Reviews & Ratings for the Asphalt-Maris

The "Asphalt Maris" was renamed 'Tidal Rhythm' on July 28, 2025. A PSC on Aug 14 in Mumbai found 25 deficiencies,17 of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - Certificates for Master and officers Invalid 2) Life saving Appliances - Inflatable liferafts Not as required 3) Emergency system - Emergency fire pump and its pipes Inoperative 4) Emergency system - Emergency source of power - emergency generator Inoperative 5) Pollution Prevention - Oil filtering equipment Not as required 6) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Propulsion main engine Not as required 7) Fire safety - Maintenance of fire protection systems Inoperative 8)) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and Appliances Not as required 9) Water/Weathertight - Scuppers, inlets and discharges Not as required 10) Water/Weathertight - Ventilators, air pipes and casings Not as required 11) Safety of navigation - Magnetic compass Not as required 12) Safety of navigation - Lighting (Working spaces) Not as required 13) Safety of navigation - Means of communications between safety centre and other Not as required 14) Labour conditions - Electrical Unsafe 15) Labour conditions - Freeboard marking Not as required 16) Labour conditions - Cargo & Other Hatchways Not as required 17) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Aug 14 and left the port enroute to Jebel Ali, where it arrived on Aug 29. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1P7pNVmfmb/

The 2nd engineer of the "Stella Maris" went missing after the ship with a crew of 11 had left Antwerp on Nov 11 bound to Kristiansund where it docked on Nov 14, 2016. A search on board proved fruitless. Investigators of the criminal police boarded the vessel in the evening. Norwegian report with photo: https://www.nrk.no/mr/sjomann-savnet-_-kripos-undersoker-1.13228640