Failure to place armed guards on a ship which fell into pirate hands has seen Heidmar and Marida Tankers dragged into court by two seafarers.
Two assistant engineers from the 13,300-dwt Marida Marguerite (built 2008) filed the complaint in the US suggesting pushing the ship through pirate infested waters violated Jones Act rules.
According to court documents Bahri Chirag and Dangwal Sandeep claim the vessel was not seaworthy as it did not have “adequate security, including but not limited to, weapons and non-lethal methods of resisting intruders”.
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