- Thursday, Jul 13 2017
An Emirati company accused the Red Sea Ports Authority of taking over one of its vessels after it was disrupted and towed by a locomotive belonging to the Red Sea Ports Authority, according to the ship's crew, who were evacuated to evacuate the ship. The owner to accuse the Port Authority of seizing it and making a formal complaint to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
The cargo ship, Nur al-Huda, belonging to an UAE company, carrying Tanzania flag, sailed from Port Tawfiq in Suez towards Saudi Arabia, loaded with 4,300 tons of sugar and flour. One of the oil pumps was disrupted by the boat. One of the locomotives responded to them and the boat crew left after seeing one of the locomotives heading to retrieve the vessel. After that, all the devices were closed by the ship. The crew or the company responsible for them did not know anything about them. The owner submitted many complaints in vain. Progress on Wei to the International Maritime Organization; to demand the disclosure of the circumstances of the incident and the location of the ship.
The captain of the ship, Salim al-Sufi, a Syrian national, said that one of the oil pumps was disrupted after the launch of the ship from Port Tawfiq port. The ship was hit on one side and reached 15 degrees. They sent a distress message and notified the search and rescue center in Cairo. Marina Port Gharb south of the Red Sea, and left the crew immediately after seeing one of the ships coming to Qatar and towing the ship.
He pointed out that the vessels of the vessel were closed, and this is not happening except by an effective act, stressing that the holidays were not serious and that the diameter of the vessel was for the purpose of repair. All the ship was hit by the oil pump and the crew did not leave until it was confirmed and watched for one of the next locomotives In the direction of the distress, which they sent, stressing that the ship has not been drowned yet, as it holds two boxes similar to the black box aircraft, which are located in two different places, and work automatically after drowning; Lersla signals indicate the location of drowning, as well as sensors that work Also in the case of drowning, the anchors L SOS signals even in case of extinguishing devices or fire and explosion, they did not work, which is compelling evidence that the ship did not sink.
He confirmed that the ship was loaded with 4300 tons of sugar and flour goods coming from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, carrying the flag of Tanzania, and the beginning of the journey was from the Port of Tawfiq Egyptian, and was supposed to end its journey in the Saudi port of Jeddah, and took order to enable navigation, In Suez Governorate, and after about an hour the holidays and the distress call.
Ahmed Amin, technical director of the ship's owner, Noor al-Huda, said that the ship's agent had informed them of the distress based on a letter sent to them by the ship's search and rescue organization, which according to the request of a maintenance technician due to a fault with the oil pump. It was found that this took time. The best option was to send a locomotive to the nearest port. A locomotive of the Red Sea Ports Authority had already pulled out. The instructions were to preserve the life of the captain and crew.
He added that the crew photographed the locomotive several photos and videos of them parked next to the boat, but the communications were disconnected from the boat, and asked the body denied the departure of locomotives, and the company filed a complaint on this matter, accompanied by pictures and video, but the response that it does not prove anything; We have resorted to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), an international body responsible for maritime issues and ships around the world, demanding the disclosure of the circumstances and location of the ship because of the denial of its existence by the officials.
For his part, General Hisham Abu Sunna, head of the Red Sea Ports Authority, said that the ship Nur al-Huda after a failure in its oil pump, and was exposed during the attempt to repair the holidays on one side to the extent of up to 15 degrees, immediately sent the ship's captain, In order to take action on sending a technician to the ship, after sending the first distress, the captain of the vessel returned to send a second distress signal that he had stopped sailing and requested the dispatch of technicians and engineers to repair the holidays. The crew of 16 Of different nationalities : Egyptian, Indian, Syrian, and dealing with the situation and the transfer of crew to another ship was close to the scene of the accident; to preserve their lives.
The head of the Commission denied what some claim to be any responsibility on the body towards the boat or the presence of locomotives belonging to the Authority went out to Qatar, stressing that there are already two locomotives were monitored by the diameter of the ship, not one locomotive, which are not affiliated to the body, stressing that it is an internal affair of the company owner and the power of attorney, The distress was a technical request after the boat was attacked, pointing out that there were no missing or injured among the crew of the ship.
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