NORMAND CUTTER
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Detention in Blyth
On Aug 8, 2026, the ' Normand Cutter' was detained in Blyth with 21 deficiencies, 13 of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Fire safety - Fire dampers Inoperative 2) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Not as required 3) Fire safety - Evaluation of crew performance Lack of familiarity 4) Safety of navigation - Magnetic compass Not readable 5) Safety of navigation - Pilot ladders and hoist/pilot transfer arrangements Unsafe 6) Labour conditions - Dangerous areas Unsafe 7) Labour conditions - Guards, fencing around dangerous machinery parts Not as required 8)) Labour conditions - Protection machines/parts Damaged 9) Labour conditions - Protection machines/parts Not as required 10) Water/Weathertight - Ventilators, air pipes and casings Corroded 11) Water/Weathertight - Bulwarks and freeing ports Corroded 12) Alarms - Fire alarm Malfunctioning 13) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Aug 13. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Df9aBRrXb/
Solstad CSV Gets Propulsion Overhaul at Gibdock
Gibraltar’s Gibdock shipyard has completed its scope of work on Solstad Shipping’s Normand Cutter, a 127-meter-long, 10,979grt construction support vessel (CSV) that left the yard on June 29 following a 22-day drydock program, which included an overhaul of its entire propulsion system. http://www.marinelink.com/news/propulsion-overhaul412039.aspx
Offshore vessel boarded by Nigerian militants
The "Normand Cutter" was stopped by a Nigerian paramilitary Navy boat on Sep 4, 2015, in the Bight of Biafra and boarded by militants, behaving like officials. They checked the vessel and its certificates, but most probably, they left the vessel after having reached an agreement with the Solstad company regarding a ransom. The Norwegian captain of the vessel recognized the Navy boat as a former missile boat of the Norwegian navy, six of which have been sold to to the Nigerian warlord Tompolo Ekpemupolo who was the leader of the rebel movement in the Niger Delta. After he made peace with authoirities, he was granted amnesty and a license to run a private security company to fight pirates and to collect tax from vessels plying Nigerian waters, on behalf of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. The vessel resumed its operations.
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