Bunga Melati Dua
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The Bunga Melati Dua is now a product and chemical tanker operated as Melati Dua .
history
The ship was under the hull number 975 on the shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries built. The completion took place on March 27, 1997. The ship came under the flag of Malaysia for the Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) in service. Since 2013 it has been sailing under the Tuvalu flag as Melati Dua .
Pirate attack in August 2008
The ship was attacked and captured by Somali pirates on August 19, 2008 at around 2:00 p.m. UTC in the Gulf of Aden . The ship was carrying around 32,000 t of palm oil on the voyage from Dumai on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to Rotterdam in the Netherlands . On board were 39 crew members , 29 seamen from Malaysia and ten from the Philippines . A Filipino sailor was killed by a ricochet in the attack.
The ship and crew were released on September 29, 2008 in exchange for a ransom. There are different details about the amount of the ransom payment.
The ship called at Djibouti after the release . Here the crew was relieved. The relieved sailors were flown to Subang Jaya , where they arrived on October 4, 2008. The ship continued its voyage with a new crew and reached Rotterdam on October 26, 2008.
Consequences of the capture
For the time being, MISC did not allow its ships to sail through the Gulf of Aden after another tanker from the shipping company, the Bunga Melati 5, was hijacked on August 29, 2008 .
As a result of the hijacking of Bunga Melati Dua and Bunga Melati 5, Malaysia started the naval operation "Operation Fajar" and dispatched several warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect Malaysian merchant ships and to support the international naval operation against piracy off the coast of Somalia. The shipping company MISC then had their ships sail through the Gulf of Aden again.
Surrender of the cargo and complaints by the cargo owners
As a result of the hijacking of the ship in August 2008, the owners of the cargo viewed it as a total loss and turned to the insurance company about this. a. was insured against loss through piracy and theft. They referred to Section 57 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906, according to which cargo that has been irretrievably withdrawn from the cargo owner is to be considered a total loss and to Section 60 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906, according to which cargo can reasonably be abandoned if a total loss is not or can only be avoided at a higher cost than the value of the cargo. The insurance company refused the claim because the charge still existed and would likely be released against payment of a ransom. In fact, the ship, crew and cargo were released by the pirates a little later. The case was heard in the High Court of Justice in London under English law. The claim of the cargo owner was rejected. The decision was basically confirmed before an appeals court. The claim for compensation for the loss of value of the cargo, which due to the late arrival at the port of discharge due to the upcoming winter and could not be sold until the following year at a significantly lower price than the previous year, was also rejected.
Pirate attack in April 2010
On April 25, 2010, the ship was attacked by six Somali pirates in the early morning hours in the Arabian Sea around 760 nautical miles northeast of the Jeminite island of Socotra , but was able to escape.
Technical specifications
The ship is powered by a built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Stock MAN - Diesel engine with 7066 kW power driven. The two-stroke - six-cylinder engine acts on a fixed-pitch propeller . The ship reaches a speed of 14.5 knots .
Three diesel generators, each with an output of 1000 kW (1250 kVA apparent power ), are available for power generation. An emergency generator with an output of 99 kW (124 kVA apparent output) was also installed.
The ship has 32 cargo tanks, which together hold 34,738 m³. The manifolds for cargo handling are roughly in the midship area. The ship is equipped with a crane to take over the hose. The crane can operate both manifolds. Deck superstructures and engine room are located in the rear of the ship.
literature
- Kate Lewins, Robert Merkin: Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd; The Bunga Melati Dua. In: Melbourne University Law Review , Vol. 35, 2011, pp. 718-734.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Melati Dua , Q88.com. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Jalil Hamid, Niluksi Koswanage: Pirates seize Malaysia palm oil tanker off Somalia , Reuters , August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Pirates hijack palm oil tanker off Somalia , ICIS News, August 20, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ MISC Forms Special Squad On MT Bunga Melati Dua Problem , Bernama , August 22, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Freed Malaysian crew tell of Somali hijacking drama , Reuters, October 4, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Crew of hijacked MISC ships back home safely , The Star Online , October 4, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ Rajesh Babu: Crew of pirate-held MISC vessel back in Malaysia , South-South Information Gateway, October 4, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b Danger on the high seas , World Finance, June 17, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ A b Rene L. Siemens, Joshua J. Pollack, Jessica L. Freiheit: Piracy's Impact on Insurance , Risk Management Magazine, Risk and Insurance Management Society. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ Second MISC ship also freed by pirates after USD2 million ransom paid ( Memento from August 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), The Sun Daily, September 30, 2008.
- ↑ MISC bans ships from Gulf of Aden , MarineLog, September 2, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ MISC containership gets antipiracy role MarineLog, June 1, 2009. Accessed August 24, 2018th
- ↑ Pirates Threaten Ship Traffic In Gulf of Aden , Monthly LNG Opinion, Poten & Partners, October 23, 2008 (PDF, 103 kB). Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Zulkifli Abd Rahman: Three navy vessels to protect Malaysian ships in Gulf of Aden , The Star Online, September 5, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Actual total loss. , Loss and Abandonment, Section 57, Marine Insurance Act 1906, The Official Home of UK Legislation. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ Constructive total loss defined. , Loss and Abandonment, Section 60, Marine Insurance Act 1906, The Official Home of UK Legislation. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Neil Gibbons: Piracy - is Cargo Lost? , Steamship Mutual, September 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Shipping and Insurance update - Piracy , Clyde & Co, March 2010 (PDF, 757 kB). Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b Piracy - is Cargo Lost? (Part II) , Steamship Mutual, September 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships , Annual Report, January 1 - December 31, 2010, ICC International Maritime Bureau , January 2011, p. 79 (PDF, 2.5 MB). Retrieved August 24, 2018.