SEA GUARDIAN Threat & Risk Assessment 14 Feb – 21 Feb 2025

Vice Admiral (ret.) H.N. John (Ioannis) Pavlopoulos, Honorary Commander in Chief of the Hellenic Fleet,  Former Military Representative of Greece  to the NATO and EU 

Brief Update No 25/05 Date: 21 Feb 2025

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This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open sources, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) and United Kingdom Maritime Trade...

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DP World advances first phase of US$80 million Sokhna Logistics Park

Image used are for illustrative purpose, as the park is being constructed meanwhile

Park will offer a comprehensive range of trade enabling services

Strategically located within the Suez Canal Economic Zone with direct access to the Port of Ain Sokhna

Ain Sokhna, Egypt – 11 FEBRUARY 2025 – DP World has reached a major milestone in the development of the Sokhna Logistics Park, with 65% of the first phase now complete. The $80 million, state-of-the-art logistics hub, strategically located in the...

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European Federation of Inland Ports calls for a Stronger EU Transport Budget to Ensure Connectivity, Sustainability, and Resilience

Turi Fiorito

The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) has joined with over 45 European organisations to call on the General Affairs and Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers to preserve and strengthen a dedicated European transport funding instrument in the future EU budget. The letter “A competitive and resilient Europe requires a stronger EU transport budget” highlights the role of a modern connected transport network in the success of the European Single Market.

Inland Ports: The...

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FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: Construction of the Delaware and Hudson Canal began 197 years ago

Mountains of coal were transferred to Hudson River barges at Roundout, NY. (Photo: Wayne County Historical Society/National Park Service)

The period between 1800 and 1850 has been termed the Canal Era in United States history. Since the country’s founding after the War of Independence, the new nation’s leaders understood the need for a network of internal improvements to make continental transportation easier. 

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The Erie...

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Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure H.E. Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that “Türkiye’s 30-year transport plan is ready”

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure H.E. Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that “Türkiye’s 30-year transport plan is ready”

ISTANBUL, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Minister of Transport and Infrastructure H.E. Adil Karaismailoğlu made important statements in the “Transport Vision 2053” meeting where the transport and communication infrastructure plans of Türkiye were introduced.

Emphasizing that the decisions in the “Transport and Logistics Master Plan”, prepared in accordance with the Vision 2053 of...

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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: First plan for national infrastructure issued in 1808

The Erie Canal in 1829. (Image: transportgeograpy.org)

In 1807, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution requesting the U.S. Treasury Department to prepare and submit “a plan for the application of such means are within the power of Congress, to the purposes of opening roads, and making canals,” and other recommendations on how the federal government could improve what was then an inadequate and fragmented national transportation system.

On April 4, 1808, President Thomas Jefferson’s Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin submitted a wide-ranging...

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Ukraine – IMO information and web page

The ongoing armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine presents a serious and immediate threat to the safety and security of crews and vessels operating in the region. IMO is continuing to liaise closely with all key stakeholders in the region to contribute to efforts to address the safety and security of seafarers and shipping. 

For information from IMO and communications from Member States please refer to main page: 

Maritime Security and Safety in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/04/ukraine-imo-information-and-web-page/

IACS Council Withdraws Russian Register’s Membership of IACS

IACS Council Withdraws Russian Register’s Membership of IACS

Following the recent, tragic developments in Ukraine and resulting actions taken by governments and other entities worldwide including, in particular, sanctions in the UK where IACS is domiciled, IACS Council has been continuously reviewing the developing sanctions landscape to ensure it complies fully with all legal requirements.  As part of that ongoing evaluation, and following the receipt of external legal advice, IACS Council...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/11/iacs-council-withdraws-russian-registers-membership-of-iacs/

Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping

Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping

Anny Zade

By Anny Zade

We have not experienced anything like this and never witnessed or heard anything to be as closely followed as the international mega-spread talk, gossip and social media communication, as the aftermath of our third international 100 Top Women in Shipping. It was more than touching to see how women reacted in uploading the results and making presentations individually or in groups in many regions all over Planet Ocean....

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