{"id":767,"date":"2009-11-19T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T03:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandralee.com.au\/?p=767"},"modified":"2013-06-29T18:08:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T08:08:01","slug":"bulk-carrier-eyesore-under-arrest-in-sydney-harbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/2009\/11\/bulk-carrier-eyesore-under-arrest-in-sydney-harbour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulk carrier eyesore under arrest in Sydney Harbour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_778\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Safaga1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-778\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-778\" title=\"Safaga\" src=\"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Safaga1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Under arrest in Sydney Harbour, the Gem of Safaga bulk carrier swings on a mooring off Point Piper\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Safaga1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Safaga1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under arrest in Sydney Harbour, the Gem of Safaga bulk carrier swings on a mooring off Point Piper (picture by Sandra Lee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sydney Harbour has become home to a shipping eyesore with the arrest of an Indian-owned bulk carrier currently in custody off picturesque <strong>Point Piper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 65,163-tonne\u00a0<strong><em>Gem of Safaga <\/em><\/strong>arrived in <strong>Port Kembla<\/strong> on November 3 and was placed under arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ship is currently the subject of a charter dispute between a UK charterer and its owners in India,&#8221; according to a statement from the <strong>Sydney Ports Corporation<\/strong>. &#8220;The ship was placed under arrest in Port Kembla for the alleged non-payment of charter fees. The ship is under the control of the <strong>Federal Marshal<\/strong>.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The bad news is that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/ais\/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=419661000\" target=\"_blank\">Safaga<\/a>, built in 1982, is expected to remain in the middle of the harbour at the <strong>Point Piper <\/strong>buoy until the end of November when the matter is scheduled to be heard in court.<\/p>\n<p>The ship was moved under guard by two marine police officers from a working berth at Port Kembla to Sydney Harbour on November 10. It can not use berths at either <strong>Glebe Island <\/strong>and <strong>White Bay<\/strong> because the Energy Australia cable-layer is at berth and\u00a0the <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmasadelaide.com\/news\/latest_project_update\" target=\"_blank\">HMAS Adelaide<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>is being de-commissioned in preparation to be turned into an artificial reef off the NSW central coast. As well, a <em><strong>Maersk <\/strong><\/em>ship is scheduled to steam in for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>The impounded vessel is 228-metres long and\u00a0towers over the <strong>Manly<\/strong> ferry. It has been placed on a swing mooring and has become something of a maritime chicane for Sydney&#8217;s famous twilight yacht racing competitions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sydneyports.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Ports<\/a> has been in contact with the ship\u2019s representatives to ensure that noise from the ship is kept to a minimum, given its proximity to residential areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, but what about the eyesore factor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Harbour has become home to a shipping eyesore with the arrest of an Indian-owned bulk carrier currently in custody off picturesque Point Piper. The 65,163-tonne\u00a0Gem of Safaga arrived in Port Kembla on November 3 and was placed under arrest. &#8220;The ship is currently the subject of a charter dispute between a UK charterer and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-society","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandralee.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}