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Barely visible now, MV Angelin reportedly “encountered trouble” after it left St Lucia.
While some fishermen from Laborie were counting their luck when they were able to haul some cargo from a ship which sunk in St Lucian waters Sunday, local authorities have warned that it is illegal to tamper with or remove goods from the partially submerged vessel off the southern coast of Saint Lucia.
According to a press release issued by the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority (SLASPA) on Tuesday February 23, an Antiguan registered cargo vessel, MV Angelin, encountered difficulties on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at approximately 22:00hrs and is now partially submerged. Luckily no one on board the vessel was injured and to date there has been no reports of any oil pollution.
The director of sea ports, Adrian Hilaire, said that at about 10pm on Sunday, after leaving port the MV Angelin developed some difficulties and as a result was partially submerged. “SLASPA is working with our stakeholders and making every effort to ensure the safety of navigation and the safety of seafarers,” Hilaire told reporters Tuesday. Advisories he indicated were also being sent out to neighbouring islands as well as to the US Coast Guard.
Asked about looting of the ship’s cargo in the southern coastal communities Hilaire indicated that there are unconfirmed reports which are currently being investigated and that the marine police was currently patrolling the coast in the vicinity where the incident occurred.
The senior director corporate services and administration of SLASPA, Ben Emmanuel, said that some of the containers of the ship are floating and drifting near the shores here.
“Some (of this) would have landed on Saint Lucian soil at various points and we really want to make a very special appeal to the public that where such containers have been sighted that they need to report these to the appropriate authority in that regard.” Persons with information are asked to call SLASPA, the marine police or customs. Emmanuel warned that it is dangerous to interfere or tamper with the contents of the ship and that it was also illegal.
A statement from SLASPA concluded by stating that “we would like to assure the Saint Lucian public that safety and security remains a priority of the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority.”
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St.Lucia is 14 x 28, if you want to go pick up your containers do so, don’t expect the public to do your work for you. We have Coast Guard, we have Police, you can get Helicopters to use. Get to work !
nonsense…dangerous but not illegal…there are international laws governing salvage….ben what school you learn that from…..
Rubbish!! I think, I THINK, their insurance will cover the loss. Finders-keepers is the rule on this one…
14 x 28— shows how little regard this person has for st Lucia. you don’t have to repeat the obvious. It gets me when st lucians have very lilttle respect for the place where they come from. Onlooker show some respect please!
Onlooker is basically saying that St Lucia is nothing with this statement. We are happy the way we are geographically Onlooker.
On another note it looks like Christmas has come early for some. Why allow the contents to go to waste when our poor folks can savour whats in there? SLAPSA is using language that does not correspond with the status quo. Be realistic Ben, and see what is happening around —- What planet are you on?
Sometime ago a ship run aground in Devon, England and many Brits plundered the goods. So why not the impoverish folks of StLucia?
If this ship had been beeched in Haiti, the hungry folks out there would have no remorse for law and order. When you are hungry you have to feed yourself and to quote the great Malcolm Ex “By whatever means neccessary”
So common folks do what you can to feed yourselves and your family without breaking the main criminal code of St Lucia.
Big Up St Lucia! Nuff respect!
Haitian Glory — Dual citizen of Haiti and St Lucia.
ben in these rough times come to these communities and see how it is
we call that water……relief
ben in these rough times come to these communities and see how it is
we call that water……relief
No matter how good a swimmer you are, I think we should stay out of the hot water people. We don’t need what the container has and it’s not ours in the first place
MANNA FROM HEAVEN>>>OH PARDON ME…..MANNA FROM THE SEA >>SURE WISH I WAS AROUND TO HELP IN THE SALVAGING OF THE MANNA FROM HEAVEN>DAM I KEEP SAYING HEAVEN ……SEA …..SEA >>>CUSTOMS FALL ON THEIR HEAD OR WHAT>>>>LUCIANS NOT STUPID >>>>I GUESS CUSTOMS WOULD RATHER BE THERE FIRST TO COLLECT THE BOUNTY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR WELL PLACED FRIENDS…….WELL BENNY BOY FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!!!! U GUYS ARE HIGH CALIBER JOKERS…..DID I HEAR GOING….GOING…..GONE….SPLISH SPLASH….
Malcolm “Ex” Wow, that’s sad.
We don’t need it. We’re better than that. Long live the OECS Economic Union and prosperity!
The fact that SLASPA is not doing what the public are doing with much less resources was my point. St.Lucia does not cover a large geographic area, with the resources that are available to them, SLASPA should have secured the cargo instead of whining about it when other did. You missed the point completely. Who said bigger is better? 14 x 28 is just fine.