is currently underway also the legal deadline of 30 days for which the vessel is considered abandoned - as it is now without an agent and without commander - at that before the court decides on the seizure of the Ports of the Azores, can be given in case the ship is considered to be lost in favor of the Portuguese State, by abandonment. A situation that could facilitate its subsequent sale to pay creditors, one that will probably be the solution to the 'M/V Hacının Ahmet' since its owner is very difficult to contact and already has given clear signs of considering this ship as lost to creditors.
Ports of the Azores, the shipowner should towing service the ship when it broke down to the port of Ponta Delgada, but also other services call 'account of scale' as the supply of water and electricity.
"The owner came to make some contacts, but never directly to the ports of the Azores and was never easy to get in contact with him, so at the moment there is no negotiation and only await the conduct of proceedings in court," he said, making the state of play, the administrator of the Azores Ports, Filipe Macedo, who would like to see the matter resolved until the summer, or more than six months after the Turkish ship moored in Ponta Delgada Tues. Filipe Macedo says, anyway, that the operation in the port of Ponta Delgada has gone smoothly, despite the space occupied by the Turkish ship and could be missed in the 'peaks' of activity. The administrator admits that these are not "normal situations" in the port of Ponta Delgada and that a similar case that happened recently was, however, resolved more easily and not cause the constraints that this is causing Turkish ship. Crew who remain live aid but are calm The Turkish ship 'M/V Hacının Ahmet' reached Ponta Delgada with 15 crew members, but currently only six remain on the ship, not to lose the right to have the money they receive from the shipowner.
And he explained to Açoriano Oriental Captain of the Port of Ponta Delgada, Matos Nogueira, crewmembers are being helped with food and clothing by local IPSS, as well as crews from other ships calling at Ponta Delgada and are calm, despite being with their lives suspended for four months. Five of the crew members are Turkish and one is Ukrainian. The more complicated cases, like that of a crew member who tried to kill Guinea, already abandoned the ship and left the Azores. The crew expect, however, the court's decision because they have lost touch with the owner, who appears to have been 'off' the ship.