Red-Rover

For the first time, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a vessel from entering or using any port in Australia for 12 months. Indonesian flagged container ship Red Rover (IMO9481673) has been issued with a direction not to enter or use any port in Australia for 12 months after being detained by AMSA three times since September 2014. The most recent detention was on 28 January 2015 in Fremantle, Western Australia. All three detentions identified failings in the vessel’s Safety Management System, including a lack of effective passage planning and failure to use appropriate charts and publications. This is the third vessel operated by PT Meratus Line (Company Number 0313623) which has been banned from accessing Australian ports for a period of time. All three of these vessels repeatedly demonstrated they were not operating or being managed to meet applicable standards despite repeated advice by AMSA to take action to improve performance. AMSA banned the MV Meratus Sangatta (IMO 9116797) earlier this month and the Territory Trader (IMO8812899) in November last year, from entering or using any port in Australia for three months.