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Seizure order granted for stranded ship

5 Aug 2011

The South African Maritime Safety Authority, reports Business Day, was yesterday granted a seizure and sale order by the Pietermaritzburg High Court against the owners of the MT Phoenix oil tanker that ran aground of Salt Rock, north of Durban last week.

The ship was loaded with about 400 000 litres of oil that has already been removed and taxpayers will face a huge bill of about R40 million to refloat the ship and remove it from the beachfront.

According to an article published in Business Day, the maritime authority has accepted a tender from Amandla Iron, an Indian scrap company, to buy the vessel for scrap. It will pay US$422 000.

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