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Four victims of hit and run collision recovered

On Jan 6, 2018, at 12:30 p.m., the 995 patrol boat of the Navy spotted the bodies of the four missing crew members of the "Choke Chuchai" and plucked them out of water. Two of them were Thais identified as Rod Supprasert, 58, Pranom Rungruang, 41, and two others Cambodians identified as Wang Soi, 24, and Ko, 39. Rear Admiral Banchob Phodaeng, commander of the First Naval Area, jad dispatched a renaissance plane, a helicopter and a patrol ship to the scene of the accident off Sattahib coast in Chon Buri once he was informed of the accident. The Thai fishing boat was identified as "Choke Chuchai". Its precise location when it was hit was latitude 12.3.28 north and longtitude 101.12.10 east, about 38 nautical miles from the Sattahib coast. The crew consisted of five Cambodians and three Thais. Another fishing boat, the "Suwit Kan Pramong", which happened to be nearby, managed to save one of the Thais and three Cambodians but the other four vanished. Pattaya Harbour officials and the Marine Traffic and Safety Monitoring Centre of the Navy later located the "Hyderabad" that had hit the fishing boat. The bulkcarrier was shipping coal from Indonesia and left Rayong in the morning. Officials inspected the ship and found a clear trace that it had hit something at its port side bow. The Thai fishing boat owner had filed a complaint with Map Taphut police in Rayong. Report with photos: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30335578

Pakistani bulk carrier sunk Thai fishing vessel, 4 missing

Thailand fishing vessel Chok Chu Chai was struck by pakistani cargo ship Hyderabad in waters southeast of Laem Chabang early in the morning Jan 6, boat submerged with bow above the water. Of 8 crew on board, 4 were rescued, 4 went missing, SAR with deployment of rescue boats and helicopter was launched. Pakistani bulk carrier HYDERABAD is the main and probably, the only suspect. Vessel loaded with coal arrived from Indonesia, to be offloaded at Ko Sichang anchorage, Si Racha. On photos Chok Chu Chai wreck and visible marks on HYDERABAD portside bow.

Seized bulkcarrier released

The "Hyderabad", which was seized at Port Elizabeth earlier in August over its long-pending arrears at the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), has been released after a guarantee of $14 million was provided by the Ministry of Finance. The vessel, leased to International Brokerage House, had anchored at Port Elizabeth for refuelling when it was seized on Aug 22, 2016, on a court order issued in regards to a freight default case against the PSM. The steel mills signed an agreement with the South African company for iron ore supply in 2009. However, this deal could not continue. The South African firm contended the PSM and PNSC were both owned by the government and it should pay its dues of $14 million to get its ship released. The PNSC approached the Finance Ministry and Foreign Office to either pay the money or give a surety to the foreign company so that the ship might be released. The ship was sailing to the port of Pedro and made a stop at a South African port for refuelling. The court’s order for seizure of the vessel was issued after a case was filed by a Singaporean shipping company against the PSM over it failure to pay freight against the haulage of iron ore in 2008. The PSM had engaged the company in 2008 for the haulage of one million tonnes of iron ore from South Africa. PSM could not make the freight payments of $7.5 million. The company had stopped the haulage of ore after making four out of six trips, as PSM failed to make the required payment. The court ordered a payment of $7.5 million freight and also ordered PSM to pay $6.5 million in interest to the company. After negotiations lasting several days, the finance ministry provided the guarantee of $14 million for releasing the ship MV Hyderabad,” said PNSC’s Executive Director Brig (r) Arshad Siddiqui. The Ministry of Finance would move a summary to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) for formal approval of the $14 million as guarantee. After ECC’s approval, the money would be transfer to the Singaporean shipping company,.