The Algerian authorities refused to admit into its territorial waters cargo ship Arctic Sea, RIA Novosti with reference to the announcement by Russia's Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko.
As reported with reference to the UPC RF Interfax , currently Arctic Sea is at anchor off Gibraltar. He is accompanied by a tugboat and patrol OK. On board the cargo ship were the captain and three crew members, investigators have UPC ship had already left.
Previously, Spain refused to let the ship at the port of Las Palmas for transmission to the ship's owner, explaining his decision that the ship is armed men, hence it is considered legally warship. Russia's authorities decided to send Arctic Sea in the Algerian port Bedzhayya, where he was heading with a cargo of timber before the seizure and disappearance in late July 2009. It was planned to allocate timber to the consignee.
UPC states that are currently being negotiated with the ship owner to transfer him to the ship. The Prosecutor's Office believes that the arrest of a ship superimposed Basmanny Court of Moscow, does not prevent the legitimate transfer of the ship's owner.
However, the shipowner company Solchart another Sept. 14 launched the UPC number of the conditions under which it agrees to accept dry cargo vessel. The main ones are the full legal and financial cleaning of the vessel from claims of third parties, to bring it into legal and technical conditions on the day of liberation, that is, on August 17, 2009, and compensation for financial losses in connection with the withdrawal of the vessel out of service. continue reading…