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The 'Thisseas', while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), en route from Bahia Blanca to Lanshan, sailing 2,3 nautical miles northwest of Pulau Cula, en route from Itaqui to Lanshan, was boarded by five perpetrators, armed with knices, on July 29, 2024, at 05.12 a.m. in pos. 1° 3.5' N 103° 40'6 E. Nothing was reported stolen.

On Feb 24, 2016, a 35 kilometer long oil slick was spotted in the wake of the "Thisseas". The Greek shipowner Laskaridis Shipping Company was fined with one million Euros by the Brest Criminal Court on Jan 16, 2017. The captain of the vessel was fined € 30,000 for pollution caused by the bulk carrier. It was detected by a Navy plane, dragging a sheet of hydrocarbons with a width of 50 meters 340 km SW of Brest. At the hearing, experts of the Brest Ship Safety Center discovered that a valve on a dumping pipe had recently been handled on the ship. The prosecutor Eric Mathais had asked for a fine of one million Euros against the shipowner and 200 000 € for the captain.

The "Thisseas", carrying a cargo of potassium chloride, departed from Brest on Feb 29, 2016, at 3 p.m. The ship was suspected of deliberate pollution, causing an oil slick of 42 km length, which was observed in his wake. The Greek shipowner paid the safety deposit of 500 000 Euros, and Eric Mathais, the prosecutor in Brest, has lifted the ban. During the hearings on board, conducted on Feb 27 and 28 by the Coastguard with the help of two interpreters, the crew was cooperative. They however denied having seen or found a defect or damage to the ship. The prosecutor summoned the captain and the shipowner before the Brest Criminal Court on Nov 3, 2016. The fine may be up to 15 million Euros or imprisonment. French report with photo: http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/finistere/le-cargo-soupconne-de-pollution-est-reparti-de-brest-940246.html