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Nigerian Firm Denies Ownership Of Arrested Ship
The Chairman, Genesis Worldwide Shipping, Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, on Thursday denied ownership of a tanker vessel, MT Ben K, arrested by Namibian authorities over alleged multiple identities.
Ihenacho, a former Minister of Interior, made the clarification in a statement in Lagos.
He said that the ship, formerly owned by his firm, was sold to Lavorni Shipping Ltd. Corporation of Panama in July, 2011.
MT Ben K was arrested by Namibian maritime authorities on February 9 over alleged multiple identities, for being out of class and for non-possession of statutory communication signals.
The ship was on voyage from Lagos to India with 16 crew members when it was arrested.
“Prior to the sale, we duly informed the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency and instructed it to strike out the name of MT Ben K from the Nigerian Ship Registry,” Ihenacho said.
The mariner said that the onus was on the new owner to make the vessel seaworthy to undertake any voyage having obtained the new owners bill of sales.
“When a ship is sold, the standard practice is that the new owners must register the ship with a new name and obtain trading documents to enable it to continue to trade.
“A ship always has names of her previous owners, but, it is the current owner that takes responsibility for the ship, its condition and its activities at sea.
“So, any grouse or question whatsoever by anybody should reside with the people who currently own the ship,” he said.
Also, in the statement, Mr Maxwell Ihenacho, the company Managing Director, said that the firm and its chairman should not be linked with the ship and its current travails in Namibia.
“Neither the company nor our chairman has anything whatsoever to do with the vessel or its current operational activities, more importantly, its voyage to Southern Africa or to anywhere at all,” he said.
It would be recalled that Genesis Worldwide Shipping, in line with the nation’s drive for local content in the maritime sector, purchased the 15,456 tonnes deadweight tanker vessel in 2007 from South America.
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