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La #racine_de_laser toujours dans les recettes d’Apicius
est une résine séchée extraite par incision du rhizome d’une plante ombellifère nommée également Asafoetida ou hing

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Ferula_assa-foetida_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-061.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Laserpitium_latifolium1.jpg

La trajectoire du Alnic MC (il y a 10 minutes, il était à l’arrêt à l’entrée du port - le point rouge à l’extrémité de la trajectoire)

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/2rztn6sm5zxt2pl/20170821_JohnMcCain.jpg

(il faut dire, il y a beaucoup de monde devant Singapour et dans le détroit…)

Il revenait juste d’avoir fait le kéké, pardon fait respecter les principes de liberté de navigation, sur les Spratleys,…
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/621711

Ici, il est hors de question d’imaginer une quelconque défaillance de la veille sur l’un ou l’autre navire : ça doit être l’endroit où le trafic est le plus dense au monde et on est aux abords immédiats du port…

En revanche, le communiqué de la Navy laisse songeur. Le John McCain est abordé à babord (à l’arrière de sa seconde cheminée), vraisemblablement à l’endroit où s’achève la dernière ligne droite de la trajectoire) alors que le pétrolier vient de l’est et se dirige vers le terminal pétrolier (dans l’axe de cette ligne droite). Difficile à imaginer si le John McCain entrait au port ; normalement, il présentait son flanc tribord…

Au vu des photos, et de l’enfoncement des tôles, il semblerait que le pétrolier venait de l’arrière.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-60155927,width-800,resizemode-4/60155927.jpg

Stricken destroyer John S. McCain arrives in Singapore, 10 crew still missing
▻http://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/08/20/navy-destroyer-john-s-mccain-collides-with-merchant-vessel

Mounting questions
The details of how the collisions occurred remain unkown, But incidents such as those with the McCain and Fitzgerald incidents are troubling, said Jan van Tol, a retired commander of three war ships who now serves as an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

“Navy destroyers are remarkably nimble and responsive, including rapid acceleration ability, thus should certainly be able to get out of the way of almost anything approaching ‘too close,’” van Tol said in an email.

“Such close quarters situations should NEVER be allowed to develop without various watchstanders and watchteams being well aware that they are developing,” he said.

It is unknown whether McCain had suffered any kind of casualty to its engineering or steering systems ahead of the collision that would have contributed to the disaster.

The collision was the fourth significant safety incident of 2017 involving a U.S. 7th Fleet ship. In January, the cruiser Antietam ran aground in Tokyo Bay and in May, the cruiser Lake Champlain collided with a Korean fishing boat in the Sea of Japan.

(outre le Fitzgerald)

Complètement dingue !

La collision a eu lieu nettement plus à l’est, juste à l’entrée du dispositif de séparation de trafic. Dans les derniers instants, on voit l’Alnic NC abattre en grand sur la gauche en ralentissant fortement, indice évident d’une manœuvre en catastrophe, qui ne peut se justifier (on est dans le rail, bon sang !) que par une tentative d’évitement désespérée…

Mille sabords !, que fabriquait cet amiral de bateau-lavoir de USS John S. McCain à cet endroit là ?
(NB : le père et le grand-père du sénateur, John S. McCain III, ont tous les deux terminé leur carrière comme amiral et, pour faire simple portaient également le même middle name, Sidney. On fait dans la dynastie ou pas…)

Comment a-t-il pu couper la route d’un bateau dont la route est absolument rectiligne et prévisible (il est dans le rail) ? Peut-être le McCain n’y était-il pas et a-t-il manœuvré brutalement pour s’y placer ?
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlrA36GzHNs

EDIT (24/08)
pour gCaptain, l’abattée à gauche est le résultat de la collision, ce qui parait tout à fait crédible et explique bien la forme de l’enfoncement sur l’arrière de l’ouverture. Le McCain devait filer vite pour dévier à ce point la trajectore.
Du coup, on peut élaborer un scénario où le McCain coupe, pour des raisons qu’il reste à préciser, le rail « conformément aux règles internationales » : perpendiculairement et le plus vite possible. Et dans ce cas, il est responsable à 100%…

Comment, elle a dit déjà l’amirauté ? ah oui, #poor_seamanship …

▻http://gcaptain.com/uss-john-s-mccain-collision-ais-animation-shows-tankers-track-during-colli

Une embarcation fait le tour du John McCain au mouillage
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn8T_9JkTp0

(dans les spots télé, les séquences vidéo sont essentiellement des images d’archive ; c’est flagrant sur les (longues) images d’accostage, où le navire est dans ses lignes d’eaux, ce qui n’est plus le cas après l’abordage…)

The Latest: US Navy vessel arrives to help damaged destroyer - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-latest-us-warship-sailing-on-own-power-after-collision/2017/08/20/9c7ae012-860e-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb_story.html

5:00 p.m.
The oil tanker involved in a collision with the USS John S. McCain destroyer in busy Southeast Asian waters had four deficiencies including navigation safety violations in its last port inspection.

An official database for ports in Asia shows the Alnic MC was inspected in the Chinese port of Dongying on July 29 and had one document deficiency, one fire safety deficiency and two safety of navigation problems.

The database doesn’t go into details and the problems were apparently not serious enough for the Liberian-flagged and Greek-owned vessel to be detained by the port authority.
[…]
4:10 p.m.
The chief of Malaysia’s Maritime Enforcement Agency says the collision between an oil tanker and the USS John S. McCain guided missile destroyer early Monday occurred at the start of a designated sea lane for ships sailing into the Singapore Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

Zulkifli Abu Bakar said the incident occurred 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 kilometers) from Malaysia’s coast. He said a Malaysian warship was in the area monitoring the cleanup of an oil spill from an unrelated collision of two merchant ships and was contacted by the McCain.

Both Malaysia and Singapore say the accident happened in their waters, likely reflecting a dispute about ownership of some rocky outcrops in the area.

“It happened in Malaysian territorial waters, specifically in Teluk Ramunia waters,” Zulkifli said. “For this moment, we shouldn’t argue about whose waters. Most important thing is we focus on the search and rescue.”

Frontière entre la Malaisie et Singapour — Wikipédia
▻https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontière_entre_la_Malaisie_et_Singapour

La délimitation de cette frontière maritime a fait l’objet d’un recours devant la Cour internationale de justice, effectué conjointement le 24 juillet 2003 par la Malaisie et Singapour. Le différend portait sur l’île de Pedra Branca, les Middle Rocks (deux rochers inhabités) et South Ledge, un haut-fond découvrant. Par un arrêt du 23 mai 2008, la Cour a attribué Pedra Blanca à Singapour, les Middle Rocks à la Malaisie, et South Ledge à l’État dans les eaux territoriales duquel il se trouve (la Cour n’ayant pas reçu mandat des parties pour délimiter leurs eaux territoriales respectives).

L’arrêt de la CIJ
Affaire relative à la souveraineté sur Pedra Blanca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks et South Ledge –(Malaisie/Singapour)
Arrêt du 23 mai 2008
▻http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/130/130-20080523-JUD-01-00-FR.pdf

(il me semblait avoir vu passer ce contentieux ici)

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/tmh5pfnapjcowwk/20080523_CIJ_détroit_de_Malacca.jpg

Situation relative du rail et des îlots
(le phare Horsburgh Light est construit sur Pedra Blanca)

http://oceanring.com/images/page24map.jpg

Serrage de boulons généralisé…

Admiral to order operational pause in Navy after warship, merchant ship collide - CNN
▻http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/20/asia/us-navy-destroyer-collision-singapore/index.html

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson is expected to order a one-day pause in operations “to ensure we are taking all appropriate immediate measures to enhance the Navy’s safe and effective operation around the world,” according to a US Defense official and an advanced copy of Richardson’s statement obtained by CNN.

The stand-down will take place over the next couple of weeks, at the discretion of individual commands, the defense official said.

The order comes after a US Navy guided-missile destroyer collided early Monday with an oil tanker east of Singapore, the fourth accident this year involving a US warship in Asian waters.

“This is the second major collision in the last three months, and is the latest in a series of major incidents, particularly in the Pacific theater. This trend demands more forceful action,” Richardson’s statement says.

C’est le moment de ressortir la vanne éculée du phare et du porte-avions états-unien… #lighthouse_vs_US_Navy

▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_and_naval_vessel_urban_legend

US Navy also considering ’cyber intrusion or sabotage’ as possible causes for USS John McCain collision
▻http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-navy-also-considering-cyber-intrusion-sabotage-possible-causes-uss-joh

A steering failure, or maybe even hacked systems – the US Navy is considering all possible reasons after launching a broad investigation into the collision of the US guided-missile destroyer USS John McCain with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore on Monday (21 August).

Plusieurs médias reprennent l’hypothèse, apparemment émise par l’US Navy, de panne de l’appareil à gouverner (#avarie_de_barre, un des entrainements les plus fréquents en passerelle dans mon souvenir, presqu’autant que #un_homme_à_la_mer à babord/tribord suivie du Boutakov règlementaire…) Je ne trouve pas le communiqué original. Pas plus que, l’évocation officielle d’une #cyber-attaque qui aurait déjà été plus ou moins éliminée par la marine.

Apparemment, la source initiale est CNN

Ships, aircraft search for crashed US destroyer’s 10 missing crew - CNNPolitics
▻http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/uss-john-s-mccain-collision/index.html?sr=twCNN082217uss-john-s-mccain-collision0958AMVODtop

What caused the accident?
The warship suffered a steering failure as the warship was beginning its approach into the Strait of Malacca, causing it to collide with a commercial tanker Monday, a US Navy official told CNN.
The official said it was unclear why the crew couldn’t utilize the ship’s backup steering systems to maintain control of ship.
Earlier, another US Navy official told CNN there were indications the destroyer experienced a loss of steering right before the collision, but steering had been regained after the collision.

Évidemment, l’option #hacker circule pas mal (déjà pour l’USS Fitzgerald), Popular Mechanics explique de son côté que ça ne peut pas être du #GPS_spoofing, etc.
No, the USS McCain Wasn’t a Victim of GPS Spoofing
▻http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/news/a27854/uss-mccain-collision-gps

Ah, ben Les Échos relaient le complotisme, bravo…
(oubliant au passage l’hypothèse de l’avarie de barre, mise en avant par l’amiral Richardson (CNO : Chief of naval operations)

Après la collision d’un destroyer américain, des experts agitent la piste de la cyberattaque
▻https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/air-defense/010189757977-apres-la-collision-dun-destroyer-americain-des-experts-agitent

L’amiral n’a pas exclu que la collision ait pu être provoquée par un facteur extérieur ou une cyberattaque. Cet accident n’est pas le premier (voir encadré) et intrigue certains spécialistes de la Défense.

« Il y a quelque chose de plus que la simple erreur humaine car sinon cela impliquerait énormément de gens », avance par exemple Jeff Stutzman interrogé par le site McClatchyDC.

Pour cet ancien spécialiste de la guerre de l’information et de la marine, qui travaille désormais chez Wapack Labs, une société de sécurité informatique, tout bâtiment qui s’avance dans le détroit de Singapour aura sur le pont une équipe complète de vigiles et d’opérateurs radars.

De son côté, interrogé par le site « International Business Times », Todd Humphreys, un professeur à l’Université du Texas et spécialiste en systèmes de navigation par satellite, va plus loin dans la suspicion.

Pour lui, cet accident semble « statistiquement très suspect ». Et il n’hésite pas à faire un parallèle avec un incident intervenu en juin en Mer noire et au cours duquel des signaux GPS auraient été trafiqués via, selon lui, « un signal qui provenait du continent russe ».

La piste russe n’est cependant pas la seule à être soulevée. Interrogé par le site australien news.com, Itay Glick, un autre expert de cybersécurité qui a travaillé pour les services de renseignements israéliens, avance que si la Russie a les capacités d’effectuer une telle attaque, la Chine l’a également.

« Je ne crois pas aux coïncidences », explique-t-il encore en rappelant que « l’erreur humaine » est toujours une solution de facilité pour expliquer un accident.

À « l’expert » dont les pontifications concluent l’article, on fera remarquer que la Navy a viré tout l’état-major de l’USS Fitzgerald et on rappellera aux Échos que l’amiral Richardson met en avant une deuxième hypothèse « matérielle ».

Certains font remarquer que les nombreuses gesticulations de la Navy dans un contexte où le nombre de bâtiments baisse pourraient avoir aboutir à une fatigue des équipements et des équipages…

Enfin, on sourira à la légende de la photo (bizarrement fournie par le SIPA) ouvrant l’article…

https://www.lesechos.fr/medias/2017/08/22/2108951_apres-la-collision-dun-destroyer-americain-des-experts-agitent-la-piste-de-la-cyberattaque-web-tete-010189919343.jpg

la légende d’AP est la suivante
Malaysian Maritime Director Indera Abu Bakar points to damage on USS John S. McCain at press conference in Putrajaya on Monday.
AP Photo/Daniel Chan

China Calls U.S. Navy ’Arrogant’ After USS John Mccain Collision Accident
▻http://www.newsweek.com/china-us-arrogant-john-mccain-653395

A Chinese state-run newspaper claimed Monday that the most recent collision of a U.S. Navy destroyer with a merchant ship was an example of the U.S.’s “arrogance” in conducting patrols in and around the South China Sea.

The nationalist Global Times ran an editorial Monday shortly after the USS John S. McCain was hit by an oil tanker east of Singapore in the Strait of Malacca and 10 sailors were reported missing.

While stating the collision was an example of the U.S. military’s decline and that Chinese society’s “applause” was tantamount to the nation’s feelings toward the U.S. encroaching on its territory, the opinion piece also claimed that the U.S. is not trying to avoid such collisions.

“U.S. warships are constantly involved in accidents around the South China Sea,” the op-ed, which is often considered direct thoughts from the Chinese government, read. “On the one hand, the U.S. Navy has behaved arrogantly in the Asia-Pacific region. It lacks respect for huge merchant ships and fails to take evasive action in time, thus resulting in serious accidents.”

On n’est pas loin de la blague du phare…
Blague qu’évoque le deuxième commentateur de l’article du Monde sur le sujet.
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/623860

CNN sur la même – et évidente – question, mais beaucoup plus terre à terre : quand il y a série, c’est qu’il y a problème de fond…

Why are so many Navy ships crashing ? - CNNPolitics
▻http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/navy-ships-crashing-readiness/index.html

The US Navy is facing difficult questions about the health of its fleet in the aftermath of the USS John S. McCain’s collision with an oil tanker east of Singapore on Monday, the latest in a series of naval accidents in the Pacific.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson ordered a rare, one-day operational pause in response to the latest collision. And while the cause of the USS McCain crash is still to be determined, the spate of accidents — four since January — suggests there could be a more systemic issue.
Lawmakers and defense analysts are warning that the Navy’s readiness problems — which have led to longer deployments for ships and less time and money for maintenance and training — could be playing a role in the uptick in crashes.
In addition to the Navy’s stand-down, the Marine Corps grounded all of its aircraft for 24 hours earlier this month on the heels of two deadly crashes “to focus on the fundamentals of safe flight operations, standardization, and combat readiness.”

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said it was unprecedented that “two military services have now had to take a knee to review safety and training procedures.”
[…]
Former Virginia Republican Rep. Randy Forbes, who is now a fellow at the Naval War College, said the concern over the recent incidents goes beyond just determining why the collisions occurred, but points to a broader issue if the Navy had to ramp up in a significant conflict.

“When our ships are having this much difficulty sailing in open waters, it gives us a lot of concern about what would happen if we were in a major conflict and how we would operate there,” Forbes said. “The Navy is in desperate need of additional resources so that they can do the kind of training they need, they can do the kind of ship maintenance they need.”
[…]
Thomas Callender, a defense analyst at the Heritage Foundation and former Navy submarine officer, noted that the destroyer collisions occurred in low-light times of day and highly trafficked areas.

“Those are some of the most difficult times, sunset and sunrise, of trying to determine what your contact picture is, what you’re really seeing with this,” Callender said.
Forbes said traffic congestion would likely be a commonality, too.

“It’s like when you have accidents on roads: Normally it’s going to be where more vehicles are,” he said. “It still doesn’t justify it — we’ve got to operate in those waters.”
But the fact that all four Navy collisions this year occurred in the Pacific could also point to issues with training that are specific to the region, Hendrix said.
“The fact this is so regional ... it strikes me there’s a degradation in training standards and operational procedures,” he said.

Déclaration, ce soir à Singapour, de l’amiral Scott Swift, commandant de la Flotte du Pacifique (3è et 7è flotte)
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4YIXBf03eo

• toute première question (7:00) (on ne les entend pas bien, mais les réponses permettent de les reconstituer) : cyberattaque ?
– j’ai entendu cette hypothèse, mais on n’a rien vu qui puisse laisser penser à quelque chose de cette nature, mais nous (il cite le CNO) n’écartons aucune hypothèse

• des modifications dans la chaîne de commandement
– c’est trop tôt pour conclure quoi que ce soit, laisser se dérouler l’enquête

• la flotte n’est-elle pas épuisée ? y a-t-il eu des négligences ?
– ce n’est pas ce que j’ai vu ce matin lors de ma visite du navire, les équipages sont déterminés et opérationnels, ils ont bien bossé pour le damage control

• découverte de corps ?
– la marine malaisienne a récupéré un corps (en mer, donc) et va nous le restituer ; les plongeurs ont trouvé des corps, nous sommes en train de les identifier

U.S. Navy to relieve admiral of command after collisions: WSJ
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-navy-crash-admiral-idUSKCN1B3034

The U.S. Navy plans to remove from duty the commander of the fleet that has suffered four recent collisions in Asia and the deaths of a number of sailors, the _Wall Street Journal _reported on Tuesday, citing U.S. officials.

Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, the three-star commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet based in Yokosuka, Japan, will be relieved of command on Wednesday in connection with four collisions since January, including two involving fatalities, two U.S. officials said, according to the Journal. It said Navy officials declined to comment.

La Chine remet une couche…

After U.S. destroyer collision, Chinese paper says U.S. navy a hazard
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-navy-crash-china-idUSKCN1B20O2

The state-run China Daily said in an editorial on Tuesday that people will wonder why such a sophisticated navy keeps having these problems.

“The investigations into the latest collision will take time to reach their conclusions, but there is no denying the fact that the increased activities by U.S. warships in Asia-Pacific since Washington initiated its rebalancing to the region are making them a growing risk to commercial shipping,” it said.

China has been upset at U.S. freedom of navigation operations near Chinese controlled islands in the disputed South China Sea, where China has been reclaiming land, building air bases and increasing its military presence.

“While the U.S. Navy is becoming a dangerous obstacle in Asian waters, China has been making joint efforts with the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to draw up a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea and it has boosted navigational safety by constructing five lighthouses on its islands,” the China Daily said.

“Anyone should be able to tell who is to blame for militarizing the waters and posing a threat to navigation.”

Ah, quand même, on se décide enfin à demander leur avis à des experts en autre chose que les cyberattaques !

US Navy 7th Fleet commander dismissed, Navy says - CNNPolitics
▻http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/22/politics/uss-mccain-7th-fleet-commander-dismissal/index.html

Carl Schuster, a Hawaii Pacific University professor and former director of operations at the US Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, said that he thought it was unlikely that the ship would have been hacked.

“Navigating a ship in a shipping channel is a manual operation. It comes down to watch attention and awareness. It’s a training procedure issue and a watch qualification issue,” he said.

He added that even if the steering had been compromised it would be possible for the McCain to outrun the tanker, and that some degree of directionality would be possible by changing the speed of the port and starboard propellers.

The “traffic situation” in the shipping channel at that time should be the focus of investigation, Ridzwan Rahmat, a senior defense and security analyst at Jane’s suggests.

“The signs were that the merchant ship was in compliance and the damage on the USS John S. McCain suggests that it wasn’t in compliance” of traffic rules at the time, he said.

Si vous ne l’avez pas déjà lu, peut-être faites un petit détour sur le fil concernant le Fitzgerald, l’article de gCaptain, Red over red, concernant le rapport préliminaire sur l’abordage d’il y a deux mois est à lire absolument.
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/607667#message624112

Je reprends ici mon commentaire qui concernait plutôt les événements du McCain (je finis par m’y perdre…)
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/607667#message624116

Sur l’incompétence des commentateurs, je remarque qu’aucun n’a fait la remarque que le navire de guerre coupe la route d’un bâtiment de commerce dans un rail…

L’hypothèse d’une cyberattaque relève du délire. Mais peut-être que les hackers russes ou chinois dont déjà capables aujourd’hui de liquéfier les cervelles d’une équipe de quart en passerelle, après tout de quoi ne sont-ils pas capables ?

Si le GPS est tombé en rade ou a été piraté, on dispose d’autres moyens de navigation, mille sabords, notamment en vue de terre. Bon sang, l’abordage a eu lieu à 5 miles du principal phare de la région et à 10 miles de la côte ! Si la passerelle a besoin du GPS pour naviguer, il y a lieu de s’interroger sur les compétences requises pour être officier de quart dans l’US Navy.

Mais, de fait, on en est bien là : couper la route d’un navire dans le rail (je sais je me répète, mais ça ne passe pas !…)

d’où mon soulagement (enfin, presque…) dans le commentaire précédant immédiatement celui-ci…

Search for Missing U.S. Sailors Slowed by Extensive Damage to Vessel - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/world/asia/mccain-collision-destroyer-united-states-navy.html

In the McCain case, the search is taking longer because the damage to the vessel appears to be more extensive. According to one Navy official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because investigations were underway, the Alnic appears to have hit the McCain nearly head-on, whereas the Fitzgerald suffered more of a glancing blow.

C’est en effet compatible avec l’enregistrement de la trajectoire de l’Alnic MC (j’ai complété mon commentaire de la vidéo des relevés AIS ▻https://seenthis.net/messages/623510#message623551 )

Par ailleurs, le corps repêché par la marine malaisienne n’avait pas de lien avec l’abordage.

A Malaysian Navy vessel found a body at sea on Tuesday, but it turned out to be the decomposed corpse of an elderly man and was unrelated to the collision, the United States Navy said.

China suspected after crashes of USS John S McCain and USS Fitzgerald | World | The Times & The Sunday Times
▻https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0988b8f8-88fa-11e7-a8f3-117a3aea90d9

The collision on Monday between a Liberian tanker and a US warship, the latest in a series of incidents in Asia, has provoked questions about possible Chinese involvement.

A former Royal Navy officer said that the movements of the Guang Zhou Wan, a Chinese commercial vessel, could be significant in explaining the fatal crash off Singapore that left at least one sailor dead. A further nine are missing.

Tracking data indicates that the tanker that collided with U_SS John S McCain_ was followed by the Chinese vessel, which appeared to steer out of the way before the incident.

“You get the impression that fleet forces command are going to be looking at wider potential problems — hacking, crew training, how they are navigating, validating of ship-watch…

With the USS McCain collision, even Navy tech can’t overcome human shortcomings | Ars Technica
▻https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/with-the-uss-mccain-collision-even-navy-tech-cant-overcome-human-shortc

Initial reports from the organization suggest that a “steering casualty”—a loss of control over steering from the bridge—contributed to the McCain’s fatal collision. That, and the nature of the ship’s steering and navigation system, has led to speculation that the McCain was “hacked” and that perhaps some sort of malicious electronic attack was also involved in the Fitzgerald’s collision.

But so far, available evidence suggests something much less sinister—though potentially more threatening to the overall readiness of the service. There was no hacking, no GPS spoofing or jamming, nor any other deliberate enemy electronic attack on the Navy ships involved in this year’s accidents. Instead, much more human factors were at work—and some of them are endemic to the Navy’s current management culture and operational readiness.
[…]
Watch standers aboard modern warships may have more technology to help them, but they still face a daunting task when they enter high-traffic areas as treacherous as the Strait of Gibraltar—or the Strait of Malacca, the approaches to the Bosporus and Dardanelles, and the approaches to Tokyo Bay. In each, hundreds of other vessels may be visible to the naked eye or on the radar scope. The resulting sea of data points can overwhelm even an experienced bridge crew regardless of how good their technology is.

Long article, où je finis par perdre le fil de ce qu’il cherche à dire…

Up-close look at gash on tanker that collided with USS John S. McCain Video - ABC News
▻http://abcnews.go.com/International/video/close-gash-tanker-collided-uss-john-mccain-49375629

http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/170823_vod_orig_sinapore_tanaer_woodruff_16x9_992.jpg

U.S. Navy Provides Details of Surface Fleet Review In Wake of ’Disturbing Trend’ of Accidents – gCaptain
▻http://gcaptain.com/u-s-navy-provides-details-surface-fleet-review-wake-disturbing-trend-accid

The U.S. Navy has provided details of a comprehensive review of the Navy’s global surface fleet operations after the destroyers USS Fitzgerald and John S. McCain were both involved in major collisions with commercial vessels just two months apart.

▻http://navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2017/08/MEMO-FOR-USFF_COMPREHENSIVE-REVIEW-OF-RECENT-SURFACE-FLEET-INCIDEN

2. You are directed to lead a Comprehensive Review of surface fleet operations and incidents at sea that have occurred over the past decade with emphasis on SEVENTH Fleet operational employment to inform improvements Navy-wide. This review should address the follow areas:

a. Individual training and professional development, to include seamanship, navigation, voyage planning, leadership development, officer and enlisted tactical training in formal schools and on the job;

b. Unit level training and operational performance, to including manning, personnel management, watchbill management, bridge (and CIC) team resource management, contact management, contact avoidance, leadership oversight and risk assessment/mitigation at all levels of the chain of command;

c. Development and certification of deployed operational and mission standards (Force Generation) with particular emphasis on Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF), to include validation of required certification standards, gaps between required standards and actual employment practices, effectiveness of leadership and oversight at all levels of administrative and operational chains of command, maintaining and enforcing standards throughout FDNF assignment including self-assessment practices, external inspection reinforcement, remedial action mitigation plans;

d. Deployed Operational Employment and Risk Management (Force Employment), to include Combatant Commander mission requirements, theater security cooperation requirements, maintenance impacts, other competing priorities (fleet experimentation, concept development), and their corresponding impact to operational tempo (OPTEMPO) and fundamental mariner and seamanship proficiency;

e. Material Readiness of electronic systems to include navigation equipment (e.g. AIS, radars, ECDIS, VMS, WSNs), propulsion machinery to include steering systems, combat system modernization, and material availability;

f. Practical Utility of current navigation equipment and combat systems including sensors, tracking systems, displays, and internal communications networks to evaluate their effectiveness at integrating tactical data and providing situational awareness to our people.

Fatigue and Training Gaps Spell Disaster at Sea, Sailors Warn - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/world/asia/fatigue-and-training-gaps-spell-disaster-at-sea-sailors-warn.html

The bridge of each Navy destroyer is controlled by a round-the-clock shift of young officers, who must pass written and oral exams to qualify for the positions. Still, they typically are under 25 and may have little shipboard experience. Junior officers also move on to other assignments after limited tours.

“Are we shortchanging their basic training, especially as we rotate our junior officers every 18 to 24 months?” asked Admiral Crowder.

Training for junior ship officers has changed significantly in recent years. In 2003, the Navy dropped what had been an intensive six-month training course on navigation, basic seamanship, engineering and maintenance before new officers were assigned to their first ship.

Instead, the new officers were sent directly to a ship where they were supposed to learn on the job. Some said they got practical training on deployments, and noted that the Seventh Fleet had a reputation as being the most experienced in the Navy. But, many commanders said, crews were too busy to provide that kind of instruction.

By last year, the Navy had largely reversed course, sandwiching a junior officer’s first sea tour between 14 weeks of classroom work.
[…]
Most ships use a traditional “five and dime” watch rotation, in which sailors serve five hours of watch, then have 10 hours off, he said. But during those 10 hours, sailors often have daytime duties.

The rotation can lead to a watch officer pulling a 20-hour day every three days, Mr. Cordle said, adding that even designated sleep time can be interrupted by drills or refueling operations that can keep sailors up for days at a time. A recent Government Accountability Office report said sailors were on duty up to 108 hours each week.

“I averaged 3 hours of sleep a night,” someone described as a Japan-based Navy officer wrote on Reddit last week. “I have personally gone without sleep for so long that I have seen and heard things that weren’t there. I’ve witnessed accidents that could have been avoided because the person was so tired they had no right to be operating heavy machinery.”

Navy tests of sailors on the five-and-dime schedule found lack of sleep led to blunted decision-making and reflexes that were roughly the same as those of sailors who had downed several beers.

The Naval Postgraduate School has developed a shorter watch schedule to match circadian rhythms, which uses three hours of watch duty and nine hours off. Recognizing the benefits, submarines were ordered to move to a similar schedule in 2015.

Mr. Cordle said adopting the schedule could result in greater safety. But the Navy has left scheduling up to individual captains, and three quarters of ships still use the five and dime.

Ship Collisions : Address the Underlying Causes, Including Culture | U.S. Naval Institute
▻https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-08/ship-collisions-address-underlying-causes-including-culture

Un think tank naval, grosse institution privée (estd 1873…), entre dans la danse (après plusieurs autres dont gCaptain). Dans le collimateur :
• l’organisation des tours de quart
• la non-spécialisation des officiers entre pont et machine
• la (non-)formation au quart
(j’ai lu sur un blog que, sur les navires modernes de la Navy (classe Ticonderoga !), il n’y aurait plus de table à carte en passerelle (support traditionnel du point à la main) mais uniquement de l’électronique…, à confirmer)

In the wake of the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) collisions, the Navy is conducting investigations, relieving commanding officers, conducting safety stand downs (operational pauses), and retraining. This is a similar response to past mishaps, but this time the Navy must include true root cause analysis . Analysis after mishaps invariably uncovers human error and training deficiencies as causal factors. Some people get fired and others retrained. The Navy has begun to dig deeper with the CNO’s mandate for a fleet-wide investigation last week. I predict some of the findings of root causes will include the Navy’s approach to training and career development, surface warfare officer (SWO) culture, and high operational tempo (OpTempo) driving mission over people. 

When a junior officer (JO) reports to a warship, he or she immediately has three jobs: standing watch under instruction, running a division, and earning qualifications (first as an officer of the deck and then as a SWO). Once qualified to be a watchstander, a JO is on the watch bill and expected to train the next batch of JOs. Depending on the number of qualified watchstanders on board, the watch rotation varies: “port and starboard” (6 hours on watch and 6 hours off); “five and dime” (5 hours on and 10 hours off watch, rotating); three or four section “chow to chow” rotating (based around mealtimes); “3 on/9 off” or “4 on/8 off” with two watches per day that do not change for a given underway. The “off” time is when a JO can accomplish day work, run the division, and work on qualifications—along with a little sleep and maybe squeeze in a run on the treadmill.
[…]
The U.S. Navy appears to be the only maritime organization in the world that does not have dedicated watchstanders and separate dedicated professional tracks for deck and engineering.
[…]
Another root cause likely will be the alertness level of those watchstanders. Watch rotations vary greatly in the fleet, partly because of the variability in the number of qualified watchstanders and partly because of SWO culture. Many COs will direct the watches be run the way he or she experienced as a JO. The vast majority of Navy ships still use rotating watches, which is completely against human circadian rhythms. With rotating watches, everyone sleeps when they are off watch because they are in a constant state of exhaustion. Myriad sleep deprivation studies have proven that lack of sleep is cumulative. You can’t “catch up” on sleep, and decision-making is impaired just like being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Yet the Navy has not addressed watch rotations to maximize crew rest. Instead, it perpetuates a culture where lack of sleep is a rite of passage, and the main risk assessment tool does not account for crew rest.

Singapore-led safety investigation underway into USS John S McCain collision - Channel NewsAsia
▻http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-led-safety-investigation-underway-into-uss-john-s-9174198

The Singapore Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) launched a marine safety investigation following the collision of the USS John S McCain and Liberian-flagged oil tanker Alnic MC on Aug 21. 

A TSIB spokesperson said on Thursday (Aug 31) that the investigation was launched immediately after the collision, and the probe was being conducted in accordance with the International Maritime Organization’s Casualty Investigation Code in Singapore’s capacity as a coastal state.

“The US Coast Guard, on behalf of the US National Transportation Safety Board, and the Liberian Maritime Administration are participating in Singapore’s safety investigation as Substantially Interested States,” the spokesperson said. 

To date, investigators have interviewed the crew members of the Alnic, while TSIB has been coordinating with the US Coast Guard to gather relevant information on the US guided-missile destroyer, including statements of account from its crew. 

TISB has also obtained shipboard data from the Alnic and other ships in the vicinity at the time of the collision to support the Singapore-led safety investigation, the spokesperson said.

Si on lit entre les lignes, il semblerait que le TSIB rende public l’ouverture de leur enquête (avec 10 jours de retard) pour faire pression sur la Navy qui, à son habitude, ne semble pas particulièrement coopérative…

Clairement, il n’est pas prévu qu’ils aient accès directement aux témoignages des marins du McCain…

U.S. Navy to Haul Damaged Destroyer John S. McCain to Japan for Damage Assessment – gCaptain
▻http://gcaptain.com/u-s-navy-to-haul-damaged-destroyer-john-s-mccain-to-japan-for-damage-asses

The U.S. Navy is planning to haul the damaged guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain to its ship repair facility in Yokosuka, Japan where damage assessments will continue to take place.

The Navy said Tuesday it intends to issue a task order on an existing contract, for the salvage patching and transport via heavy lift of USS John S McCain (DDG 56) from Changi Naval Base in Singapore to the U.S. Navy’s Ship Repair Facility-Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka, Japan. The Navy did not specify which existing contract it was referring to.

Une hypothèse circule depuis quelques jours : l’USS John S McCain aurait été en train de doubler l’Alnic NC, suffisamment près (ie beaucoup trop près…) pour que, vers la fin du dépassement, la perturbation hydrodynamique due à la vague d’étrave de l’Alnic vienne perturber le safran du McCain, provoquant une embardée à gauche, voire mettant en panne l’appareil à gouverner.
▻http://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uss-j-mccain-alnic-mc-collision-near-singapore/45819/327

Un peu de ménage…
Pour l’instant, l’état-major du destroyer n’a pas été touché.

Admiral, Captain Removed in Ongoing Investigations into USS John S. McCain, USS Fitzgerald Collisions
▻https://news.usni.org/2017/09/18/admiral-captain-removed-part-investigation-uss-john-s-mccain-uss-fitzgera

The commander of the Navy’s largest operational battle force and his subordinate in charge of the attached destroyer squadron have been removed from their positions as a result of ongoing investigations into a string of incidents this year that resulted in the death of 17 sailors and hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, USNI News has learned.

U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Philip Sawyer removed Rear Adm. Charles Williams, commander of Combined Task Force 70, and Capt. Jeffery Bennett, commodore of Destroyer Squadron 15, from their positions on Monday (Tuesday local time) due to a loss of confidence in their ability to command, two Navy officials told USNI News and later confirmed by a statement from the service.

Les réparations auront lieu « localement », à Yokosuka. Localement, parce qu’il faut encore acheminer l’USS John S McCain de Singapour à Yokosuka (transfert prévu dans le courant de ce mois). Contrairement à l’USS Fitzgerald qui lui était à Yokosuka et va être acheminé à Pascagoula dans le Mississippi (probablement en décembre).

USS John S. McCain to Be Repaired in Japan – gCaptain
▻http://gcaptain.com/uss-john-s-mccain-to-be-repaired-in-japan

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The U.S. Navy will repair the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) at the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility-Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka, Japan.

Repairs will begin upon arrival from Singapore aboard a heavy lift vessel in October, the Navy said.

Accessoirement, on profitera de l’immobilisation pour faire un peu de remise à niveau :

In addition to supporting repairs, the McCain’s crew will focus on training, readiness, and certifications to prepare the ship for its return to the Seventh Fleet, according to the Navy.
[…]
On Thursday, the USS John S. McCain departed Changi Naval Base to meet the heavy lift transport vessel MV Treasure, which will transport it to Fleet Activities Yokosuka for repairs.

U.S. Navy says deadly McCain collision was #preventable, relieves ship commander
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-navy-asia/u-s-navy-says-deadly-mccain-collision-was-preventable-relieves-ship-command

“The commanding officer exercised poor judgment, and the executive officer exercised poor leadership of the ship’s training program,” the USS Seventh Fleet said in a statement released in Japan on Wednesday.
[…]
The McCain’s captain, Commander A. Sanchez, and his executive officer, Commander J. Sanchez, were reassigned to other duties in Japan, where the Seventh Fleet is headquartered, the Navy said.

On attend le rapport préliminaire d’enquête…

Time lapse de la mise en place de l’USS John S McCain sur le MV Treasure qui va l’acheminer jusqu’à Yokosuka pour les réparations.

▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYHKlUiNZY

Conclusion de l’enquête singapourienne ▻https://seenthis.net/messages/675189

Étude détaillée de ProPublica sur le rôle de la technologie dans la catastrophe ►https://seenthis.net/messages/817125

Italian Police: Mafia and Nigerian “Vikings” Gang Collaborating in Palermo

Italian police say the Sicilian Mafia Cosa Nostra is allegedly collaborating with a Nigerian organized criminal group called the Vikings, which is now controlling drug and prostitution rings in Palermo, media reported Wednesday.

▻https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/6645-italian-police-mafia-and-nigerian-vikings-gang-collaborating-in-palermo

UN Migration Agency Issues Report on Arrivals of Sexually Exploited Migrants, Chiefly from Nigeria

Rome — Over the past three years, IOM Italy has seen an almost 600 per cent increase in the number of potential sex trafficking victims arriving in Italy by sea. This upward trend has continued during the first six months of 2017, with most victims arriving from Nigeria.

▻http://www.iom.int/news/un-migration-agency-issues-report-arrivals-sexually-exploited-migrants-chiefly-

Quelle schiave sessuali in vendita per pochi euro nelle nostre strade

Lo sfruttamento delle donne nigeriane va avanti da anni, alimentando un giro d’affari da milioni di euro. Ma una via d’uscita c’è, come racconta Anna Pozzi nel suo libro denuncia

http://espresso.repubblica.it/polopoly_fs/1.307449.1501766736!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/articolo_648/image.jpg

La vita delle ragazze nigeriane costrette a prostituirsi in Italia

“Nessuna donna è contenta di fare la prostituta, è un lavoro che ti fa perdere la dignità e ti crea problemi alla mente. Alcune ragazze hanno rapporti sessuali per cinque euro”, dice Jessica, mediatrice culturale dell’associazione #On_the_road.

Centinaia di donne lavorano come prostitute lungo la strada #Bonifica_del_Tronto, una strada provinciale di una decina di chilometri al confine tra Marche e Abruzzo. Negli ultimi anni c’è stato un grande aumento di ragazze provenienti dalla Nigeria. Molte di loro sono vittime di tratta.

On the road svolge da vent’anni la sua attività sulla Bonifica del Tronto, soprannominata la “via dell’amore”, per aiutare le lavoratrici del sesso, che spesso sono minorenni. Nel 2016 sono arrivate in Italia dalla Nigeria 11.089 persone. L’80 per cento erano donne costrette a prostituirsi.

▻https://www.internazionale.it/video/2017/12/04/ragazze-nigeriane-italia-prostituzione
#Abruzzes

Migranti, «identitari» tentano di bloccare nave #Aquarius nel porto di Catania

CATANIA - Ieri sera nel porto di Catania attivisti identitari hanno tentato di bloccare la nave «Aquarius» di Sos Mediterranee ed hanno impedito che lasciasse il porto. La Capitaneria di porto ha reso noto che sul posto è intervenuta una motovedetta e che gli attivisti, dopo essere stati identificati, si sono allontanati, permettendo alla nave di svolgere la sua attività. «Con questa azione - scrivono gli attivisti in una nota - gli identitari europei intendono attirare l’attenzione sulle attività criminali di molte sedicenti organizzazioni umanitarie nel Mediterraneo. Da molti mesi costoro stanno illegalmente importando migliaia di immigrati dalle coste libiche a quelle europee, non mostrando vergogna per il fatto di lavorare assieme ai trafficanti di esseri umani. Per questa ragione, queste organizzazioni sono responsabili anche dell’annegamento di migliaia di africani nel Mediterraneo.

▻http://www.lasicilia.it/news/catania/81700/migranti-identitari-tentano-di-bloccare-nave-aquarius-nel-porto-di-catania
#identitaires

Porto, sovranisti rallentano uscita di nave Aquarius. In quattro rischiano denuncia della guardia costiera

Cronaca – L’imbarcazione della tedesca Sos Mediterranee rallentata venerdì sera dalla protesta del movimento Generazione Identitaria, che su Facebook scrive: «Azione contro la grande sostituzione del nostro popolo». L’organizzazione è impegnata nel salvataggio in mare dei migranti che partono dalla Libia

▻http://catania.meridionews.it/articolo/54899/porto-sovranisti-rallentano-uscita-di-nave-aquarius-in-quattro-r

Far right raises £50,000 to target boats on refugee rescue missions in Med

Aid charities have saved more than 6,000 from drowning this year. Now anti-Islam ‘Identitarians’ are crowdfunding to pay for vessels to chase them down

►https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/03/far-right-raises-50000-target-refugee-rescue-boats-med

Génération Identitaire s’en prend aux ONG en mer

C’est le genre d’information qui donne envie de se prendre la tête entre les mains… On connaissait la vision du monde raciste et bas-du-front du groupuscule d’extrême droite Génération Identitaire, qui réunit la fine fleur des gens qui donnent la foi en l’humanité. Mais chaque jour ses militants redoublent d’inventivité dans le sordide et les idées nauséabondes.

▻http://www.novaplanet.com/novamag/77323/generation-identitaire-s-en-prend-aux-ong-en-mer

Comment empêcher les identitaires de saborder le sauvetage des migrants en Méditerranée ?

Génération identitaire veut empêcher les bateaux d’ONG d’aller en Méditerranée secourir les migrants, cagnotte en ligne à l’appui. Face au silence des politiques, des militants se demandent si des solutions juridiques existent.

►http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/06/09/comment-empecher-les-identitaires-de-saborder-le-sauvetage-des-migrants-e

Le financement participatif de la haine. Et la place de #Paypal.

L’organisation néo-fasciste « #Bloc_identitaire » vient de terminer une collecte de dons en ligne (du « crowdfunding » donc) pour, je cite, « protéger nos pays de l’immigration illégale et si besoin tenir tête en mer aux bateaux des ONG. » En clair il s’agit de saboter les opérations de sauvetage des migrants, comme le titre l’article du Guardian repris (en français) par (notamment) BFM.

►http://affordance.typepad.com/mon_weblog/2017/06/largent-na-pas-dodeur-mais-paypal-si.html

Migrations. En Méditerranée, les bateaux de sauvetage ciblés par l’extrême droite

Un mouvement d’extrême droite a commencé des opérations visant à saboter le sauvetage en mer de migrants. Une initiative française qui trouve un écho dans plusieurs pays du continent.

▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/migrations-en-mediterranee-les-bateaux-de-sauvetage-cibles-pa

vu sur FB :

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▻http://seen.li/czq6
#crédit_mutuel

Vu sur ce fil d’une discussion twitter :
►https://twitter.com/netero__/status/873143086888755200

http://i.imgur.com/UkkXTvc.jpg

Collecte anti-réfugiés : PayPal a (enfin !) gelé le compte des identitaires

Des mouvements d’extrême droite voulaient entraver le sauvetage de réfugiés en mer Méditerranée. A la suite d’une mobilisation, Paypal a fini par geler leur collecte.

►http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-nos-vies-connectees/20170613.OBS0683/collecte-anti-refugies-paypal-a-enfin-gele-le-compte-des-identi

Nasce una flotta anti-Ong: «Così faremo il blocco navale»

#Generazione_Identitaria raccoglie fondi per comprare le navi da usare contro le Ong: «Difenderemo la nostra terra»

http://www.ilgiornale.it/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/foto/2017/05/20/1495295914-apertura-delo2.jpg

Le financement participatif de la haine. Et la place de Paypal.

<Epilogue du 13 Juin> Emilie Brouze de Rue89 a mené l’enquête et réussi à obtenir l’info selon laquelle Paypal aurait fini par geler le compte associé à cette collecte. Même si au final l’un des responsables du bloc identitaire indique qu’une partie de la somme a bien été collectée et versée. Et que le reste de la somme aurait été restitué aux donateurs (qui la reverseront donc autrement). Et que Paypal de son côté s’est refusé à tout commentaire et n’a en rien changé sa politique sur le sujet, se contentant de s’abriter derrière un pathétique « nous ne commentons pas les cas particulier ». Les survivants des hommes, femmes et enfants morts en mer apprécieront. Au final donc, acter le fait que cette collecte ait été gelée mais ne surtout pas considérer cela comme une victoire. Se souvenir d’abord que l’objectif de ladite collecte avait été largement dépassé. Et que Paypal continue et continuera en toute impunité de financer des campagnes de haine équivalentes à celle-ci. Et que le combat, le vrai, est mené sur le terrain par des associations et des collectifs qui sont l’honneur de notre monde et justifient encore qu’on puisse le qualifier de vaguement « civilisé ».

►http://affordance.typepad.com//mon_weblog/2017/06/largent-na-pas-dodeur-mais-paypal-si.html

Cagnotte des identitaires contre les migrants : le #Crédit_Mutuel décide de fermer leur compte

Info BuzzFeed News - Des mouvements d’extrême droite européens ont récolté de l’argent pour saboter le sauvetage de réfugiés dans la mer Méditerranée. Après le gel de leur cagnotte par PayPal, le Crédit Mutuel décide de fermer leur compte bancaire.

▻https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidperrotin/cagnotte-des-identitaires-contre-les-migrants-le-credit

Migranti, Generazione Identitaria ha trovato la nave anti-Ong

Generazione Identitaria è riuscita ad affittare una imbarcazione da far salpare nel Mar Mediterraneo e mettere i bastoni tra le ruote alle Ong

http://www.ilgiornale.it/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/foto/2017/06/27/1498572558-19550887-10212121804032275-1491148895-n.jpg

▻http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/migranti-generazione-identitaria-ha-trovato-nave-anti-ong-1413985.html

Crowdfunded far-right vessel to set sail for the Mediterranean to target refugee rescue boats

At some point this weekend a 42-year-old former Finnish research vessel will set sail from the east African country of Djibouti bound for the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. In its previous life, the Suunta surveyed the Arctic seas but its latest voyage will see it enter far more contentious waters.
Re-named the #Sea-Star, the 25-crew vessel has been chartered by European far-right activists to “intervene” in the ongoing humanitarian mission to rescue refugees and migrants seeking to cross from Libya to Europe – a journey which has so far this year claimed more than 2,000 lives.

▻https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/crowdfunded-far-right-vessel-sets-sail-mediterranean-target-refugee-rescue-

Migranti, in arrivo nel Mediterraneo nave dei gruppi di estrema destra

Nonostante il blocco delle donazioni da parte di PayPal, Generazione identitaria è riuscita a noleggiare una nave per realizzare il progetto ’#Defend_Europe', con lo scopo di pattugliare le acque al largo della Libia

▻http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2017/07/11/news/migranti_nave_estrema_destra_per_bloccare_rotta_libia-170568012

La nave anti-Ong di Generazione Identitaria sta per salpare

Poco dopo, gli stessi avevano lanciato «Defend Europe,» che nelle loro parole è una «missione di disobbedienza civile, volta a mettere fine ad una situazione ingiusta ed illegale»—ossia, le operazioni SAR (Search and rescue) svolte dalla Ong nel Mediterraneo centrale, che secondo gli attivisti di estrema destra porterebbe alla «sostituzione etnica» delle popolazioni europee.

►https://news.vice.com/it/article/nave-generazione-identitaria-estrema-destra-mediterraneo

Far-right group sends ship to confront boats rescuing refugees in Mediterranean ‘and take them back to Africa’

Defend Europe, a group linked to the European anti-Islam and anti-immigrant “identitarian” movement, is currently sailing a 25-crew 422 tonne vessel to the Libyan coast in a bid to block search-and-rescue vessels operated by humanitarian organisations.

▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/anti-immigrant-ship-mediterranean-ngo-ships-refugee-crisis-migrant-bo

La nave anti-Ong di Generazione Identitaria sta per salpare

«Il nostro obiettivo sarà quello di contattare la Guardia Costiera libica, il governo libico, a modo di sviluppare una collaborazione con loro e lavorare con loro al fine di fermare l’immigrazione massiva e il lavoro che le Ong stanno svolgendo in maniera criminale nel mar Mediterraneo.»

«Quello che faremo,» chiosa Fiato, «sarà tracciare il percorso delle Ong, seguirle e intervenire nel momento in cui loro svolgeranno degli atti criminali. Il nostro lavoro renderà il Mediterraneo un posto più sicuro.»

Con un altro video, Generazione Identitaria ha poi comunicato che la #C-Star—partita dal Gibuti e passata per il canale di Suez—è diretta verso le coste della Libia.

►https://news.vice.com/it/article/nave-generazione-identitaria-estrema-destra-mediterraneo

La fiche du navire sur Marine Traffic,
le C Star ex-Suunta, navire de recherches finlandais avec de nombreuses photos sous ses anciennes couleurs
►http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:748241/mmsi:621819012/vessel:C%20STAR
– dernier trajet connu dans la base : Djibouti-Suez (arrivée prévue le 13 juillet
– dernière position le 7 juillet, au large de l’Érythrée, remontant la Mer Rouge, puis passé hors de portée des stations AIS côtière (40 km) pour le suivre en pleine mer, il faut s’abonner aux données AIS par satellite et ce n’est plus gratuit…

photo en 2012 à Malte
▻http://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=1021040
Anthony Vella/MarineTraffic.com

infos reprises ici
▻http://lahorde.samizdat.net/2017/07/14/defend-europe-les-identitaires-a-la-baille par La Horde

Con un altro video, Generazione Identitaria ha poi comunicato che la #C-Star—partita dal Gibuti e passata per il canale di Suez—è diretta verso le coste della Libia.

–-> A travers une vidéo, Génération identitaire a communiqué que la C-Star, partie de Djibouti et passée par le Canal de Suez, se dirige vers les côtes libyennes...
On dit ici : ►https://news.vice.com/it/article/nave-generazione-identitaria-estrema-destra-mediterraneo

I « fascisti identitari » all’assalto dei migranti

Ora è la volta di un altro tentativo con una nuova nave di 40 metri, la C-Star, affittata a Gibuti e, proprio in queste ore, diretta nel porto di Catania per imbarcare neofascisti italiani, francesi e tedeschi e successivamente spostarsi a largo della Libia per ostacolare i soccorsi.

–-> selon cet article, publié en origine dans Il Manifesto, on dit que la C-Star serait dirigée vers le port de Catane pour embarquer néofascistes italiens, français et allemands et après elle se dirigerait vers la Libye. On dit aussi que le navire porte le drapeau de Djibouti.

Le secrétaire italien de ce groupe s’appelle #Lorenzo_Fiato, si jamais.

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Lorenzo Fiato :

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Parte C-Star, la ’nave nera’ contro le Ong nel Mediterraneo

Ma soprattutto «vogliamo capire che tipo di rapporti intercorrono tra le Ong e gli scafisti».

–-> « nous voulons comprendre quels types de rapports existent entre ONG et passeurs/trafiquants »
▻http://www.agi.it/cronaca/2017/07/15/news/parte_c-star_la_nave_nera_contro_le_ong_nel_mediterraneo-1958942

A European alt-right group wants to take to the sea to stop rescuers from saving migrants

Members of “Generation Identity” plan Greenpeace-style guerrilla activism against migration. They want to use their own boat to intercept NGO humanitarian ships.

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▻https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/6/15804196/generation-identity-identitarians-alt-right-migration-islam-refugees-europe

@aude : pour ce qui est de l’argent récolté, v. ici :
Far right raises £50,000 to target boats on refugee rescue missions in Med

Aid charities have saved more than 6,000 from drowning this year. Now anti-Islam ‘Identitarians’ are crowdfunding to pay for vessels to chase them down

Members of the anti-Islam and anti-immigrant “Identitarian” movement – largely twentysomethings often described as Europe’s answer to the American alt-right – have raised £56,489 in less than three weeks to enable them to target boats run by aid charities helping to rescue refugees.

▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/03/far-right-raises-50000-target-refugee-rescue-boats-med?CMP=share_btn_fb

Con la nostra nave bloccheremo gli sbarchi dei migranti e controlleremo le ong che aiutano gli scafisti

Un movimento italiano ha lanciato una campagna contro le ong che operano per salvare i migranti nel Mediterraneo. TPI ha intervistato il suo leader

▻http://www.tpi.it/mondo/europa/italia/generazione-identitaria-intervista/#

Quelques noms derrière l’achat de ce navire...

Quella rete di mercenari dietro la nave anti migranti della destra europea

Si sono addestrati sulle Alpi francesi, con lezioni di autodifesa e geopolitica. Hanno alle spalle una rete internazionale, si riuniscono comunicando il luogo solo all’ultimo minuto e sono in grado di gestire raccolte di fondi cambiando conto e banca in poche ore.

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#Maritime_Global_Service_Limited #Sven_Tomas_Egerstrom #The_Marshals_Group #Land_Marshals #Ukraine #Russie #Suède #Egerstrom #Sovereign_Global_Solution #Jerome_Paolini #Bruno_Pardigon #Djibouti #Blackwater #Djibouti_Maritime_Security_Services #armes #commerce_d'armes #Suunta #Santa_Barbara_galleggianti”

@reka et @fil:
Dalla lotta alla pirateria al controllo dei flussi di migranti: solo un business
–-> de la lutte contre la piraterie au contrôle des flux migratoires: seulement un #business

La C-Star è entrata a far parte della flotta di Egerstrom lo scorso marzo. Prima batteva bandiera di Gibuti ed aveva il nome di Suunta. Apparteneva ad un’altra società specializzata in sicurezza marittima privata, la Sovereign Global Solution, fondata dal francese Jerome Paolini e da Bruno Pardigon, uomo d’affari da anni residente proprio a Gibuti. Secondo un cablogramma diffuso da Wikileaks, Pardigon avrebbe dato supporto negli anni passati alla Blackwater statunitense, attraverso la sua precedente società, la Djibouti Maritime Security Services, per operazioni antipirateria.

Dallo scorso gennaio la Sovereign Global ha annunciato di voler uscire dal settore della sicurezza antipirateria. Poco prima sul sito aveva reso nota la partecipazione ad una missione di recupero di migranti somali. Un cambio di strategia aziendale che potrebbe essere un indizio del futuro utilizzo delle società di mercenari nel controllo dei flussi di migranti. Le società di sicurezza marittima, che hanno operato soprattutto nell’area dell’Oceano indiano, con la riduzione ai minimi termini degli assalti del pirati somali hanno oggi la necessità di trovare nuovi fronti.

Paru le 17.07.2017 dans Le Courrier (repris de Libération) :

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Denuncian al grupo ultra que quiere fletar un barco para impedir rescates en el Mediterráneo

La Red Española de Inmigración ha presentado este lunes una denuncia ante la Fiscalía General del Estado para que abra diligencias contra el movimiento de extrema derecha europeo «Generación identitaria»

Instan a que ordene «de forma inmediata» a la Guardia de costas y a la Guardia Civil que detengan la embarcación «C-Star», que zarpará desde Italia hacia Libia

La red considera probados varios delitos como el de «organización criminal, piratería y abordaje con fines políticos», recogidos en el Código Penal español

▻http://www.eldiario.es/desalambre/Denuncian-Fiscalia-quiere-pateras-Mediterraneo_0_665983687.html
#plainte

Spanish NGO reports ’Generation Identity’ to police

The group is behind the ’Defend Europe’ campaign to hinder NGOs involved in migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea through acts of disturbance at sea. The network has called on the prosecutor’s office to immediately order the Spanish Coast Guard and the civil protection to undertake ’’all necessary actions’’ in collaboration with the European border control agency Frontex to block the C-Star ship, with which Generation Identity plans to weigh anchor from Catania this week to patrol the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast. Red Española de Inmigracion said that the xenophobic movement - which managed to raise the 60,000 euros necessary for the trip through a crowdfunding initiative - aims to ’’attack and block migrants to bring political asylum seekers back to their countries’’.

http://www.ansamed.info/webimages/foto_large/2017/7/18/5d357015342bdd962a092549524157c5.jpg

Borderline Sicilia si mobilita contro l’approdo della nave anti-migranti a Catania

Borderline Sicilia sottoscrive e promuove l’appello lanciato dalle associazioni antirazziste catanesi contro l’attracco, al porto della città etnea, della nave C-Star, che l’organizzazione di estrema destra «Generazione Identitaria» ha preso a noleggio da una società inglese di mercenari del mare, come riportato nell’articolo di Andrea Palladino, uscito ieri su Famiglia Cristiana.

▻http://siciliamigranti.blogspot.ch/2017/07/borderline-sicilia-si-mobilita-contro.html?spref=fb

Far-Right Group Plans to Patrol Mediterranean to Turn Back Migrants

A pan-European far-right group with a history of violent direct action has charted a 422-ton ship and says it plans to confront people-smugglers and turn back migrants it finds in the waters off Libya.

▻https://www.voanews.com/a/far-right-group-plans-patrol-mediterranean-to-turn-back-migrants/3948733.html

Lettre ouverte de la Rete Antirazzista Catanese et autres associations siciliennes

Lettera Aperta
Al Ministro delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti, Al Presidente della Regione Sicilia, Al Prefetto di Catania, Al Questore di Catania, Al Presidente dell’Autorità Portuale di Catania, Al Comandante della Capitaneria di Porto di Catania, Al Sindaco di Catania
Intorno a martedì 18 luglio 2017, come reso noto dagli organi di stampa, è previsto l’arrivo al porto di Catania della nave C-Star, lunga 40 metri, costruita nel 1975, battente bandiera dello stato africano di Gibuti. Tale imbarcazione è stata noleggiata dal gruppo dichiaratamente razzista e xenofobo “Generazione Identitaria” per respingere, attraverso azioni paramilitari, i migranti che tentano di attraversare il mar Mediterraneo, intralciando così i preziosi salvataggi delle ONG delle navi umanitarie, sempre più criminalizzate.
La sosta nel porto di Catania o di altri porti siciliani sarebbe funzionale all’imbarco delle provviste necessarie alla “missione” e all’imbarco di “volontari” arruolati nell’operazione paramilitare.
Le seguenti associazioni firmatarie chiedono alle Autorità in indirizzo di impedire l’utilizzo delle infrastrutture portuali alla nave C-Star attualmente nella disponibilità dell’organizzazione “Generazione Identitaria” e di prendere posizione in tal senso verso le autorità competenti. Sarebbe infatti a nostro avviso assai grave che si concedesse l’attracco e l’utilizzo delle infrastrutture pubbliche a organizzazioni che hanno l’intento di compiere azioni paramilitari nel mar Mediterraneo, intercettando imbarcazioni di migranti e arrogandosi il diritto di intervenire consegnando i naufraghi alla guardia costiera libica e violando di fatto l’obbligo di legge che vuole l’accompagnamento verso il porto più sicuro, che non è certo quello libico.
Temiamo inoltre che la presenza di una nave non coordinata con la Guardia costiera possa ostacolare le operazioni di salvataggio con grave pericolo per i naufraghi e per il personale operante in mare. Si tratta di un’operazione razzista alimentata da una propaganda falsa e tendenziosa, che non possiamo avallare con alcun tipo di supporto logistico o silenzio istituzionale.
Le seguenti associazioni indicono da martedì 18 luglio una campagna di vigilanza antirazzista ed antifascista al Porto di Catania
Rete Antirazzista Catanese, Comitato NoMuos/NoSigonella, Catania Bene Comune, USB fed.Ct, Città Felice, La RagnaTela, Cobas Scuola-Ct, PRC- Ct, PCI fed.Ct, …
Info-adesioni: catanianofrontex@gmail.com

Et l’article paru dans Libero, journal d’extrême_droite italien (et proche de la Lega Nord):
Defend Europe, il comandate della nave anti-invasione: «Non siamo razzisti, ci preoccupiamo della vostra sicurezza»

Vi hanno navigato Ulisse, Cristoforo Colombo, i greci e i romani. Da culla della civiltà il Mediterraneo è diventato la sua tomba, tingendosi di rosso per le centinaia di migliaia di uomini, di donne e di bambini che in quelle acque continuano a perire. Sono oltre 2000 solo dall’inizio di quest’anno i morti in mare, un bollettino di guerra che continua ad allungarsi. Senza sosta. Di chi è la responsabilità? Forse è di coloro che hanno alimentato in queste 2000 anime l’aspettativa che sarebbe bastato pagare i trafficanti di uomini, salire in massa su un misero gommone cinese «usa e getta», allontanarsi dalla costa libica, per essere, da lì a breve, salvati e portati in Italia godendo per anni di ogni genere di privilegio.

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Da Catania a Tripoli, gruppo vuole fermare le Ong. In nave per aiutare libici a portare indietro i migranti

Cronaca – Il 22 luglio l’imbarcazione di Generazione Identitaria sarà al porto etneo. Una tappa prima di raggiungere la guardia costiera libica. «Saremo 12 attivisti da quattro Paesi», spiega il referente. Ma secondo una docente di Diritto internazionale «condurre queste persone nei campi libici significa collaborare a un atto di tortura»

▻http://meridionews.it/articolo/57006/da-catania-a-tripoli-il-gruppo-che-vuole-fermare-le-ong-in-nave-per-aiut

Defend Europe extremists charter ship from convicted fraudster

Ship company director previously imprisoned for over two years
Confirms ship is his and that he was aware of the mission
Mail Online columnist Katie Hopkins “looking forward to meeting the crew” in week of reporting

▻http://hopenothate.org.uk/2017/07/17/defend-europe-extremists-charter-ship-convicted-fraudster

Far-Right Movements are Starting to Converge, Posing an Ever Greater Risk

Late last week, a Finnish-made vessel known as the Suunta arrived off the coast of Italy. It will soon launch a “mission” in the Mediterranean Sea. Those on board—individuals part of a Defend Europe campaign—aim to “document the doings of the NGOs” and “expose their collaboration with the human smugglers” off the Libyan coast.

▻http://www.mantlethought.org/international-affairs/far-right-movements-are-starting-converge-posing-ever-greater-risk

A European alt-right group is taking to the Mediterranean Sea in a bid to stop illegal migrants crossing from Libya – a move NGOs fear could start a dangerous game of cat and mouse with humanitarian rescue teams.

▻https://news.vice.com/story/europes-alt-right-is-chartering-a-boat-to-stop-migration-to-italy

Bloccata a Suez la nave “nera” C Star, ma a Catania possibili azioni dimostrative di Generazione Identitaria. Una interrogazione parlamentare al Governo.

Sembra dai rilevamenti satellitari che la nave noleggiata da Generazione identitaria sia ancora bloccata a Porto Suez, probabilmente per problemi legati alle formalità burocratiche connesse all’attraversamento del Canale. Del resto il minimo, per una nave che cambia di continuo nome, bandiera e colore.

▻http://www.a-dif.org/2017/07/20/bloccata-a-suez-la-nave-nera-c-star-ma-a-catania-possibili-azioni-dimostrativ

For Right-Wing Italian Youth, a Mission to Disrupt Migration

MILAN — As dawn broke over a quiet suburb, Lorenzo Fiato lugged a silver suitcase packed with windbreakers and anti-seasickness gum out of the bedroom he had decorated with stickers (“Enough Immigration”) and shelves filled with medieval knight toy soldiers.

▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/world/europe/for-right-wing-italian-youth-a-mission-to-disrupt-migration.html?smid=tw-ny

Defend Europe Ship C-Star Detained Near Suez Canal

An employee at the Suez Canal Authority confirmed “it was arrested by the security authorities” because of “a matter of security due to the lack of documentation and papers”.

▻http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/defend-europe-ship-c-star_uk_5970bfdde4b0110cb3cca59c?ncid=engmodu

La nave nera. Cosa c’è dietro Generazione Identitaria?

Succede sempre così. Vai ad investigare cosa c’è sotto una operazione dell’internazionale nera e ci trovi una vera e propria fogna di commistioni con il malaffare e la finanza sporca; quella che commercia in armi e in uomini, e campa di guerre e di sangue. «Defend Europe» non fa certo eccezione. La nave dei «patrioti», come solo il Giornale poteva definirli, che in questo momento si sta dirigendo verso Catania, con lo scopo dichiarato di smascherare le «Ong criminose che raccolgono i migranti presso le coste libiche», è un concentrato di farneticanti ideologie complottiste e di propagande razziste abbondantemente foraggiato da losche società multinazionali che commerciano in mercenari e armamenti.

▻http://www.meltingpot.org/La-nave-nera.html?var_mode=calcul

Sicilian mayor moves to block far-right plan to disrupt migrant rescues

Catania mayor asks authorities to deny docking rights for ship hired by activist group to stop journeys from Libya

►https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/21/sicilian-mayor-port-block-ship-c-star-trying-disrupt-migrant-rescues-fa

Far-right millennials set out to sea to ’defend Europe’ from migrants

In carefully choreographed videos posted on YouTube, the Identitarian message sounds much like that of Europe’s far-right politicians, but Sellner characterizes the group as a “patriotic NGO” that is the “avant-garde of this patriotic shift in mainstream politics in Europe”.

▻http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-farright-millennials-idUSKBN1A61J6

Defend Europe, la nave anti migranti dei fascisti fermata senza documenti

Defend Europe è stata fermata in Egitto perché la nave che doveva fermare le Ong che salvano i migranti e li trasportano in Europa era sprovvista di documenti necessari a navigare le acque internazionali. La notizia, che è stata diffusa da una organizzazione di sinistra opposta a Defend Europe, è stata confermata a Huffington Post Uk dalla autorità del porto di Suez. La nave C-30, che trasporta militanti di estrema destra allo scopo di bloccare le imbarcazioni delle organizzazioni non governative che soccorrono i migranti, è stata bloccata nel principale porto egiziano in quanto sprovvista delle carte e delle documentazioni necessarie per la navigazione. I militanti di Generazione Identitaria, il gruppo che ha organizzato la missione Defend Europe, erano dunque per l’Egitto stranieri irregolari proprio come quelli che gli estremisti di destra vogliono bloccare.

▻http://www.giornalettismo.com/archives/2623906/defend-europe-nave-fermata

Catania: conferenza stampa contro l’approdo della nave nera C-Star

Le organizzazioni antirazziste che hanno promosso la lettera aperta per impedire l’approdo della C-Star indicono una conferenza stampa per ribadire che Catania è città aperta all’accoglienza dei migranti e che respinge l’arrivo della nave dei fascisti di Generazione Identitaria, esprimendo invece solidarietà alle ONG che salvano vite in mare, colpite, negli ultimi mesi, da una feroce ed ingiustificata campagna denigratoria.

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▻http://siciliamigranti.blogspot.ch/2017/07/catania-conferenza-stampa-contro.html?spref=fb

Defend Europe : des hommes armés à bord ?
D’après le site antifasciste anglais Hope not Hate, le C-Star, le bateau de la campagne « Defend Europe » menée par plusieurs groupes Identitaires européens, serait bloqué au port de Suez par les services de sécurité, le capitaine n’ayant pas pu présenter une liste de l’équipage conforme. On comprend mieux pourquoi le projet était bloqué depuis près d’une semaine, le bateau n’ayant pas atteint la Méditerranée aux dates prévues. En même temps, vu le passé du propriétaire du navire et l’éventualité d’un équipage armé à bord du C-Star, le légalisme affiché des Identitaires commence à avoir du plomb dans l’aile…

▻http://lahorde.samizdat.net/2017/07/21/defend-europe-des-hommes-armes-a-bord
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/606819
▻http://lahorde.samizdat.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/HnH-Defend-Europe-Briefing-2017-07-v2.pdf
Les identitaires, rois de la manipulation médiatique
▻http://lahorde.samizdat.net/2017/07/18/les-identitaires-rois-de-la-manipulation-mediatique
@lahorde @cdb_77

Migranti, perché oltre che illegale Generazione identitaria è anche pericolosa

La vicenda della barca anti Ong non sarà il problema principale dei governi europei, impegnati ora a scovare cavilli burocratici per limitare legalmente i salvataggi in mare, ma se quello degli identitari non è un bluff, ovvero se davvero metteranno in pratica il loro confuso piano casalingo anti-immigrazione, il governo italiano avrà presto un serio problema da affrontare.

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▻http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/07/21/sbarchi-perche-oltre-che-illegale-generazione-identitaria-e-anche-pericolosa/3743452

Nave anti-Ong avanza su Catania: «La sinistra non può fermarci»

Bloccata per qualche ora nel canale di Suez, la C-Star di Generazione Identitaria è pronta a salpare verso la Libia per «bloccare l’immigrazione massiva sostenuta dalle Ong»

▻http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/nave-anti-ong-avanza-su-catania-sinistra-non-pu-fermarci-1423501.html?mob

Aux dernières nouvelles (il y a 5 minutes) le C-Star fait route au nord à la sortie du canal à Port-Fouad (Port-Saïd)

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/boxbgbomf2cdxt5/20170722_202455_CStar.jpg

#résistance :

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Sicilian mayor moves to block far-right plan to disrupt migrant rescues

Catania mayor asks authorities to deny docking rights for ship hired by activist group to stop journeys from Libya

►https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/21/sicilian-mayor-port-block-ship-c-star-trying-disrupt-migrant-rescues-fa
#Enzo_Bianco

Far-right millennials set out to sea to ’defend Europe’ from migrants
▻https://www.reuters.tv/v/$gS/2017/07/21/far-right-millennials-sail-against-europe-migrant-crisis

C Star passé hors de portée des AIS côtiers ce matin, en route vers Radès (port de Tunis) où il s’annonce pour le 26 juillet en soirée.
►http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:748241/mmsi:621819012/vessel:C%20STAR

Supporting SAR NGOs with Voluntary Guidance for use at Sea

It is not clear if Defend Europe would extend its interference in rescues at sea under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Art.98 (duty to render assistance) towards commercial vessels, who themselves are also playing their role in humanitarian rescue at sea in the central Mediterranean.

▻https://humanrightsatsea-news.org/2017/07/20/hras-supports-ngo-guidance-materials-against-far-right-activi

Message reçu hier de Fulvio Vassallo :

Pochi minuti fa la nave «nera» C Star che doveva «avanzate su Catania», ancora all’imboccatura di uscita del Canale di Suez in Mediterraneo di fronte Posto Said. Destinazione dichiarata TUNISI. Tentativo di accordi con il governo tunisino o hanno dichiarato il falso? In ogni caso non arrivano a destinazione, Tunisi, Tripoli o Catania, prima di quattro giorni. Non li lasceremo soli.

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Message reçu aujourd’hui de Fulvio Vassallo :

La C Star dichiara rotte di Tunisi ma questa notte risaliva per nord-est probabilmente per evitare il traffico in ingresso al Canale di Suez. Arrivo dichiarato a Tunisi il 26 luglio.... ma... In realta’ con la rotta attuale, e sono ancora davanti Porto Said, in Egitto, per arrivare a Tunisi, ma sarebbe lo stesso se puntassero su Catania, non si faranno vedere nel porto di arrivo dichiarato prima del 2 agosto... stima ufficiale di Marine Traffic . A meno di scali intermedi imposti dalla burrasca in arrivo o da avarie.

http://i.imgur.com/qxNcI67.jpg http://i.imgur.com/zwwargl.jpg

Le moins qu’on puisse dire est que le trajet n’est pas direct… puisqu’il commence par un aller-retour à la pointe nord-est de Chypre.

Motif possible : récupérer des armes au large de la Syrie ?

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/dec3zv8z0m7akzk/20170723_114904_CStar.jpg

EDIT : @cdb_77 si c’est pour éviter le trafic autour de Port-Saïd, ça fait un sacré détour…
il ne s’agit pas « d’estimation » de Marine Traffic mais d’informations déclarées par le navire.

for @simplicissimus, de la part de Fulvio Vassallo:

Credo che sino ad oggi vadano a nord est per immetersi nella rotta da est ad ovest del Mediterraneo, che si colloca un poco più a nordi della rotta da ovest ad est ( Gibilterra-Suez). Avevo notato anch’io la stranezza,rotta per nord-est, fino ad oggi si giustifica con il traffico in ingresso Suez.

Un Genevois coordonne l’opération contre l’immigration en Méditerranée

Le SonntagsBlick consacre dimanche un article à un identitaire genevois qui gère la communication et la coordination de l’opération « Defend Europe », opposée au sauvetage de migrants en Méditerranée.

Une partie des fonds proviennent de Suisse. Le SonntagsBlick affirme que sur les quelque 125’000 francs issus de toute l’Europe collectés via un crowdfunding, plusieurs milliers proviennent de Suisse et notamment du Parti national suisse (PNS).

▻http://www.rts.ch/info/regions/geneve/8795284-un-genevois-coordonne-loperation-contre-limmigration-en-mediterranee.htm
#Jean-David_Cattin #Suisse

Nave anti-Ong avanza su Catania: «La sinistra non può fermarci»

Bloccata per qualche ora nel canale di Suez, la C-Star di Generazione Identitaria è pronta a salpare verso la Libia per «bloccare l’immigrazione massiva sostenuta dalle Ong»

▻http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/nave-anti-ong-avanza-su-catania-sinistra-non-pu-fermarci-1423501.html

Nave ‘nera’ della destra estrema europea contro Ong a caccia di migranti per riportarli in Libia

Si chiamano “Generazione identitaria”, sigla dell’estrema destra europea. Addestrati sulle Alpi francesi, hanno una nave arrivata da Gibuti, e navigheranno nel mare di fronte alla Libia, pronti a riportare in Libia i rifugiati raccolti a sud della Sicilia, con lo slogan “Defend Europe”. Con mercenari dall’Ucraina -scopriamo- ai mari caldi e sempre a difendere una certa Europa.

▻https://dirittiumani1.blogspot.ch/2017/07/nave-nera-della-destra-estrema-europea.html

Defend Europ, le navire de nos naufrages

Singulier anglicisme. User de la langue impériale lorsque l’on sollicite le replis le plus aigre. D’avance l’on reconnaît le quantique de l’affaire. Oui lorsque l’on se meut dans l’infiniment petit du cortex faf ¹, les quelques communs qui encore habitent notre postérité, tels la solidarité, l’empathie, l’entraide, disparaissent et laissent place à autre chose.

▻https://libertaires.noblogs.org/post/2017/07/17/defend-europ-le-navire-de-nos-naufrages

Mayor aims to stop ’vigilante’ anti-immigrant activists from docking in Sicily

’To talk of the “defence of Europe” is demagogic and self-serving’

▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/sicily-catania-enzo-bianco-defend-europe-libya-migrants-refugee-crisi

Catania ferma i «pirati» xenofobi: no all’attracco della nave anti migranti

La C-Star, affittata dal gruppo The Identitarians, voleva pattugliare il Mediterraneo per fermare i barconi. Il sindaco Bianco: «Un tentativo di gettare benzina sul fuoco»

▻http://www.corriere.it/cronache/17_luglio_23/catania-ferma-pirati-xenofobi-no-all-attracco-nave-anti-migranti-c560157c-6

24/07/17 12:10 C Star en baie de Famagouste, près du cap Gréco, « en attente d’instructions »

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Mouillé devant Famagouste.

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En compagnie d’un cargo turc, le Pearl, port d’attache à Moroni, Comores.

For Right-Wing Italian Youth, a Mission to Disrupt Migration

MILAN — As dawn broke over a quiet suburb, Lorenzo Fiato lugged a silver suitcase packed with windbreakers and anti-seasickness gum out of the bedroom he had decorated with stickers (“Enough Immigration”) and shelves filled with medieval knight toy soldiers.

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Bref passage à quai, retour au mouillage un poil plus au sud et, de nouveau, en attente d’instructions

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Un navire « anti-réfugiés » affrété par l’extrême-droite suspecté d’embarquer un équipage armé

Des militants d’extrême-droite de plusieurs pays européens ont lancé leur opération « Defend Europe » en Méditerranée. Grâce notamment à des campagnes de financement participatif, ils ont réussi à affréter un bateau qui a appareillé de Djibouti début juillet vers le Canal de Suez puis la Méditerranée. Leur objectif : empêcher les migrants qui tentent la périlleuse traversée de rallier l’Europe en interceptant leurs esquisses pour les ramener sur les côtes africaines, en entravant le travail des organisations de solidarité qui mènent des opérations de sauvetage, ou en alertant les gardes-côtes libyens dont les méthodes d’intervention sont très critiquées.

►https://www.bastamag.net/Un-navire-anti-refugies-affrete-par-l-extreme-droite-suspecte-d-embarquer-

Far-right Group Defend Europe’s Ship Called “C-Star” is Now Entering the Famagusta Port

The ship which entered the Famagusta waters around 3pm yesterday is now being granted entry to the port.

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Il a déjà fait plusieurs entrées dans le port, il y est actuellement après une série de ronds dans l’eau.

Et, effectivement, port d’attache Oulan-Bator (Ulaan Baatar)

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►https://seenthis.net/messages/617595

Anti-immigrant ship C-star enters Mediterranean waters after being stopped in Suez Canal

Defend Europe says it will be in Italian port of Catania in coming days where many NGO rescue boats are based

▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/anti-immigrant-ship-c-star-mediterranean-islamophobic-refugee-boats-n

L’opération DEFEND EUROPE est un fiasco

Alors qu’on vient de battre le rappel en Grèce, au cas où le bateau affrété par les fachos (C Star) viendrait à s’arrêter en Crète ou sur une autre île grecque, celui-ci est vite allé se cacher du côté turc de Chypre, sous la protection du dictateur Erdogan, dans le port de Famagouste.

▻http://blogyy.net/2017/07/24/loperation-defend-europe-est-un-fiasco

Je me rends compte avoir mis mon commentaire ci-dessous dans le mauvais fil de discussion. Du coup, je copie-colle :

Pour info, la C-Star bat maintenant pavillon mongole et non plus de Djibouti (et ceci même si maritime trafic n’est pas à jour).
J’ai discuté de cela avec les journalistes de la RTS qui ont couvert ce matin le sujet et avec Fulvio Vassallo, qui a confirmé le drapeau de #Mongolie.

Fulvio ajoute :

C’est pratique pour ce genre de bateaux de changer de drapeau pour des questions fiscales mais surtout pour des questions de juridiction aussi dans le domaine pénal. Ca serait difficile qu’un procès pourrait avoir lieu dans le cas où leurs actions causeraient des victimes en Méditerranée. S’ils battaient pavillon UE un procès serait déjà entamé contre eux.

Et je copie-colle aussi la réaction de @simplicissimus :

#Défendre_l'Europe_sous_pavillon_mongol, c’est quand même assez fort !

Ceci dit, je découvre le registre maritime mongol, basé à Singapour, fondé en 2003 et bien évidemment #pavillon_de_complaisance…
▻►http://www.mngship.org

C-Star: quando i fascisti a caccia di migranti si incagliano in Africa

La C-Star è una nave presa in affitto da un’organizzazione di neonazisti che si fa chiamare “The Identitarians” che ha base principalmente in Germania e in Francia e, da poco in Italia, con nome “Generazione Identitaria”.

▻http://www.infoaut.org/antifascismonuove-destre/c-star-quando-i-fascisti-a-caccia-di-migranti-si-incagliano-in-africa

DEFEND EUROPE, c’est fini !

1 – Leur bateau C Star est bloqué dans le port de Famagouste à Chypre.
2 – L’équipage Sri-Lankais a quitté le navire et demande la protection internationale ainsi que le statut de réfugiés politiques (ce sont des Tamouls) ;
3 – Les marins tamouls affirment qu’ils ont du payer pour voyager à bord du C Star ;
4 – Leur soutien juridique sur place entame une action contre les responsables du C Star et de Defend Europe pour trafic d’êtres humains ;
5 – Le capitaine et son adjoint on été placés en garde à vue par la police nord-chypriote ;
6 – Le propriétaire suédois du bateau, Tomas Egerstrom, a été reconnu à son arrivée, hier, à l’aéroport de Nicosie-Nord, par nos camarades qui veillaient sur place.

La croisière fasciste est terminée.

►http://blogyy.net/2017/07/26/defend-europe-cest-fini
via @unagi

Captain of far-right ship disrupting refugee rescue missions in the Mediterranean arrested

The captain of a ship targeting refugees by disrupting humanitarian rescue missions in the Mediterranean has been arrested.

▻http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/captain-far-right-ship-disrupting-refugee-rescue-missions-mediterranean-a

The ship’s captain and his deputy were reportedly taken into custody.

Garde à vue pas arrestation (pour le moment…)
(c’est le contenu de la dépêche AFP)

Defend Europe Ship C-Star Detained And Crew Arrested In Cyprus Says Local Media

The ship chartered by far-right group Defend Europe to hamper the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean has been evacuated and its Captain and Deputy Captain arrested in Cyprus, according to local media.

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Identitären-Kapitän wegen Menschenschmuggel verhaftet

Die Aktion sollte Flüchtlinge im Mittelmeer aufgreifen und sie wieder nach Afrika zurückbringen. Das war der Plan einer Gruppe von Identitären, einer Bewegung aus dem rechten Spektrum. Doch der Schuss ging nach hinten los. Der Kapitän sitzt, nach ersten Informationen, in Haft wegen Menschenschmuggels.

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Defend Europe in turmoil as crew removed and ship’s captain arrested in northern Cyprus

Arrest follows extensive briefings by HOPE not hate and other partners, and follows previous detention in Egypt.

▻http://hopenothate.org.uk/2017/07/26/exclusive-defend-europe-turmoil-crew-evacuated-ships-captain-arreste

Defend Europe, la nave anti-migranti ferma a Cipro: “Arrestati armatore ed equipaggio, a bordo cingalesi irregolari”

Nuovo stop dopo i giorni trascorsi nel porto di Suez per la C-Star, l’imbarcazione noleggiata da «Generazione identitaria» per ostacolare i salvataggi dei migranti da parte delle ong a largo delle coste libiche. La denuncia della Refugees Rights Association, unica associazione che si occupa di diritti umani nell’area. L’organizzazione si difende: «Cittadini dello Sri Lanka corrotti dalle ong»

▻http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/07/26/defend-europe-la-nave-anti-migranti-ferma-a-cipro-arrestati-armatore-ed-equipaggio-a-bordo-cingalesi-irregolari/3757342/?#_=_

La déconfiture des identitaires antimigrants de « Defend Europe », arrêtés à Chypre

Les militants d’extrême droite, qui devaient rallier l’Italie depuis Djibouti, ont vu leur périple stoppé plus tôt que prévu.

▻http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/monde/migrants/20170726.OBS2604/la-deconfiture-des-identitaires-antimigrants-de-defend-europe-a

Erst aus der Armee geflogen – jetzt auf Mission gegen Flüchtlinge

Auch Schweizer zahlen Geld, um Migranten von Europa fernzuhalten. Ein Genfer koordiniert das Anti-Flüchtlings-Schiff im Mittelmeer.

▻http://www.derbund.ch/schweiz/standard/geschasster-schweizer-offizier-koordiniert-antifluechtlingsschiff/story/16746924
#Jean-David_Cattin

Migranti, traffico di esseri umani, fermata la nave anti-Ong

La C Star è stata presa in affitto da Defend Europe e Generazione identitaria con una sottoscrizione pubblica. Arrestati comandante e proprietario, a bordo una ventina di tamil

▻http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/07/27/news/comandante_e_proprietario_della_c_star_arrestati_a_cipro_per_traffico_di_

Captain of anti-migrant ship held on suspicion of human trafficking after Sri Lankan crew claim asylum

The captain and the owner of a ship chartered by a group of hard-right activists to block migrant boats are being investigated for possible human trafficking after being detained in Cyprus along with several Sri Lankan crew members who have claimed asylum.

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C Star est reparti de Famagouste (après être resté à quai et avoir éteint son AIS pendant 24 heures), a contourné le cap Gréco et se trouve maintenant immobile au large de Larnaca…

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Message de Fulvio Vassallo, 27.07.2017:

La C Star della missione Defend Europe di Generazione identitaria e’ partita questa sera del porto di Famagosta (Cipro)e naviga a 6,4 nodi di media verso ovest. Per Tunisi o Catania fanno circa 900 miglia. Ne puo’ fare 150 al giorno. Senza intoppi e senza fare rifornimenti, in sei giorni puo’ arrivare in zona Sar libica, come a Tunisi o a Catania. Adesso bisogna "accoglierli"in base a quanto prevede la legge italiana... Di certo godono di forti appoggi economici e politici per venire fuori due volte, a Suez ed a Cipro, da situazioni di fermo della nave. Adesso vediamo come si comportano le autorita’ italiane, maltesi, greche e tunisine,per non parlare dell’accozzaglia libica. Concreto il rischio che gli interventi di «interposizione» per favorire interventi dei libici, gia’ annunciati dai promotori della missione, producano altri morti e dispersi. Che sarebbero direttamente imputabili a chi non li ferma in tempo.

Chypre-Nord : détention prolongée des membres de l’équipage du navire anti-migrants

Un tribunal chypriote turc a prolongé jeudi de 24 heures la détention du commandant et des membres de l’équipage du C-Star, un navire affrété par des militants d’extrême droite pour lutter contre l’immigration clandestine vers l’Europe, selon un quotidien local.

▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/chypre-nord-detention-prolongee-des-membres-de-lequipage-du-n

Sicilian mayor moves to block far-right plan to disrupt migrant rescues

Catania mayor asks authorities to deny docking rights for ship hired by activist group to stop journeys from Libya

▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/21/sicilian-mayor-port-block-ship-c-star-trying-disrupt-migrant-rescues-fa

Migranti, rilasciati gli attivisti della nave anti-Ong

La C Star è stata presa in affitto da Defend Europe per una missione nel Mediterraneo. Comandante, proprietario e membri europei dell’equipaggio erano stati fermati a Cipro con l’accusa di traffico di esseri umani. Sono stati liberati per insufficienza di prove

▻http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/07/27/news/comandante_e_proprietario_della_c_star_arrestati_a_cipro_per_traffico_di_esseri_umani-171740674/amp

Ronds dans l’eau devant Limassol et (nouvelle) destination déclarée Kalecik (en grec Gastria) au nord de la baie de Famagouste, à la base de la pointe nord-est de l’île, partie turque (à la base de la bosse, à mi-chemin entre Yeni İskele (Trikomo) et Bafra (Volokida) à côté du point rouge…)

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KAPITÄN SCHMIDT: Strafanzeige gegen die “Identitären”

Kapitän Schmidt, der Flüchtlingsbeauftragte des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, verfolgt die Entwicklung mit Sorge. Er hat Anzeige bei der Staatsanwaltschaft Hamburg beantragt.

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Après une journée à faire des ronds dans l’eau, le C Star fait route plein ouest, à l’opposé de Kalecik pourtant toujours sa destination déclarée…

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