Implement the relevant maritime laws and conventions to the sinking of ferry MV Barima

MV Barima original passenger capacity was 600 – historical records

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2026, 22:45 by Writer The 87-year-old ferry MV Barima that sank last month was built with a capacity to carry 600 passengers, but over the years that was reduced to 397, according to historical records. The Port-Glasgow Express newspaper reported on May 10, 1939 that the Scottish shipbuilding company, […]

Implement the relevant maritime laws and conventions to the sinking of ferry MV Barima

Could I ask leader Mohamed. Irfaan Ali to govern as a 21st century president rather than an early mediaeval monarch operating without a corpus of national law?  I ask because on July 31 President Ali established a new safety, compliance and audit team for the maritime sector with no reference to a legal context.  Indeed, since the sinking on the night of July 18, there has been remarkably little reference to the laws and regulations and conventi…