Sea Shepherd’s Sam Simon mystery
Sea Shepherd’s fourth vessel the Sam Simon is surrounded in
mystery. Sea Shepherd’s fugitive
announced the vessel was a German vessel and purchased for the cult group by
Sam Simon, a co-creator of “The Simpsons.”
The fugitive leader of Sea Shepherd wrote on their website:
“I wish I could elaborate on the ship but until it is
secured, outfitted, and ready for Whale Wars, that information has to remain
classified,” (see link below).
Watson on Sam Simon being “classified:”
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/06/21/the-mv-sam-simon-to-join-the-sea-shepherd-fleet-for-the-next-voyage-to-antarctica-1395
“Classified?”
Why? All vessels have an IMO
number (International Maritime Organization) established by the United
Nations. In November, 2012 the vessel
was registered in Australia. According
to the Australian registry they ship’s IMO is: IMO 9053452. A Google search verifies IMO 9053452 being
Sea Shepherd’s M/V Sam Simon registered in Australia.
Other online ship registries document the vessel’s prior
name “New Atlantis” registered in the Tuvalu Islands, NOT Germany as stated by
Sea Shepherd. It is possible the vessel
“New Atlantis” was owned by a German company / group / or person, and
registered in the Tuvalu Islands.
Further documentation revealed prior to the vessel being
named “New Atlantis,” it was named Kaiko Maru no.8 and Seifu Maru both
registered in Japan where the vessel was built.
In other words Sea Shepherd purchased a ship made in Japan!
To say it was a German vessel may be correct but
deceitful. It may have been a German
owned vessel, but it is a made in Japan vessel (Japanese vessel).
Why the subterfuge? Many
Sea Shepherd blogs / Facebook pages urges their minions not to purchase any
products in Japan objecting to the dolphin activity in Taiji, Japan, and the
Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.
Oddly enough this is not Sea Shepherd’s first major purchase
of a Japanese product. In January of
2011 Sea Shepherd’s zodiacs illegally harassing the Japanese whaling fleet in
the Southern ocean, one of the zodiacs had two outboard motors from “Suzuki,” a
Japanese company.
Recently the fugitive titular head of Sea Shepherd wrote in
reference to the M/V Sam Simon:
“…..nor is it a slow boat from Japan.”
Perhaps being a fugitive the gentleman had difficulty
identifying the truth.
Fugitive’s denial about the Sam Simon being from Japan (scroll down to the comment section):
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/11/27/sea-shepherd-tasked-with-filming-whale-wars-action/
Links to sites with the vessel’s history and documentation:
http://www.fleetmon.com/en/vessels/New_Atlantis_8059603
IMO explained:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization
Link to Texas Daddy store:
http://texas-daddy.shop-pro.jp/Music: "Sailors Hornpipe" from JewelBeat.com
