Getting a detention order (Code 30) downgraded to Code 17
If the vessel is detained by port state control, but the crew manage to rectify the issue prior sailing such that the detention order has...
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Siddharth Mahajan
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Crew wages, MLC and AMSA
AMSA is one of the few port state control authorities that comes down hard on ship owners who underpay its crew. Over the years many...
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Siddharth Mahajan
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Seizing a stateless vessel on high seas for drug trafficking - allowed?
Combating drug trafficking on high seas is a challenging affair. One of the hurdles is establishing jurisdiction over a vessel seized in...
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Siddharth Mahajan
Jun 16, 20191 min read
Sanctions & Flag States
Sanctions busting ship caught overseas - Flag State to the rescue? Owner of MV Lighthouse Winmore had to sue Hong Kong flag to find out....
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Siddharth Mahajan
Jan 13, 20191 min read
Appealing against Port State Control detention
It is not often we see a ship owner appealing against a PSC (Port Sate Control) detention order. Breaking the norm, owners of Cielo Di...
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Siddharth Mahajan
Aug 26, 20181 min read
Flag of a State painted on the hull - an indication of vessel's registry?
A painted flag does not fly! That was what came out of The Siempre Malagrita [2018]. USCG had stopped a vessel (rather small in size) in...
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