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	Arne Rinnan
		Arne Rinnan is known as the captain of the MS Tampa, owned by Norwegian shipping line Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
		He has since received the Nansen Refugee Award[?] for 2002 from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for his efforts to follow international principles for saving people in distress at sea, despite repeated threats of imprisonment and confiscation of the ship from the Australian government if he let the refugees off on Australian soil.
		Arne Rinnan retired from his position as captain in late 2001.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ar/Arne_Rinnan.html (120 words)

	Tampa captain meets refugees he saved
		Arne Rinnan, right, captain of the Norwegian vessel Tampa, is introduced to six-week-old Payman Hussain Merzai by her father Rajab Ali and mother Tahere.
		PHOTO: AP Arne Rinnan, left, is reunited with some of the young men he and his crew rescued from a sinking Indonesian boat in August 2001.
		Arne Rinnan, 62, who was honored by the United Nations for his rescue operation, said he would not hesitate to mount a similar mission.
	www.aftenposten.no /english/world/article326415.ece?service=print (390 words)

	Rescuing the truth
		According to Rinnan, it had taken the doctor and medics several hours to get the sick men back on their feet, and at least one had been treated with a drip, an emergency procedure for serious dehydration.
		But the fact that Howard and his government could not allow that Rinnan, Maltau and their crew had undertaken their tasks in the spirit of honesty and responsible seamanship suggests a lack of honesty on the federal government's behalf.
		The award was presented by Norway's foreign affairs minister and Rinnan was invited to the palace for a chinwag with the king.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=130456 (1662 words)

	Forbundet Kysten --
		Rinnan ble internasjonalt kjent da han, som kaptein på Wilhelmsen-skipet "Tampa", reddet 438 flyktninger fra en synkeferdig båt i farvannet mellom Indonesia og Australia og regnet med at de ville bli tatt hånd om av myndighetene i nærmeste havn.
		Nå kommer Rinnan til Kalvåg for å åpne stevnet og fortelle om de dramatiske døgnene i Stillehavet.
		Arne Rinnan forteller og viser bilder på Samfunnshuset i Kalvåg åpningsdagen 28.
	kystenpinter01.ergonetcomputing.no /publications.asp?uid=1013 (313 words)

	I'm no hero, says sea saviour - smh.com.au
		Arne Rinnan on a visit to Sydney yesterday with the Tampa in the background.
		The last time Captain Arne Rinnan was in Australian waters, his actions set the course for an impending federal election.
		Captain Rinnan ordered the crew of his container ship, the Tampa, to rescue 433 mainly Afghan refugees from their sinking hulk near Christmas Island last August after the Federal Government refused to allow the ship to enter Australian waters.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/05/13/1021002431547.html (379 words)

	Irish Examiner - 2001/09/07: Ship's captain insists he was only doing his job
		Arne Rinnan said he was "surprised and disappointed" by Australia's handling of the crisis.
		Rinnan said he had no option but to defy the order and approach Australia's remote Christmas Island, which he said was the nearest port.
		Rinnan, 61, said the incident was his most intense experience in four decades at sea.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/2001/09/07/story12184.asp (475 words)

	Arne Rinnan Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Arne Rinnan is known as the captain of the MS Tampa, owned by Norwegian shipping line Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
		He has since received the Nansen Refugee Award for 2002 from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for his efforts to follow international principles for saving people in distress at sea, despite repeated threats of imprisonment and confiscation of the ship from the Australian government if he let the refugees off on Australian soil.
		Arne Rinnan retired from his position as captain in late 2001.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/a/ar/arne_rinnan.html (138 words)

	MS Tampa
		He reported that several of the asylum seekers were unconscious, and others were suffering from dysentery, claims which were later disputed.
		Norway refused to accept them either, and reported Australia to the United Nations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Maritime Organisation for alleged failure to obey its duties under international law, though it did not ask for the assistance of these organizations.
		Captain Arne Rinnan received the highest civil honour in Norway as a result of his handling of this difficult incident.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ms/ms_tampa.html (1200 words)

	Tampa captain wants to leave it all behind - theage.com.au
		Captain Rinnan was refused permission to enter Australian waters but sailed to the Australian outpost of Christmas Island, resulting in the Federal Government ordering SAS troops to board the ship.
		Captain Rinnan said he was afraid the government's actions might discourage vessels from adhering to the unwritten law of the sea that a vessel must rescue people in distress.
		But Captain Rinnan said if a "ship with a Liberian flag, with a post-box address in some other different country" was called on to perform a rescue, it might have less support and fewer resources and might therefore be less willing to assist.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/05/13/1021002430830.html (567 words)

	Norwegian Piracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		After taking the human cargo on board, the Norwegian captain Arne Rinnan destroyed the Indonesian vessel, the evidence of origin and seaworthiness, then claiming rescue at high seas, he returned to Australian waters to deliver his illegal cargo to the nearest Australian port, which was immensely farther away than the nearest Indonesian port.
		Captain Rinnan claimed he had emergency on board; ten persons were in coma and not responding to medical treatment.
		The ship and its dishonest Captain Arne Rinnan, "the boy who called wolf', have to be banned from Australian waters for ever, the diplomatic ties with criminal Norway have to be severed.
	agricola2000.tripod.com /Norwegian_Piracy.htm (933 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Norwegian captain Arne Rinnan said earlier that the Afghans had threatened to jump overboard unless they were taken to Australian territory rather than back to Indonesia.
		Rinnan said a group of five men had come on to the bridge and told him: "We have left everything behind.
		Rinnan, who initially planned to take the group to Java, said he felt threatened by the men making the demands.
	www.dailynews.lk /2001/08/28/wor03.html (330 words)

	Between the devil and the deep blue sea - 01 Sep 2001 - NZ Herald: World / International News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rinnan's intention, under search-and-rescue instructions, was initially to continue towards Singapore via Merak, a large industrial port on the northwestern tip of Java with berths able to handle the 262m Tampa, one of the world's largest roll-on, roll-off vessels.
		Rinnan, in a radio conversation with harbourmaster Don O'Donnell monitored by The Australian newspaper, broke the news that he was coming in, regardless of orders to the contrary."The instruction by the Australian Government is not to enter Australian waters," O'Donnell replied.
		Rinnan: "Yes, we are familiar with the instruction but due to the situation on board we have to break the limit.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /section/print.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=213048 (3204 words)

	BOAT PEOPLE - CASUALTIES OF AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
		The federal government finished with international mud on its face, Arne Rinnan finished with a pageful of awards and medals, and, in the end, ironically, many of the refugees finished happily settled in New Zealand.
		Tampa captain Arne Rinnan came to another worrying conclusion: ‘It is a terrible thing to be out there in a broken down boat.
		Arne Rinnan quoted in Dark Victory from reports in Sydney Morning Herald and New Zealand Herald, 7 May 2002, The Australian and SMH 14 May 2002.
	www.geocities.com /youngmick/levellers/levellers29.html (1814 words)

	TIME Pacific \| Adrift and Unwanted \| September 10, 2001 \| NO. 36
		A sailor since he was 15 and now on the verge of retirement, Arne Rinnan might have been excused for thinking he could negotiate any challenge the sea could toss up.
		As the Tampa powered for four hours through rough seas, Rinnan, 61, had no inkling that in Australia-that vast and prosperous island continent that hosted the 2000 Olympics with such charm-illegal immigrants, 4,000 of whom have arrived by boat this year, have become a white-hot political issue.
		Rinnan's Oslo-based colleagues at shipping line Wallenius Wilhelmsen scoff at any suggestion that he panicked in making a dash for shore.
	www.time.com /time/pacific/magazine/20010910/highseas.html (821 words)

	Australia let us down, says captain of refugee ship \| Australia \| Australia And Pacific \| International News \| News \| ...
		Arne Rinnan said he and his crew of 27 aboard the freighter, the Tampa, feared for their lives amid deteriorating conditions and growing tension on board.
		Capt Rinnan, whose life-saving action placed him in an eight-day diplomatic and humanitarian crisis, said he felt "a little bit surprised and disappointed" by Australia's handling of events.
		Capt Rinnan, a seaman of 40 years' experience, and his first officer, Christian Maltau, leapt between the two vessels in heavy swells to pluck the stricken boat people to safety.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/07/wboat07.xml (785 words)

	ZNet Commentary
		Yet there was not a scrap of evidence that a single one of the 460 asylum seekers rescued from their leaking boat by the Norwegian freighter on August 26 was armed, as neither had Arne Rinnan hinted that any amongst the refugees had threatened his authority as the MS Tampa's captain.
		Rinnan remained firm in his refusal to move the MS Tampa out into international waters.
		And 460 desperate men, women and children remained in limbo, held in six empty freight containers, one of which served as their toilet, on the deck of a vessel anchored in heavy seas, and licensed to carry only 50 passengers.
	www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2001-09/01dumble.htm (1336 words)

	- Captain Rinnan - Captain of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Captain Rinnan is awarded the prize for his handling of the situation "Tampa" encountered when the ship on August 26 responded to an emergency call and rescued 438 children, women and men from a sinking vessel between Indonesia and Australia.
		Captain Rinnan and his crew are commended for showing both determination and wisdom to the shipwrecked at open sea, and for preserving basic humanitarian values both during the rescue operation and when caring for the refugees under very difficult circumstances outside Christmas Island.
		They have showed a whole world what quality shipping really is and, with their high principles and compassion, they have also set an example for all to follow.
	www.ww-group.com /index.asp?strUrl=1001668i&sid=1000161 (304 words)

	Tampa chief gets hero's welcome - theage.com.au
		Tampa captain Arne Rinnan is reunited with some of the young men he and his crew rescued from a sinking Indonesian boat.
		Captain Rinnan, 62, is on his last voyage before retirement and would not comment yesterday on how the Australian Government handled the situation, except to say that he was "disappointed".
		He said it was "very hard to tell" what could be learnt from the situation, "but a human life is a human life, it doesn't matter what kind of shape and colour and religion".
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/05/06/1019441477501.html (470 words)

	LL:DDV: SHINING A LIGHT ON DECENCY: THE TAMPA TRIBUTE
		Captain Rinnan, the crew and the shipping line upheld not only the principles of international maritime law but also the values of decency, diversity and tolerance that underpin all Port Phillips philosophies and policies.
		The decent actions of Captain Rinnan and his crew stand in stark contrast to those of the Australian Government whose refugee policy has been criticized internationally, she said.
		These awards are presented to individuals or organisations which have shown active leadership in the areas of multiculturalism and support and assistance to migrants and refugees.
	www.mail-archive.com /leftlink@vicnet.net.au/msg05200.html (1032 words)

	Tampa Tantrums - Marr & Wilkinson
		Rinnan did so, but he was, in fact, guided to the KM Palapa 1 nearly four hours later by an Australian Coastwatch plane.
		Rinnan found the Palapa 1 at a point in the ocean 75 nautical miles from Christmas Island and 246 nautical miles from the Indonesian port of Merak.
		The approach of Rinnan, the shipping line and their lawyers was exactly the same as that taken earlier in the night by AusSAR: it was for Rinnan to decide.
	sievx.com /articles/psdp/20011020TampaTantrums.html (3466 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Arne Rinnan has been told that if he sails away fro Christmas Island, the desperate boat people will throw themselves overboard.
		ARNE RINNAN, CAPTAIN, TAMPA: They have stopped eating, you see, since yesterday, and the tension among them is starting to increase.
		RINNAN: We have one place on board we could lock them in, but to get 428 people into one locker is not very easy.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0108/28/i_at.04.html (811 words)

	Maritime Union of Australia: News: Tampa captain knighted - 13 February 2002
		Tampa captain Arne Rinnan may be a demon in the eyes of Australian PM John Howard and Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock, but he is a hero in Norway and internationally
		On October 17 Captain Rinnan was also awarded the title Shipmaster of the Year by Lloyds List and the Nautical Institute.
		This is in recognition for his handling of refugee crisis, and his rescue of 438 men, women and children from a sinking vessel off the Australian coast.
	www.mua.org.au /news/general/knight.html (303 words)

	IJA131
		Captain Rinnan says he is sure that his telephones were monitored and he complained at the time to Australian soldiers who boarded the ship.
		Arne Rinnan, left, is reunited with some of the young men he and his crew rescued from a sinking Indonesian boat in August 2001.
		Arne Rinnan says clearly he is against USA as a world police.
	www.anarchy.no /ija131.html (3344 words)

	Australian soldiers board ship carrying boat people Asian Political News - Find Articles
		The Tampa's captain, Arne Rinnan, made the decision to bring the ship into Australian waters and closer to Christmas Island because he was concerned about the deteriorating health of the asylum seekers, a spokesman for the company which operates the Tampa said.
		Dexter said that Rinnan is standing firm in his decision to leave Australian waters, and that he was still in charge of the ship despite the presence of the military personnel.
		Rinnan has said the asylum seekers -- from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- threatened to jump overboard if they were forced to return to Indonesia.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2001_Sept_3/ai_78783579 (708 words)

	Tampa's captain visits on victory lap - smh.com.au
		After the awards and speeches comes the biggest imaginable lap of honour - a final global voyage - by Captain Arne Rinnan at the helm of MV Tampa.
		Captain Rinnan's country is home to the Nobel Peace prize, and while that award is likely to elude him, many others have showered down.
		Now she is in the throes of organising Captain Rinnan's only public engagement in Sydney, a press conference.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/05/10/1021002390826.html (312 words)

	The Cinema Collection \| MS Tampa: Refugees at Sea
		The hero of the story is Captain Arne Rinnan, whose actions at sea present a rare example of humanitarian behavior.
		The victims are the 438 refugees, who share their reasons for fleeing Afghanistan, and the fear they felt when they realized their ship was sinking.
		MS Tampa: Refugees at Sea is the story not only of the refugees and their hero, Captain Rinnan, but of the broader story of international politics and chaotic laws which strips legal rights from refugees at sea.
	www.wellspring.com /worldwide/detail.php?qckey=756 (147 words)

	“Tampa” crew receives UN award (Norway - the official site in the United States)
		Together with the owners and his crew, Captain Arne Rinnan of the Norwegian freighter "Tampa" has been presented with the United Nation’s Nansen Refugee Award 2002.
		Captain Rinnan´s action to rescue the refugees was courageous, as it risked delays and economic losses for "Tampa"’s owners.
		Rinnan has been praised for his action by, among others, an Australian grass-root movement, and the people of Hamburg named him "The Man of the Year".
	www.norway.org /News/archive/2002/200201tampa.htm (314 words)

	CNN.com - Asylum seekers stranded at sea - August 27, 2001
		The cargo ship's captain, Arne Rinnan, told a radio station in Perth, largest city on Australia's west coast, that he was 20 kilometers (12 miles) off Christmas Island, a remote Australian outpost 350 kilometers (220 miles) south of the Indonesian island of Java.
		Rinnan said he was worried about the health of two of the asylum seekers, one of whom had suffered a suspected heart attack and another who had a broken leg.
		The Tampa's captain has told Australian media a small group among the asylum seekers were aggressive and threatening as they did not want to be taken to the nearest port in Indonesia.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/08/27/aust.refugees.hijack.02 (679 words)

	The rescue of 438 people from an Indonesian fishing boat thrust a Norwegian shipping line into a politically-driven ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Journalists contacted Arne Rinnan and, unaware of the political consequences, he criticised the Australian government’s action.
		During the election and afterwards when activists attacked the government’s handling of the crisis, WWL refused to become involved in the debate.
		All media articles reflected widespread admiration for Arne Rinnan – by supporters and opponents of the government.
	www.ipra.org /library/docs/gwa3013.htm (1138 words)

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