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Navibulgar El propietario búlgaro en el centro de un nuevo incidente de corte de cable en el Báltico ha negado que su barco haya llevado a cabo deliberadamente el último daño a la infraestructura submarina en la región, algo que los analistas están disputando mientras los políticos discuten más que...
The Bulgarian owner at the centre of a new cable cutting incident in the Baltic has denied its ship deliberately carried out the latest damage to subsea infrastructure in the region, something analysts are disputing while politicians discuss clamping down further on ships leaving Russia. The...
https://splash247.com/baltic-states-call-for-new-rules-to-tackle-shadow-fleet-threat/
OTAN La Fiscalía sueca ha incautado un barco sospechoso de dañar ayer el cable submarino de fibra óptica que une Letonia y la isla sueca de Gotland, el último de una serie de ataques de sabotaje submarino que asolan la región del Báltico. El barco en cuestión esta vez es un granelero de 32.200 TPM...
The Swedish Prosecution Authority has seized a ship suspected of damaging un underwater fiber optic cable linking Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland yesterday, the latest in a series of undersea sabotage attacks plaguing the Baltic region. The ship in question this time is the 32,200 dwt,...
https://splash247.com/sweden-seizes-tanker-suspected-of-being-behind-latest-baltic-cable-outage/
Bulgarian bulker owner IHB Shipping has moved to renew its fleet in a deal with Chinese builder New Dayang for three ultramax newbuilds. The Varna-based unit of Industrial Holding Bulgaria (IHB) should see the vessels delivered from the shipbuilding arm of state-run machinery manufacturer Sumec by...
https://splash247.com/ihb-shipping-kicks-off-fleet-renewal-with-ultramax-orders-in-china/
The International Transport Workers Federation (the ITF) continues to identify shocking cases of crew mistreatment, wage theft, and deplorable conditions aboard ships operating in Australian waters, with the latest example in Mackay Harbour involving the Eleen Sofia, run by Ellen Marine from...
https://splash247.com/itf-highlights-bulgarian-ship-of-shame/
Seventeen people suffered varying degrees of injury after a Bulgarian cruise ship transiting the Danube River struck the side of a lock in northern Austria on Friday, March 29. The unidentified vessel, which had more than 140 passengers embarked, was sailing along the Danube near the municipality...
A Navibulgar bulk carrier and all 17 crew, hijacked by Somali pirates three months ago, have been rescued by the Indian naval forces. The navy said the special commandos on its warship INS Kolkata had forced the surrender of 35 Somali pirates and that the crew of the abducted Maltese-flagged Ruen...
https://splash247.com/bulk-carrier-freed-from-somali-pirates-after-three-month-hijacking/
Best Medium Patrol Boat – Balchik – Baltic Workboats At 45 metres LOA, this patrol boat is nearing the maximum size of boats built, to date, by the fast growing Estonian aluminium boat designer and builder Baltic Workboats (BWB). Much of BWB’s production is for export and, as it was built for the...