Susan K
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Susan K is the former name of a multi - purpose vessel sailingunder the flag of Antigua and Barbuda . The ship owner is the Nimmrich und Prahm shipping company MS "SONJA", it is managed by Nimmrich and Prahm ship management in Leer . In the meantime the ship is sailing again under her building name Sonja .
description
The ship was built under hull number 873 by Rousse Shipyard JSC in the Bulgarian city of Russia . The keel was laid on November 12, 2004, the launch on March 2, 2007. The ship was completed on June 13, 2007.
The ship is powered by an eight - cylinder four - stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Caterpillar (model MaK 8 M 25) with an output of 2,400 kW , which acts on a controllable pitch propeller . A shaft generator with an apparent power of 550 kVA and two generators with an apparent power of 362 kVA each are available for the power supply. An emergency generator with an apparent power of 112.5 kVA was also installed.
The ship is equipped with a bow thruster . The hull has ice class E1. The deckhouse is located in the aft area.
The ship has two holds with steerage . The rooms are closed with pontoon hatch covers, which can be moved with a hatch car. Hatches and rooms are approximately 30 meters long and 12.8 meters wide. The cargo hold 1 tapers in the lower space in the foredeck area. On the port side are two NMF - ship cranes that can lift 60 tons each (combined 120 t).
Incidents
kidnapping
On the morning of April 8, 2011, at least ten Somali pirates attacked the ship some 35 nautical miles off the coast of Oman . They brought the ship with ten sailors on board, four from Ukraine and six from the Philippines , under their control by force of arms. The Susan K , which chartered for the Danish company AC Ørssleff Chartering, was en route from Mumbai to Port Sudan .
The frigate Niedersachsen was removed in the pirate attack 100 nautical miles from the attack position and received in the early morning the contract for emergency aid. The on-board helicopter of the frigate found at a flyover that pirates brought the ship under their control and the crew were taken hostage. The frigate chased the ship towards the Somali coast. The ship from which the German freighter was attacked could be searched, but there were no more pirates on board.
In June, the Susan K was released after paying a ransom. According to media reports, about $ 2.8 million ransom should have been paid.
In August 2014, a Somali asylum seeker was arrested in Eisleben , who allegedly participated in the hijacking of the ship. As part of his asylum application, fingerprints were taken from him that matched the fingerprints saved on board after the ship was released. Another asylum seeker, who is accused of being involved in the hijacking of the cargo ship Susan K , was arrested in an asylum seekers' home in Reutlingen in early August 2015 .
Oil pollution
In early November 2012, the shipowner was fined $ 1.2 million in the United States after the ship allegedly dumped bilge water containing oil in US waters between August 2011 and March 2012 . The ruling by a federal court in Houston also included a ban on calling into US ports for all ships of the shipping company Nimmrich & Prahm.
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c d e f M / V Susan K - Specifications ( Memento from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), AC Ørssleff's Eftf. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
- ↑ a b Susan K Shipspotting.com
- ^ M / V Susan K - Pocket Plan ( Memento from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), AC Ørssleff's Eftf. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ Jochen Brandt: Leeraner freighter abducted off Oman , Ostfriesen-Zeitung , April 8, 2011. Accessed April 8, 2011.
- ^ German freighter "Susan K" kidnapped ( memento from April 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , April 9, 2011. Accessed on April 8, 2011.
- ↑ a b About $ 2.8 million ransom ( memento from February 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung, June 21, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ↑ Freighter from Leer against ransom from pirates , NWZ Online , June 17, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ↑ Suspected Somali pirate caught in Eisleben , Die Welt, September 3, 2014. Accessed October 20, 2014.
- ^ Asylum seekers from Reutlingen - alleged pirate arrested , Landesschau Aktuell , SWR television , August 21, 2015.
- ^ Leeraner Reederei before US court - oil filter manipulated , Rheiderland-Zeitung , November 10, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ^ Judgment against "Susan K" owner ( memento from November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung, November 7, 2012. Accessed on December 18, 2012.