Zanzibar Coast Guards Seize Two Oil Tankers Over Illegal Bunkering - Radio
Posted on: Friday, 1 July 2005, 15:00 CDT
Excerpt from report by Zanzibar radio on 1 July
Pemba: [Zanzibar anti-smuggling unit] KMKM is holding two oil tankers at the port of Kigomasha, Pemba, over illegal oil bunkering accusations and for illegally crossing into the port's waters. The two seized ships are: Victoria I, a foreign oil tanker registered in Panama, and Mashaga [phonetic], a locally registered ship.
Deputy Pemba KMKM commander, Mr Mohamed Musa Seif, told Chake Chake district commissioner, Mr Jabu Khamis Mbwana, that the two ships were captured some eight nautical miles inside Kigomasha's territorial waters in contravention of laws allowing foreign ships to cross into these waters.
Mr Seif said his unit seized these ships when they were in the process of transferring fuel from Victoria I to Mashaga. He said the two ships were seized yesterday and are now being detained at Mkoani [main sea port of Pemba] awaiting further action. [Passage omitted]
Source: BBC Monitoring Africa
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