The 73m fishing trawler, formerly owned by a string of Korean fisheries companies, has been embroiled in controversy. Then, in late 2011 and 2012, the vessel's Indonesian crew claimed its wages had not been paid and the boat was held in Lyttelton, under a High Court order. And in 2015, the trawler was seized again, under a High Court order, by a creditor. The vessel was recently bought from the High Court by Christchurch company KNW Co Ltd, and is being given a new lease on life. ''It's being refurbished as a fishing boat - a bottom trawler.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2016 17:10 UTC