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The "Mammad Amin Resulzadeh" was detained in Trieste on March 21, 2025, with 16 deficiencies, 6 being regarded as seriously amd grounds for a detention. 1) Certificate & Doc - Certificate for Master and Officers Invalid 2) Certificate & Doc - Manning specified by the minimum safe manning doc Not as required 3) Fire safety - Evaluation of crew performance Lack of training 4) Pollution Prevention - Sewage treatment Not as required 5) Water/Weathertight - Windows, sidescuttles and deadlights Damaged 6) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on March 28 and left the port en route to Temryuk with an ETA as of April 4. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The 'Rio de Janeiro Express' was among the vessels, which fishermen in Valparaíso and San Antonio blocked in protest on March 27, 2025. The vessel was scheduled to dock after 1:00 p.m. at berth No. 3, operated by the Terminal Pacífico Sur (TPS)."They won't enter. May the government, once and for all, help us," the protesters stated during the fishermen's protest against the fractionation law. The fishermen stated: “Right now, we, the fishermen of Valparaíso, Quintero, Horcón, Portales, Membrillo, San Pedro, etc., are halting the traffic of merchant vessels,” they stated. They also directly challenged the Executive Branch. These protests are taking place within the framework of the legislative discussion on the “Subdivision Law.” In response, the Chilean Navy, specifically the Valparaíso Port Captaincy,were in the process of regularizing this blockade. Meanwhile, the undocking of the container ship 'Maersk Bintan' from berth No. 1, also managed by TPS, was scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m., but this was delayed too. No other vessel was expected to call at the port until March 28 at 8:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the three berths operated by Terminal Portuario Valparaíso (TPV) were occupied by the reefer' Italia Stream', the bulk carrier 'Ocean Jasmina', and the cruise ship 'SH Vega'. The former will remain moored until March 30, and the latter until April 1, while the third was scheduled to depart on March 27 at 6:00 p.m. Artisanal fishermen were also blocking the Port of San Antonio by sea with more than 20 vessels. The protest measure prevents ships from entering or leaving. Reports with photo and video: https://www.adnradio.cl/2025/03/27/pescadores-artesanales-en-valparaiso-y-san-antonio-cierran-paso-a-buques-carguero-como-protesta-no-van-a-entrar/ https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-valparaiso/2025/03/27/ley-de-fraccionamiento-pescadores-protestan-y-bloquean-acceso-a-caleta-portales-y-el-membrillo.shtml https://portalportuario.cl/pescadores-artesanales-bloquean-ingreso-de-portacontenedores-al-puerto-de-valpaiso/

On March 19, 2025, tve' Consul' was detained in Gemlik with 20 deficiencies - 11 of which being regarded as seriously: 1) Certificate & Doc - Continuous synopsis record Missing 2) Certificate & Doc - Endorsement by flagstate Expired 3) Certificate & Doc - Tonnage certificat Missing 4) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboat inventory Missing 5) Structural conditions - Decks - Cracking Cracked 6) Structural conditions - Ballast, fuel and other tanks Cracked 7) Structural conditions - Bulkhead - cracking Cracked 8)) Structural conditions - Beams, frames, floors - corrosion Cracked 9) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Unsafe 10) Water/Weathertight - Doors Cracked 11) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on March 22 and proceeded to Altinova for permanent repairs. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

Tatiana Soroka, the former wife of the Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov, has dropped a negligence claim against her former law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, which cited a failure to seize the 'Luna' during divorce proceedings. This marks the latest installment in a decade of an acrimonious legal struggle that began when Tatiana Soroka issued a financial relief petition against her husband, the former Russian senator Farkhad Akhmedov, in 2013. Soroka would officially file for divorce 2016, with London's High Court awarding her a record-breaking £453 million settlement. The negligence claim against Payne Hicks Beach, first filed in 2023, alleged that the lawyer and her firm did not provide the correct advice when Soroka asked them to explore options to have the 'Luna' ­impounded, while she was docked in Miami. The vessel remained there from Jan to March 2017, during which time Soroka hired secondary counsel in the US to discuss the possibility of seizure. Soroka claimed that she asked Payne Hicks Beach to reconsider whether she might be able to enforce the financial remedy order against the yacht. However the firm argued that Soroka had explicitly stated she was not interested in impounding the Luna, and that her stance remained unchanged. The firm had pledged to "vigorously defend" the claim. Now that the case has been dropped, the Russian must cover both the lawyers' costs and her own legal expenses. The 'Luna' was recently implicated in another high-profile case involving a decade-long tax evasion scheme led by Roman Abramovich.

On March 21, 2025, the 'Loyga' was detained in Samsun with 26 deficiencies, 23 of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention. 1) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Not as required 2) Certificate & Doc - Minimum hours of rest Not as required 3) Certificate & Doc - Minimum safe manning doc Not as required 4) Living and working - Lighting (Working spaces) Inoperative 5) Safety of navigation - Echo sounder Inoperative 6) Safety of navigation - Compass correction log Not as required 7) Fire safety - Fire pump and its pipes Not as required 8)) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Not as required 9) Fire safety - Fire detection and alarm system Inoperative 10) Fire safety - Emergency escape breathing device and disposition Not as required 11) Pollution Prevention - Oil and oily mixtures from machinery spaces Not as required 12) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Management System Not as required 13) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Record Book Not as required 14) Pollution Prevention - Crew training and familiarization Lack of familiarization 15) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary machinery Not as required 16) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Propulsion main engine Not as required 17) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Insulation wetted through (oil) Not as required 18) Radio communications - Satellite EPIRB Not as required 19) Radio communications - Other (Radio comm) Other 20) Structural conditions - Hull - cracking Cracked 21) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Missing 22) Certificate & Doc - Enercy Efficiency Design Index File Not as required 23) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on March 24 and left the port en route to Midia. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591