Sea protest about a storm

I,......, the Master of m. v. Utopia under the flag of the Russian Federation, Gross tonnage 8092, registered at the port of St. Peterburg, International Call Sign UUSW, sailed from the port of Mobile, Ala., USA on August 15, 2012, bound for St. Peterburg with 6750 metric tons of general cargo, the vessel being tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and in every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

At 18.00 GMT on....... 2012 in position 45N 20 015W 10 the ship encountered a heavy storm with stern wind of force 9-10 from WSW and a heavy swell up to 8 meters. As a result of this, the vessel suffered heavy pitching and rolling up to 28 to either side. At 20.00 GMT the vessel had to reduce her speed to 10 knots to reduce the rolling. At 23.00 GMT due to shifting of cargo of pipes in Holds 2 and 3 vessel sustained a permanent list of 10 degrees to starboard and had to deviate to the port of refuge Breast. At 09.00 on August 26, 2012 the vessel was moored at Pier 18 in the port of Breast.

Though the crew has made all precautions to save the vessel and the cargo, fearing damage to the cargo and the ship from the above heavy weather, and also losses connected with calling in at the port of refuge and delay of the vessel,

I declare this Sea Protest, reserving the right to extend it at a time and place convenient.

7. Lost anchor: Sea protest

I,......, the Master of m/v “Vostok” under the flag of the Russian

Federation, Gross tonnage 8092, registered at the port of St. Peterburg, International Call Sign UUSW, sailed from the port of New York on...... 2012 bound for Philadelphia with 6750 metric tons of general cargo, the vessel being tight, staunch and strong, well manned, victualled and sound, and in every respect fit to perform the said intended voyage.

At 15.00 GMT on..... 1992 in full readiness for passage through narrows the ship approached Delpilot Pilot Station in Delaware Bay.

At 15.15 GMT the Pilot, Mr. J. Jackpot, came on board and the ship continued her voyage to Philadelphia through the Delaware Bay.

At 15.54 GMT proceeding at a speed of 12 knots the ship approached Buoy R10 of the Delaware Bay Ship Channel.

At 16.00 GMT, in position 38N 56 075W 04, a failure of the main engine occurred and the ship began drifting to shore, in direction of the Crow Shoal, driven by the wind from the West of force 7. On advice of the pilot in order to stop the drift, we dropped the port anchor. Due to the great headway and the strong wind the anchor cable parted and the anchor was lost together with 3 shackles of chain in position 38N 56 075W 04. 1.

At 16.10 GMT the main engine was restarted and the ship resumed her voyage. The incident was reported to US Coast Guard Branch Office in Cape May on VHF Channel 16 at 16.15 GMT.

At 09.00 on........ 2012 the vessel was safely moored at Pier 18 of Camden Terminal in the port of Philadelphia.

Though the crew has made all precautions to save the vessel and the cargo, fearing losses connected with incident, I declare this Sea Protest, reserving the right to extend it at a time and place convenient.