While the lawsuits were piling up against the owners of the 'Dali', the Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and the operator Synergy Marine, family members of some of workers who died were preparing to file their wrongful death suits and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a $103 Million lawsuit on Sep 18, the 'Dali' will leave the port of Norfolk after months of unloading and temporary repairs, en route to China for permanent repairs on Sep 19.
News
GUARDAMAR C.ARENAL
On Sep 18 a cayuco was spotted five nautical miles from Arguineguín. The 'Guardamar Concepción Arenal' was mobilized by the CCS Las Palmas of Salvamento Marítimo. The crew has rescued the 76 people aboard the boat and transported them to port in the night hours.
VINCENT MASSEY
A crew member of the CCGS 'Vincent Massey' has been lost at sea off southern Newfoundland. An extensive SAR operation for the man was ended on the evening of Sep 17, 2024. He was reported missing on Sep 16 at 8.15 a.m., when the Coast Guard vessel arrived in St. John’s, N.L. He was last seen aboard the ship on the evening of Sep 15, as the vessel sailed along Newfoundland's northeast coast. After an unsuccessful search of the vessel, a multi-asset sea search commenced. Canadian Coast Guard vessels, aircraft and vessels from other federal sources assisted in the search. The matter was now with the RCMP.
SUVARNA SWARAJYA
The explosion on the 'Suvarna Swarajya' on Sep 7 in Bangladesh exposed the lack of adequate international and national regulations, oversight, and labour rights protection in the shipbreaking industry, said the Human Rights Watch and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform on Sep 18. The accident at the SN Corporation’s shipbreaking yards left six workers dead and four critically injured. The tanker was owned by the Shipping Corporation of India, then sold in March 2023 to Last Voyage DMCC and then in May to the SN Corporation for dismantling, despite the company’s poor health and safety record, with at least 14 deaths and 22 injuries since 2010 and before the sale. The explosion occurred in the Unit-2 yard of SN Corporation, a few months after Nippon Kaiji Kyokai certified the yard under the requirements of the International Maritime Organisation’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. However, the HRW, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform and other rights and environmental organisations have raised concerns that the Convention provides for weak environmental and safety standards. Following the explosion, the Bangladesh authorities indefinitely shut down the yard, halted all work on the 'Suvarna Swarajya,'and opened an official investigation into the accident. Report with photo: https://www.newagebd.net/post/human-rights/245535/ship-explosion-exposes-regulatory-failures-in-bangladesh-hrw
SALVAMAR ADHARA
On Sep 18 a cayuco has been located about 12 nautical miles south of La Restinga (El Hierro). The 'Salvamar Adhara' was mobilized to assist and accompaned it to the port of La Restinga. It was estimated that wree are approximately 70 people on board of the boat.