On August 10, the
Ukrainian Security Service blocked the Russian vessel at the port of Kherson,
saying that its owner had been blacklisted by Kiev
NOVOSIBIRSK, August
17. /TASS/. Head of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council Mikhail
Fedotov believes that the situation surrounding the detention of Russia’s
Mekhanik Pogodin tanker in the Ukrainian port of Kherson is nothing but
madness, as he himself told TASS.
"We haven’t
received any requests in this regard yet but such actions are outrageous,"
he said in response to a question about the tanker. "I am not surprised
because this is not the first example of madness," Fedotov added.
On August 10, the
Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) blocked the Russian vessel at the port of
Kherson, saying that its owner had been blacklisted by Kiev. The vessel’s
captain said that the tanker was shipping diesel fuel from Turkmenistan to
Ukraine under a freightage contract in the interests of Canada’s Oil Marine
Shipping and Chartering, while Unicredit Bank Austria was the cargo manager at
the Kherson port.
The vessel’s
operating company V.F.Tanker said on Friday that the crew members had prevented
an illegal entry attempt by the Ukrainian authorities. The company pointed out
in an earlier statement that "the port authorities and customs service
have been notified that the vessel’s detention was groundless and illegal and
could entail liability for damages," as they were violating the International
Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of
Sea-going Ships.
Source: ITAR-TASS
17-08-2018
