Australia Puts Giant Dunce Cap on PT Meratus Line

PT Meratus Line is most definitely one of many worst maritime delivery corporations on the planet, and Australia has had sufficient of their incapacity to correctly function their ships.

For the third time in 4 months, Australian maritime inspectors have discovered three totally different PT Meratus Line ships have been unable to meet worldwide security and/or environmental laws.

On Saturday, their container ship Red Rover, like the 2 different ships detained earlier than her, was discovered to lack efficient passage planning and was failing to make use of applicable charts and publications.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) banned the MV Meratus Sangatta in early January and the Territory Trader in November final yr, for 3 months every, nonetheless with this newest detention on the heels of a really clear message from the AMSA, the Red Rover being made an instance of and shall be banned for a full yr.

This is the primary time the AMSA has banned a vessel for such a period.

Mick Kinley, CEO of the AMSA commented on the matter:

The unsafe operation of vessels poses an unacceptable threat to seafarers and the surroundings and AMSA treats any breaches of worldwide delivery requirements with the best of seriousness. An absence of efficient passage planning is extraordinarily unsafe, significantly in areas just like the Western Australia shoreline. Like the Great Barrier Reef, this shoreline has environmentally delicate areas akin to Ningaloo Reef and Houtman Abrolhos Islands, with Ningaloo Reef containing International Maritime Organization endorsed ‘Area to be Avoided’ ship routing measures.
The PT Meratus Line has proven a disregard for worldwide requirements by repeated breaches and all ships operated by this firm are actually topic to inspections at each port name.