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Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
March 3, 2018
In total, the Mission visited over 300,000 seafarers aboard ships across the globe and supported 895 justice and welfare cases, including helping the crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio (and the Chennai Six) to secure their release from prison. Ticket prices and sales for the Singapore Seafarers' AwardsÃâà...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
March 2, 2018
In total, the Mission visited over 300,000 seafarers aboard ships across the globe and supported 895 justice and welfare cases, including helping the crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio (and the Chennai Six) to secure their release from prison. Ticket prices and sales for the Singapore Seafarers' AwardsÃâà...
The Hindu
December 16, 2017
Serving on the Seaman Guard Ohio as a seaman, however, got him and 11 other Indians entangled in a criminal case that became an international controversy. Four years, time in prison, loss of income, devastated families and mental trauma — the seamen faced it all. They were finally acquitted by theÃâà...
Live Law
December 4, 2017
It is freedom after four years for 35 officers and crew onboard the Vessel, MV Seaman Guard Ohio , who were arrested by Marine Police, Thoothukudi, on charges of illegal possession of arms and unlawful activities in territorial waters of India. The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has acquitted and setÃâà...
Marine Log
November 28, 2017
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 — At least some of the crew and armed guards of the antipiracy ship Seaman Guard Ohio, operated by privately-owned, U.S. headquartered AdvanFort, are now being released from Indian prisons after the High Court yesterday threw out their convictionson on all charges under which they had beenÃâà...
Marine Log
November 28, 2017
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 — At least some of the crew and armed guards of the antipiracy ship Seaman Guard Ohio, operated by privately-owned, U.S. headquartered AdvanFort, are now being released from Indian prisons after the High Court yesterday threw out their convictionson on all charges under which they had beenÃâà...
Seatrade Maritime News
November 27, 2017
Heindel, however, took aim at the US-headquartered owners of the Seaman Guard Ohio maritime security company AdvanFort. AdvanFort while initially supportive of the detained crew members later walked away leaving them stranded and unpaid in India. “Unfortunately, one glaring injustice remains: theÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
November 27, 2017
An Indian appeals court acquitted 35 crewmembers and security guards of the Seaman Guard Ohio on Monday. The 35, six former British soldiers, 14 Estonians, three Ukrainians and 12 Indians, were sentenced in January last year to five years in prison on charges of illegally transporting weapons andÃâà...
ERR News
November 21, 2017
The crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio, which was intercepted by the Indian Coast Guard off Tuticorin Port in October 2013, included 14 Estonians, six British nationals, three Ukrainians and 12 Indians. The prosecution took the floor for the last time in the Madurai court on Monday, and now the court'sÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
October 22, 2017
It has been four years since 35 men (including the Chennai 6 – all ex-U.K. servicemen) on the Seaman Guard Ohio, were detained in India (October 12, 2013). The men, whose job was to protect commercial vessels from pirates in the Indian Ocean, have now been held far longer than any hostage held offÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
September 5, 2017
The legal case for the 35 men held in India as part of the Seaman Guard Ohio case has come to a standstill. They filed an appeal against their conviction in February 2016; it was heard in court in November 2016 at which point the judge reserved orders. The judge has still not released his judgment on theÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
December 6, 2016
Earlier this year, the crew of the anti-piracy vessel Seaman Guard Ohio filed an appeal contesting sentences for alleged arms possession and illegal entry into Indian waters. However, after three years spent under arrest, they will still have to wait for resolution. The 35 crewmembers and security guardsÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
July 1, 2016
“The unwarranted detention of the crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio, in India, because of their possession of armaments used to defend against criminal violence, has dragged on for 1,000 days. There is still no end in sight for the judicial process which has been subjected to adjournment after adjournment,Ãâà...
The Maritime Executive
March 7, 2016
On October 12, 2013, the 35 crew and guards on the Seaman Guard Ohio were arrested in India's territorial waters for possession of illegal arms and environmental pollution. Indian authorities arrested six British nationals, three Ukrainians, fourteen Estonians as well as twelve Indians after they boarded theÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
March 2, 2016
The continuing case of the incarceration of the 35 crew and private maritime security guards of the Seaman Guard Ohio has now gained the attention of the European Parliament. The U.K.-based charity Human Rights at Sea has called for continued and exhaustive efforts by the European Parliament toÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
March 1, 2016
The Madras High Court Bench has refused to suspend the five-year sentences imposed on the crew of the anti-piracy vessel Seaman Guard Ohio. The crew consists of six British nationals, 14 Estonians, three Ukranians and 12 Indians. The sentences were imposed by the Thoothukudi Principal SessionsÃâà...
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