boatbuddha
10-28-2009, 09:23 AM
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According to Capt Pine, the eight Korean officers were frequently violent towards Indonesians and Filipinos in the crew. The Indonesian third officer was punched and kicked within Capt Pine’s sight.
Sometime the chief engineer would use a bamboo stick, hitting him about the shoulders, neck and head.
Capt Pine posted standing orders around the vessel prohibiting further beatings, but believes that they continued nevertheless.
On his account, the Koreans continued to regard the fishing master as their boss, and refused to obey routine commands, leaving him unable to manoeuvre the vessel or use navigation equipment on the bridge.
He also charges that the Korean officers refused to comply with Marpol regulations. Capt Pine’s waste management plan was ignored, even though the vessel had an adequate incinerator and oily-water separator.
He ultimately resorted to smuggling a the ship’s satellite phone off the bridge, after which he went to his cabin and telephoned his wife, who recorded a message asking for assistance to be passed on to the US Coast Guard.
Later he received a VHF communication from the Coast Guard asking him to attend a pre-inspection meeting and was able to leave the ship by pilot boat at Tawara in Kiribati, where he currently remains.
Capt Pine said: “I learned enough to formally charge the Korean officers aboard my ship with three things. First, my crew members were being physically assaulted and beaten by the Korean officers on board my vessel.
“Two, the Korean officers on board my vessel were guilty on a daily and ongoing basis of violating the vessel’s waste management plan. Third, I have charged the fishing master, the chief engineer and the second officer of mutiny.
Quite frankly I wonder how often US Masters are really just there for flagging requirements and otherwise ignored.
According to Capt Pine, the eight Korean officers were frequently violent towards Indonesians and Filipinos in the crew. The Indonesian third officer was punched and kicked within Capt Pine’s sight.
Sometime the chief engineer would use a bamboo stick, hitting him about the shoulders, neck and head.
Capt Pine posted standing orders around the vessel prohibiting further beatings, but believes that they continued nevertheless.
On his account, the Koreans continued to regard the fishing master as their boss, and refused to obey routine commands, leaving him unable to manoeuvre the vessel or use navigation equipment on the bridge.
He also charges that the Korean officers refused to comply with Marpol regulations. Capt Pine’s waste management plan was ignored, even though the vessel had an adequate incinerator and oily-water separator.
He ultimately resorted to smuggling a the ship’s satellite phone off the bridge, after which he went to his cabin and telephoned his wife, who recorded a message asking for assistance to be passed on to the US Coast Guard.
Later he received a VHF communication from the Coast Guard asking him to attend a pre-inspection meeting and was able to leave the ship by pilot boat at Tawara in Kiribati, where he currently remains.
Capt Pine said: “I learned enough to formally charge the Korean officers aboard my ship with three things. First, my crew members were being physically assaulted and beaten by the Korean officers on board my vessel.
“Two, the Korean officers on board my vessel were guilty on a daily and ongoing basis of violating the vessel’s waste management plan. Third, I have charged the fishing master, the chief engineer and the second officer of mutiny.
Quite frankly I wonder how often US Masters are really just there for flagging requirements and otherwise ignored.