MERSİN HORİZON GEMİ ACENTELİĞİ TURİZM NAKLİYAT İTHALAT İHRACAT SANAYİ VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

WELCOME TO MERSIN HORIZON SHIPPING AGENCY MERSIN HORIZON SHIPPING AGENCY LTD.CO. Deniz Taşımacılığıyla ilgili kargo ve bagaj yükleme boşaltma hizmetleri. MERSIN HORIZON SHPPING AGENCY & BROKER & CHARTERS SERVICES MERSIN HORIZON SHIPPING AGENCY Serves For The Regions Around TURKISH STRAITS (MERSIN, ISKENDERUN AND BANDIRMA-SARAYLAR) and TURKISH PORTS MERSIN HORIZON SHIPPING AGENCY , BROKER & CHARTERS SERVICES CO. MERSIN / TURKEY Demand growing stronger for security of crew in vessels Demand for security arrangements by the governments of different countries in association with the international maritime organisation (IMO) is getting strengthened in the wake of series of piracies by the Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea. Bangladesh Merchant Marine Officers Association, an organisation of crew officers and master mariners, said that incidents of piracy in the waters of the Arabian Sea have frightened the crewmen of the seagoing vessels. "Some crewmen have shown reluctance to work if situation is not improved to protect them," said Captain Foisal Azim, general secretary of the association. Earlier, the Bangladesh Oceangoing Vessel Owners' Association in its meeting with the DG of Shipping of the government of Bangladesh expressed concern at the situation following abduction of a Bangladesh ship by the Somali pirates from the Indian coast on December 5. Captai Foisal Azim suggested the government to raise the issue of piracy with IMO, the international monitoring agency on such events, in association with the governments involved in shipping business. Quoting the latest IMO report Captain Azim said, as many as 51 ships have been pirated for ransom in the year 2010, of which 46 cases have occurred alone in the Arabian Sea. About 26 ships are still in control of the Somali pirates while others have been set free for ransom. He said there are over 5000 officer-level crew, that is, master mariners and 2nd officers, in the ships from home and abroad while 3500 Bangladeshi mariners are working. Bulk carrier 'Pollux' loaded with fertilizires aground in Florida The Coast Guard is investigating the grounding of the 575-foot motor vessel Pollux, which ran aground 2-miles east of Gadsden Point in Hillsborough Bay, Fla., on Jan 2 2011. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a call at 11:15 p.m., from the Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service that the Pollux had run aground and could not move under its own power. The Pollux, a Malta flagged freight vessel carrying a load of fertilizer, was inbound to Tampa Bay from Galveston, Texas. Members from Sector St. Petersburg are investigating the incident and are working with the vessel's crew and representatives to safely remove the vessel. Vessel traffic has not been affected, but all vessel operators are urged to use caution when transiting the area. No report of injuries or pollution has been received at this time. Bulk carrier Pollux IMO 9379648, dwt 32017, built 2007, flag Malta, operator Blumenthal Johann Hamburg. www.mersinhorizon.com