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1. News - Hong Kong

   Neftegaz-67 captain Yuriy Kulemesin loses tugboat collision appeal

   Posted Feb 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Keith Wallis

   ... News Hong Kong Yuriy Kulemesin Neftegaz-67 Keith Wallis keith.wallis@scmp.com Ukrainian ship captain Yuriy Kulemesin must serve his 18-month sentence on charges related to a deadly 2008 vessel collision, the Court of Final Appeal ruled yesterday. The ruling upheld a Court of Appeal judgment, which held Kulemesin liable for the fatal accident that killed 18 people. Judges cleared ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1156487/neftegaz-67-captain-yuriy-kulemesin-loses-tugboat-collision-appeal
2. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Kulemesin appeal asks court to rule on navigating stretch of Hong Kong water

   Posted Jan 16th 2013, 12:00am by Keith Wallis

   ... in open water, while the Yao Hai crew believed they were transiting in a narrow channel, which meant different navigation rules applied. Yuriy Kulemesin, the Ukrainian captain of the Neftegaz-67, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1128891/kulemesin-appeal-asks-court-rule-navigating-stretch-hong-kong-water
3. News - Hong Kong

   Ukrainian captain in fatal sea collision off Lantau loses appeal

   Posted Feb 22nd 2013, 02:14pm by Keith Wallis

   ... News Hong Kong Keith Wallis keith.wallis@scmp.com Yuriy Kulemesin, a Ukrainian captain involved in a deadly 2008 shipping accident, must serve out his 18-month sentence on charges related to endangering life at sea, the Court of Final Appeal ruled on Friday. The ruling upheld a Court of Appeal judgment last year on one of Hong Kong’s deadliest marine disasters. Kulemesin was the master ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1156094/ukrainian-captain-fatal-sea-collision-lantau-loses-appeal
4. Tugboat captain granted bail

   Posted Feb 27th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Loretta Fong A Ukrainian tugboat skipper jailed over a collision off Lantau in which 18 sailors died was granted bail yesterday pending his appeal. Yuriy Kulemesin, 46, captain of the Neftegaz-67, won his bail application in a closed-door hearing at the Court of Appeal. He was sentenced to three years' jail last month after being convicted of endangering the safety of others ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/707095/tugboat-captain-granted-bail
5. Appeal court cuts sentences for deadly ship crash

   Posted Dec 22nd 2011, 12:00am

   ... SC, for Kulemesin, said the Ukrainian thought he was navigating in open water with the right of way to maintain course and speed. McGowan said Kulemesin maintained course and speed ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/988419/appeal-court-cuts-sentences-deadly-ship-crash
6. Captains, harbour pilots found guilty over tugboat disaster

   Posted Jan 14th 2010, 12:00am by Joyce Man

   ... they had failed to act to avert the disaster. Two local pilots who were helping the bulk carrier navigate at the time of the collision were also convicted along with the captains. Captains Yuriy Kulemesin, 45, and Liu Bo, 37, and pilots Tang Dock-wah, 61, and Bruce Chun Wah-tak, 48, were convicted in District Court of endangering the safety of people at sea. They had pleaded not guilty ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/703600/captains-harbour-pilots-found-guilty-over-tugboat-disaster
7. Two lose appeal over ship collision

   Posted Dec 15th 2011, 12:00am

   ... the original sentences would remain or be changed. Kulemesin, who was in charge of the oil rig supply ship Neftegaz-67 when it was hit by the dry-cargo ship Yao Hai near the Brothers islands on March ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/987810/two-lose-appeal-over-ship-collision
8. Ukrainian boat took wrong course: judge

   Posted Jan 13th 2010, 12:00am by Joyce Man

   ... to the right side of the channel and allow oncoming vessels to pass left of it to avoid a collision, a judge said yesterday. Instead, Neftegaz-67 captain Yuriy Kulemesin stayed in the middle of the channel when he saw the mainland carrier Yaohai approaching, thinking it would pass by crossing his vessel's bow. District Court Judge Susana D'Almada Remedios said Kulemesin should have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/703504/ukrainian-boat-took-wrong-course-judge
9. Marine director 'could not back Neftegaz charge'

   Posted May 13th 2011, 12:00am

   ... collision because they knew he could not support one of the charges, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday. Charles Haddon-Cave QC, representing Yuriy Kulemesin, said his client was charged with breaching rule 9 of the international collision regulations by allegedly sailing on the wrong side of a narrow channel. Kulemesin was the captain of the offshore support vessel Neftegaz-67, ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/967537/marine-director-could-not-back-neftegaz-charge
10. Seamen in fatal collision 'jailed on wrong charges'

    Posted May 12th 2011, 12:00am

    ... prosecuted and charged with incorrect offences, a lawyer for one of the defendants said yesterday. Charles Haddon-Cave QC, for Captain Yuriy Kulemesin, the Ukrainian master of the offshore supply vessel Neftegaz-67, said Judge Susana D'Almada Remedios 'got it badly wrong, helped by the prosecution'. Kulemesin was jailed for three years and two months. Liu Bo, ...

    http://beta.scmp.com/article/967467/seamen-fatal-collision-jailed-wrong-charges

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