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Demolition is on the cards for the 'Tiziano'. The vesselno longer appears in the company's fleet list on its website and has already been laid up for several months.

The crew members of the 'Santa Cruz' have been without pay for four months, without regular food and water supplies. On the night of July 12, the Coastguard in Genova intervened again because of the garbage that has not been removed for 25 days because the ship's owner refuses to pay the costs. They also received medical assistance two days ago from the Stella Maris organization. The psychological state was not stable, Despite expectations that they would finally receive their wages, the sailors from the "Santa Cruz" have still not been paid. The situation on the ship has further deteriorated, and the crew could not declare an abandonment ship unless there is progress by july 14. It was possible that the captain would then declare an abandoned ship and ask the Port Authority to disembark based on the only possible provision in the law, which is that the ship is unsafe. Despite this, the Port Authority cannot forcibly disembark the crew until they have been paid. Declaring an abandoned ship is an immediate trigger for the P&I club to react to pay them as soon as possible, and at the same time they take over the living expenses, i.e. staying on the ship until the earnings have been paid. The owner reported half the salary amounts to the P&I club because he did not include another contract that, according to the crew, was not reported to the Italian authorities. The ITF coordinator for Genoa, Francesco Difore, confirmed that the funds for the payment existed and that the deadline for a solution was on July 14, when a representative of the charter company should arrive. There were still nine crew members on board, five from Montenegro, and one each from Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Georgia. Report with photo: https://en.vijesti.me/news-b/economy-d/766462/Santa-Cruz-ship-crew-still-without-pay--Antunovic-warns-that-the-situation-is-critical

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Ukraine’s National Agency for Tracing and Asset Management (ARMA) has completed the sale of the ' Niks Spirit', that was alleged to have been involved in a 2018 incident in which Russia arrested Ukrainian Navy sailors. The vessel was seized the following year and was sold to raise cash for Ukraine’s economy. The arrest and sanctions against the tanker were officially lifted by the courts. ARMA petitioned to release the vessel, reporting it has completed an auction and sale of the tanker to a Ukrainian entity, which was the successful bidder in an online auction that was completed in April. The vessel was seized in July 2019 while at the port of Izmir on the Danube. Ukraine alleged the ship had the same IMO ID number as the tanker 'Neyma', which had been at the center of the 2018 incident near the main channel at the Kerch Strait Bridge. The 'Neyma' claimed to have grounded, but Ukraine asserts it was used to block the channel to coincide with the passage of three Ukrainian naval vessels from Odesa to the port of Mariupol. The vessels were attacked by Russian forces, which boarded the ships and seized 24 Ukrainian crew members. The Russian authorities charged them as civilians for violating the Russian border. The ARMA took custody of the tanker after the invasion and in 2023 reported it had selected a manager to operate the 'Nika Spirit'. The agency later decided to sell the ship to raise badly needed funds for Ukraine. ARMA reported at the time that, given the need to replenish the state budget, it was going to focus on the sale of assets. The courts approved the sale process in late 2024. An independent auditor, however, told ARMA that the vessel was 80 % worn out, and said the restoration would require as much as $480,000. The anticipated price at auction for the vessel was set at just $57,500, but with four active bidders, the sale concluded at $153,000. The court found that the sale had been completed in good faith at an open auction, and lifted the arrest against the tanker.

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