What Crew Members Say About Kawakawa

The judicial sale by the public auction of the "Fairy Tale" which was detained at a Bluff laybye berth in the port of Durban since MAy 5, 2016, will be held on Oct 26 at the Oyster Box Hotel at Umhlanga Rocks.

The "Fairy Tale" has remained on a berth at the Bluff in Durban for the past three months, supposedly laid up. The ship had berthed on May 30, 2016. On Jan 21 the "Fairy Tale" was arrested in Malaysian waters after anchoring without permission in the Singapore Strait. The ship's master and chief engineer were taken away for questioning and the owners had to pay a fine to have them and the ship released.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained the "Fairy Tale" on Jan 21, 2016, in Pengerang waters east of Singapore in the Singapore Strait for anchoring in Malaysian waters without a permit. The vessel, carrying 12 crewmen, was spotted anchoring at a restricted area near Tanjung Ramunia by a patrolling unit and it failed to obtain a permit as requested. The case is being investigated under Section 49 1B(1)(L) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 for failing to obtain permission to anchor and Section 3 of the Federation Light Dues Act 1953 for failing to inform of the vessel’s arrival in Malaysian waters. The captain and chief engineer of the ship have been taken to the Johor Baru MMEA office for further investigations and the owner of the vessel could be fined up to $23.6k, given two years imprisonment or both if found guilty.