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Original Post Date: 2008-04-27 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[Apparently the Angolan govt has issued a statement saying the arms will NOT be unloaded! I must say these Liberal/Globalists are starting to impress me. I was saying to my Liberal friend I might become a “Neo-Liberal”!!! Jan]
By Tribune Reporter
The Chinese ship carrying weapons bound for Zimbabwe that left Durban ahead of two court orders and disappeared from view arrived off the coast of Angola this weekend.
The An Yue Jiang has been authorised to dock in Luanda, but can only unload merchandise destined for Angola. “The weaponry that the ship brings destined for Zimbabwe is not authorised to be unloaded on national territory,” a government statement said.
This was after the ship had switched off its transmitter most of this week, causing speculation that it was either offloading its deadly cargo on to another ship, or secretly refuelling. There were theories that it had turned around, heading to China, or that it was planning to dock at Dar es Salaam on the East Coast of Africa.
The last confirmed position from Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit was on Tuesday at 57.2 nautical miles from the Cape of Good Hope.
Apart from arms for Zimbabwe, the ship is carrying a load of commercial explosives destined for South Africa. There are also 12 deep-sided trucks on deck (under tarpaulins), which might be for mining or construction earthmoving. The Chinese are building a major railway line in Angola and it appears the ship headed for Angola to offload that cargo.
As it set sail last weekend the An Yue Jiang announced its destination, Luanda, to South Africa maritime authorities and disappeared off the satellite tracking system.
The An Yue Jiang left just ahead of being served two orders issued in the Durban High Court: the first halting transportation of the arms to Zimbabwe; the second an attachment in which a German bank claimed the state-owned Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company owed it money.
KfW Ipex-Bank was unaware that the An Yue Jiang was carrying arms when it obtained the order. Spokesperson Dela Strumpf said KfW Ipex-Bank had awarded a €40-million (about R476-million) loan to the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company in 1998, but the loan was never paid back. In 2006, the bank obtained an arbitration ruling from the International Chamber of Commerce in London, allowing it to impound Zimbabwean property abroad to recover its losses.
“I don’t think the court order was ever delivered to the captain of the ship, but it is still valid and, theoretically, if the ship would ever dock again in South Africa, we could still impound parts of the cargo that are not weapons,” Strumpf said.
Lloyd’s said it had been tracking the vessel via satellite and agents covering all African ports, but it had been hidden from satellite tracking.
“Our focus is on likely ports of call for discharging its cargo, potential refuelling stops (given it did not refuel at Durban), and all vessels in that coastal area that it could transfer its cargo on to while it is at sea, in particular two vessels belonging to the same owner,” said Lloyd’s in a statement.
“There are 32 ports in Africa, south of the equator, physically capable of accommodating An Yue Jiang. The fact this ship has six cranes on board means an increasingly likely scenario is the possibility of a ship-to-ship transfer of the controversial cargo while at sea. It is also possible for the ship to be refuelled at sea, which would allow it to sail further afield and then continue (moving) the shipment via land,” Lloyd’s said.
On Thursday a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Jiang Yu, said, “To my knowledge, the Chinese company has decided to bring back the boat”.
But Lloyd’s had lost the signal again and the UK-based marine information portal said it was heading for Luanda in Angola.
International Transport Workers Federation spokesperson Sam Dawson said the Chinese government had again deferred the final decision to Cosco, the ship’s owners, who had not yet made a definite announcement that the arms mission was being aborted. – Additional Reporting: AP, Reuters, AFP and
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20080427110147534C924469