Unispirit

The cargo of bagged millet and corn in the cargo hold of the 'Unispirit' was searched by unified Spanish police, Coastguard and customs teams during five consecutive days at Las Palmas. The ship had berthed on Oct 16, 2020, coming from Sao Sebastiao in Brazil and being enroute to Cadiz, for a thorough search. 1,200 kilo of cocaine were found hidden in the cargo. 1,5 tons of the same cocaine had already been found during loading operations at San Sebastiao on Oct 2 in the cargo holds among bags. No arrests were made among the partially Russian crew. The vessel was released and left Las Palmas late on Oct 21 with an ETA at Cadiz as of Oct 24.

The 'Unispirit' was searched by the Brazilian Federal Police on Oct 2, 2020, at Sao Sebastiao, where the ship had berthed on Oct 1. 1,5 tons of cocaine were found hidden in big bags with corn, which had been loaded at Sao Sebastiao and which were bound for Cadiz. No crew arrests were made so far.

Upon entering the new Southern lock of the Kiel-Canal in Brunsbüttel the "Unispirit" suffered a completed engine blackout on April 16, 2019, at 4.50 p.m. and was threatened to drift into the embankment of the new foreport. The two tugs "Parat" and "Bugsier 22" were immediately alerted and managed to get the ship under control in time. It was then towed into the lock. After the transit into the Kiel Canal the tugs "Parat" and "Luchs" pulled the vessel to the railway station pilings in the canal port of Brunsbüttel for surveys and confirmation of class certificate. The vessel was enroute from Hamburg, where it had sailed at 3 p.m. to Rostock. It sailed again on April 19 at 2 a.m. and resumed its voyage. She moored on Rostock anchorage at 4.30 p.m. in pos. 54° 12.78' N 011° 59.61' E. German report with photos: https://forum-schiff.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23&p=158637#p158637