Cargo ship is under detention at Terneuzen Netherlands since arrival on Sep 18. Ship’s course alerted Scheltd Coordination Center on Sep 18, because she was sailing towards Borssele wind farm, with no signs of changing course. Attempts to find out what’s going on failed, because as it turned out later, Captain of Azerbaijan nationality didn’t speak English well enough to understand, though he finally, reacted to a direct order to immediately change the course. The ship berthed at Terneuzen same day, and was checked. Inspection found a number of deficiencies, including outdated (understood downloaded from open sources) electronic charts without among other things, navigational buoys; Captain and officers lack of navigational and communication skills (paper charts weren’t used), they also couldn’t make stability calculations. The ship wasn’t identified except that she’s Vanuatu-flagged, but according to AIS data, she should be general cargo ship MY REYHAN, ex- SEAKESTREL, renamed shortly before this incident, probably in September.

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