Monchegorsk: Cypriot naval base explosion

The head of Cyprus' navy, Andreas Ioannides, was among 12 people killed when seized containers of gunpowder exploded its main base. The commander of the Evangelos Florakis base, Lambros Lambrou, also died.
The massive blast at the Evangelos Florakis naval base on the south coast killed at least 12 people and injured 59, state media reported.

The National Guard chief told public radio that the blasts struck among containers of Iranian munitions seized from Cypriot-flagged vessel M/V Monchegorsk in 2009.
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Eagle: $6 million ransom, pirates say

Somali pirates have released the Cyprus flagged, MV Eagle,
The bulk carrier was captured on January 17, about 490 miles southwest of Oman while en route on passage from Aqabar (Jordan) to Paradip (India)

Pirates claim they received a $6 million ransom for for the old bulk carrier's release.
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Nordneptune: pirates escape abeam Tanzania

Nordneptun (Limassol) IMO:9277773
Call sign:P3TK9 Gross tonnage:42432 Flag:Cyprus Built:2004

The French EU NAVFOR warship Nivôse responded immediately to a distress signal from Nordneptune, a tanker, which indicated she was under small arms attack. The skiffs gave up their attack and moved into Tanzanian territorial waters where the Tanzanian Coast Guard was alerted to continue the pursuit.
Reederei "NORD" Klaus E. Oldendorff is a family-owned company, established in 1964 by Mr. Klaus E. Oldendorff.

Reederei Nord Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd.
Libra Tower, 23 Olympion Street Limassol 3306

The company currently operates a very modern fleet of 36 vessels, totaling just over 2.5 million tdw, forming the biggest fleet tonnage wise under the Cyprus flag.
This comprises of 20 container vessels between 1058 teu and 2500 teu, 7 Panamax bulk carriers between 72,500 and 75,000 tdw and 9 tankers between 75,000 and 319,000 tdw, including 4 Panamax product tankers that were delivered in 2004.
The fleet will be further enlarged by a new building program of 2 container vessels of 2600 teu in 2005/6 and another 4 container vessels of 3500 teu in 2007/08, and one Aframax Tanker in 2007.

All the ships are operated by multinational sea staff. It is the company's policy to work with a balanced mixture of nationalities onboard and ashore.

The company has always been actively involved in the international shipping scene.
The company is a founding member of the Cyprus Shipping Council and Mr. Oldendorff was President of the Council on several occasions. In addition, Mr. Oldendorff was active in many other international organizations over a large number of years.

Cyprus has decided to unload the Monchegorsk

On February 13, the government said in a statement that it had decided to unload the Cypriot-flagged vessel's cargo and "keep it in Cyprus".

The Republic of Cyprus has decided to unload the material on the ship Monchegorsk and keep it on Cyprus


"The Republic of Cyprus has already informed the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee of its decision," it added.

"Unloading the cargo does not involve any danger."

Later, Defence Minister Costas Papacostas told the Associated Press: "There are no weapons. There is material that could be used in the manufacture of munitions."

On Tuesday, Cypriot Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou said the UN committee had ruled that the Monchegorsk was in "clear" breach of UN sanctions, but he did not specify what had been found on board or name the cargo's destination.


MONCHEGORSK
IMO NUMBER
8013039
VESSEL TYPE
RO-RO CARGO
HULL TYPE
DOUBLE HULL
GROSS TONNAGE
18.627 tons
SUMMER DWT
19.943 tons
BUILD
1983
BUILDER
KVAERNER MASA YARDS TURKU TURKU - FINLAND
FLAG
CYPRUS
MANAGER/OWNER
MURMANSK SHIPPING MURMANSK - RUSSIA
INSURER
WEST OF ENGLAND P&I ASSOCIATION LUXEMBOURG
VESSEL DETAILS

Russian cargo mv Monchegorsk Cypriot flag

USS San Antonio, an amphibious transport dockship that serves as the command and control centre for the taskforce, boarded the former Russian cargo vessel Monchegorsk, which is registered in Limassol and flying a Cypriot flag.

The ship docked at an Egyptian Red Sea port for a detailed search during which, according to unconfirmed reports, weapons were found.
# MONCHEGORSK
# MMSI: 210558000
# IMO: 8013039
# Call sign: P3NL5
# Flag: Cyprus
# Vesseltype: cargo ship
# Width: 24 m
# Length: 173 m

NB Maritime Management Cyprus Ltd

We supply professional Russian crew


NB SHIPPING LIMITED
99089
Address : 284, Arch.Makarios III Avenue,P.O.Box 132, Limassol, Cyprus
Phone : +357 (25) 585440 Fax : +357 (25) 585409 Email : nbmm@nbmm.com.cy
Number of Ships : 5

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MONCHEGORSK 810758 CY P3NL5 18627 23128 1983