Statement of Sea Protest by dry cargo vessels

m/v "Sukhona," berth No. 37,

at Liverpool, England,

25th April, 20...

To the Notary Office,

L iverpool, England

STATEMENT OF SEA PROTEST

I, Nikolai Fyodorovich Petrov, Master of the m/v "Sukhona," re­gistered at the port of Odessa and sailing under the flag of the Ukraine, gross-registered tonnage—4701, on the 22nd of April, 20 ..., sailed from the port of London with a cargo of Machinery, 7200 tons, bound for Liverpool, and arrived there at Berth No. 37 on the 24th of April, 20..., at 11.00 a.m., receiving pratique at 16.00 HRS.

On the 22nd and 23rd April, 20..., we encountered very heavy weather with North-Easterly winds of whole gale force and high sea; the vessel during this period was pitching, rolling and labouring heavily, shipping very heavy water Fore and Aft, hatches and vents being continually awash.

In consequence of the aforesaid weather conditions I anticipate possible damage to the cargo.

I hereby declare this Sea Protest in the event of any damage to the vessel or the cargo through stress of weather conditions during the voyage.

I, the Master, and the crew have applied all means of safeguard­ing the vessel and the cargo.

Witnesses to the Sea Protest:

1. V. P. Ivanov, Chief Mate

2. N. P. Vaslllev, Bos'un

3. K. L. Fyodorov, Able Seaman

N. F. Petrov

Master of the m/v "Sukhona" (Ship's stamp)

 

Statement of Sea Protest

m/v "Nakhodka," Berth No. 25,

Monreal,

17^th July, 20...

To the Notary Office,

Monreal

STATEMENT OF SEA PROTEST

I,......., Master of m/v “Nahodka”, international call sign UIWD, registered at the Port of St. Peterburg, and sailing under flag of the Russian Federation, Gross Tonnage -2889 register tons, Net Tonnage-1034 register tons, loaded in Liverpool, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, completed loading in Bremerhaven on the 7^th of July, 20.., and sailed from the above said port for Montreal on the 7th of July, 20.. with 9631 tons of general cargo in 556 containers destined for Montreal, the vessel being then tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

During the crossing the Atlantic Ocean on the 9th, 10th and 11th of July, 20.. the ship encountered very heavy weather with South-West by West and South-West winds of full gale force and swell up to 3-5 meters.

The vessel was pitching, the hatches, deck cargo and reefer containers' refrigeration installation being continually sprayed overall by seawater and washed by heavy continuous showers during the said period. During the said crossing air temperature varied from +30 C to +6 C. The crew of the vessel has taken all possible measures for safeguarding the ship and the cargo: all the cargo in each port of loading was properly lashed and secured under supervision of official cargo surveyors, the lashing of the

cargo and normal operation of the reefer containers' refrigerating installations were regularly checked by the crew during the whole voyage.

The ship followed the optimal course at small angles to the wind and the sea to avoid slamming, strong vibration of the hull and spraying the deck cargo, and the hatches, and berthed at Berth 78 in Port of Montreal on the 16th of July, 20...

Nevertheless, fearing damage to the cargo through the above said heavy weather and sweating on the metal surfaces, I declare this Sea Protest against all possible claims, reserving the right to extend it at a place and time convenient.

 

Witnesses to the Sea Protest:

1. N.E.Chekin,Chief Engineer

2. V. P. Soloviev, 2nd Officer

3. S. I. Chudnov, Bos'un

P. N. Orlov,

Master of the m/v "Nakhodka"

(Ship's stamp)

Statement of Sea Protest

Huston, 25^th March, 20...

To the Notary Office,

Huston,USA.

STATEMENT OF SEA PROTEST

I,..........., Master of the m. v. Khudozhnik sailing under the flag of the Russian Federation, Gross Tonnage 15893, Net Tonnage 8092, registered at the port of Murmansk Call Sign: UUSW, on March 22, 20.. sailed from Jacksonville, FI., USA, bound for Houston, Tex., USA, with 4072 metric tons of general cargo, the vessel being then tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and in every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

On March 22, 20.. at 11. 20 GMT, proceeding through the Houston Shipping Channel in condition of full readiness for passing narrows and with the pilot, Mr. J. Hawkins on board the ship collided with the Japanese m. v. Rose Maru near buoy R70.

The collision occurred under the following circumstances: I had been following the progress of the Rose Maru for about half an hour on my radar screen and saw that it was proceeding from the opposite direction at a speed of 10 knots and was gaining on a pusher tug pushing a barge at a speed of about 6 knots. My own speed was about 10 knots. I first sighted the oncoming pusher tug at 10.55 when I was abeam of Buoy R58. The distance between us was about 8 miles. Immediately after that, at 10.56 I heard the Rose Maru calling on VHF channel 16 " unknown pusher tug in position abeam buoy C81 proceeding seaward, speed 6 knots". After they established contact, the Rose Maru asked the tug "Beetle" to switch to channel 13. As the conversation was of no immediate

concern to me, I did not follow it further. At 11.05 I sighted the Rose Maru which had left her lane and was overtaking the tug "Beetle" proceeding in the wrong lane. The distance between us was 4 miles. The speed of Rose Maru, according to my SARP was 12. 5 knots, my speed was 10 knots. At 11.06 I reduced my speed to 6 knots and altered course to starboard to move to the starboard side of the channel in order to avoid a close quarter's situation. At 11.08 on VHF channel 16 I received request from the Rose Maru to reduce speed and to keep to the starboard side of the channel. I answered that I was already doing that.

At 11.11, seeing that a close quarter's situation was imminent, I gave the order for emergency full astern. But the headway of the both ships was too great and at 11. 20 they collided near Buoy R70 in position 39N 34.5 and 094W 55.8. Due to narrow channel and insufficient depths at the sides I could not effectively use the last moment manoeuvre and alter my course hard to starboard.

Though the crew has applied all available means to safeguard the vessel and the cargo, fearing damage to the cargo and the ship, and losses in connection with the above collision, I declare this Sea Protest, reserving the right to extend it at time and place convenient.

Witnesses to the Sea Protest:

1. B. N. Borisov, Second Mate

2. P. V. Bushmin, Bos'un

3. V. I. Kashura, A. S.

P. I. Ivanov

Master of the m/t "Elbrus”

(Ship's stamp)

Sea protest about grounding

 

I,......., Master of m/v Utopia under the flag of Ukraine, Gross tonnage 8092, registered at the port of Odessa, International Call Sign UUSW, on...... 20.. sailed from Odessa to New York with 4072 metric tons of general cargo, the vessel being tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and in every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

On...... 20.. at 14.00GMT, approaching the port Kalundborg, in position 55N 37.0 010E 56. 5 due to the engine failure the ship began drifting to shore carried by southwest wind of force 15-20 m/sec. Inspire of all the efforts to restart the engine and stop the drift by letting go first the port and then the starboard anchors, at 14. 15 the vessel was grounded on the shoal lying half a mile North-East from the Palce of the engine failure. All the efforts undertaken to refloat the vessel without outside assistance failed and vessel had to apply for salvors services. Two salvage tugs of the port of Kulundborg were used for refloating, and at 13.00.... 20.. the ship was refloated. A divers' inspection was carried out after refloating the vessel. As no visible damage to the ship's hull was found, the vessel continued the voyage and at 6.00 local time on.... 20.. the ship was berthed at pier 7 Brooklyn Marine Terminal of the port of New York.

The crew of the vessel have applied all means to safeguard the ship and her cargo, but nevertheless, fearing damage to the cargo and the ship, and losses in connection with refloating, I declare this Sea Protest, reserving the right to extend it at a time and place convenient.

 

Sea protest about the fire

I,......, the Master of m. v. Utopia under the flag of the Russian Federation, Gross tonnage 8092, registered at the port of St. Peterburg, International Call Sign UUSW, sailed on...... 2012, from Philadelphia bound for Jacksonville with 1352 metric tons of general cargo, the vessel being tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and in every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

At 09. 15 GMT on...... 20..... abeam of Charleston in position 32N 54. 24 078W 16. 8 fire started in Hold 3 due to spontaneous ignition of the cargo of mineral oil. One hour later the fire was extinguished by the ship's crew by means of forcing carbon dioxide into the hold. As a result of the fire the ship and the cargo sustained some damage.

The crew of the vessel have applied all means to safeguard the ship and her cargo, nevertheless, fearing damage to the cargo and the ship, and losses in connection with the above accident, I declare this Sea Protest, reserving the right to extend it at a time and place convenient.

 

Sea protest about a storm

 

I,......, the Master of m. v. Utopia under the flag of the Russian Federation, Gross tonnage 8092, registered at the port of St. Peterburg, International Call Sign UUSW, sailed from the port of Mobile, Ala., USA on August 15, 2012, bound for St. Peterburg with 6750 metric tons of general cargo, the vessel being tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and in every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

At 18.00 GMT on....... 2012 in position 45N 20 015W 10 the ship encountered a heavy storm with stern wind of force 9-10 from WSW and a heavy swell up to 8 meters. As a result of this, the vessel suffered heavy pitching and rolling up to 28 to either side. At 20.00 GMT the vessel had to reduce her speed to 10 knots to reduce the rolling. At 23.00 GMT due to shifting of cargo of pipes in Holds 2 and 3 vessel sustained a permanent list of 10 degrees to starboard and had to deviate to the port of refuge Breast. At 09.00 on August 26, 2012 the vessel was moored at Pier 18 in the port of Breast.

Though the crew has made all precautions to save the vessel and the cargo, fearing damage to the cargo and the ship from the above heavy weather, and also losses connected with calling in at the port of refuge and delay of the vessel,

I declare this Sea Protest, reserving the right to extend it at a time and place convenient.

 

 

Lost anchor: Sea protest

I,......, the Master of m/v “Vostok” under the flag of the Russian

Federation, Gross tonnage 8092, registered at the port of St. Peterburg, International Call Sign UUSW, sailed from the port of New York on...... 2012 bound for Philadelphia with 6750 metric tons of general cargo, the vessel being tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and in every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

At 15.00 GMT on..... 1992 in full readiness for passage through narrows the ship approached Delpilot Pilot Station in Delaware Bay.

At 15.15 GMT the Pilot, Mr. J. Jackpot, came on board and the ship continued her voyage to Philadelphia through the Delaware Bay.

At 15.54 GMT proceeding at a speed of 12 knots the ship approached Buoy R10 of the Delaware Bay Ship Channel.

At 16.00 GMT, in position 38N 56 075W 04, a failure of the main engine occurred and the ship began drifting to shore, in direction of the Crow Shoal, driven by the wind from the West of force 7. On advice of the pilot in order to stop the drift, we dropped the port anchor. Due to the great headway and the strong wind the anchor cable parted and the anchor was lost together with 3 shackles of chain in position 38N 56 075W 04. 1.

At 16.10 GMT the main engine was restarted and the ship resumed her voyage. The incident was reported to US Coast Guard Branch Office in Cape May on VHF Channel 16 at 16.15 GMT.

At 09.00 on........ 2012 the vessel was safely moored at Pier 18 of Camden Terminal in the port of Philadelphia.

Though the crew has made all precautions to save the vessel and the cargo, fearing losses connected with incident, I declare this Sea Protest, reserving the right to extend it at a time and place convenient.