Indian charged in Singapore: Seafarer Soosai Antony Vainer held for ship collision – ‘acted without orders’ | India News
An Indian national was charged by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore on Wednesday over a ship collision that killed one and injured another over a year ago.Soosai Antony Vainer, 35, was the duty lookout of the navigational watch on the Singapore-registered Hafnia Nile, which collided with Ceres I, registered in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe, on July 19 last year, Channel News Asia reported.He was charged along with Sri Lankan Wickramage Viraj Amila Shavinda Perera, 40, who was the officer in charge of the navigational watch.The charge said that Vainer saw Ceres I “approaching close”, but did not report it to Perera. It said that he instead steered Hafnia Nile without being directed to do so, resulting in the collision of the two ships.The men can be fined up to SGD 50,000, jailed for up to two years, or both if found guilty.
