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Entry: Hello Sailor or Hijack? The 'Nave Andromeda' Incident - A88005350
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

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Brilliant writeup of this news story - thank you! Excellent photo, too - very atmospheric.

Has there been any further notable news since 22 November?

Last update I saw was the suspects were bailed into Border Force custody. Pass the parcel with the suspects now with the story unlikely to attract much media attention except possibly a quick mention when the court verdict is announced

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Ah, yes.

One bit I wasn't 100% clear about - the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic allows the first port of call to decide that disembarkation is not possible, as the Spanish government did?

From what I can tell, the Spanish government claimed that they weren't the first port of call - as the original destination of the ship was Southampton, Southampton was the official first port of call and any deviations made before Southampton are invalid. I'll add a

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Complicated...

So it was because the IMO guidance was open to interpretation rather than despite the guidance being open to interpretation?

Good point, I've tweaked it again.

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