The US Coast was, together with local fire agencies, responding to a barge fire on Monday May 23rd, about nine miles south of Port Mahon. Watchstanders at the Sector Delaware Bay Command Center received a call at about 01:00 local time reporting a barge on fire in the Delaware River. The barge was...
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Fuel oil arrivals from Russia to offshore Greece jumped to record levels in April, subsequent to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the increasing difficulty experienced by vessels trying to offload Russian oil in European ports. One solution has been to resort to ship-to-ship (STS) transfers,...
Bulk carrier Penguin Island (IMO 9520962) was reported to have been on fire since around 10:00 UTC on May 21st when in the North Atlantic some 600 nm west of the Azores. The vessel is en route from Convent, USA to Gibraltar, ETA May 26th. 2011-built, Hong Kong-flagged, 32,433 gt Penguin Island is...
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Indonesia is set to lift its month-long ban on palm oil exports next week, President Joko Widodo said on Saturday May 21st The ban was put in place in April as a temporary measure to stop local producers taking advantage of higher prices abroad and leaving domestic consumers short of supplies. The...
The Biden administration in the US looks set to permit Venezuela to export oil to Europe. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th the US has been thawing its dealings with Venezuela, partly to replace the oil no longer being exported from Russia to Europe, and partly to try to weaken...
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There are growing fears throughout the shipping industry of renewed disruptions and backlogs as China begins renormalizing operations in Shanghai following nearly two months of Covid-related disruption. Vessel diversions increased rapidly starting from mid-April, resulting in a growing amount of export cargo in Shanghai not being shipped. The restart in operations is expected to come…
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Marseille, France-based CMA CGM is to invest in Air France-KLM, joining forces in the air cargo domain. A long-term strategic partnership signed this week will see both parties combine their complementary cargo networks, full freighter capacity and dedicated services. The agreement will have an...
General cargo ships Walter Hammann (IMO 8714841) and Dagna (IMO 9313802) collided shortly after midnight local time on May 15th in the Lower Weser upstream from Nordenham, Germany, The Dagna was sailing upstream to Brake, Germany, while the German coaster was sailing downstream, from Bremen,...
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Iranian authorities seized a foreign ship that was alleged to have been attempting to smuggle fuel out of the country. The crew were detained, state news agency IRNA said on May 18th. Iran heavily subsidizes its fuel for domestic consumption, which makes attractive the smuggling of fuel abroad to...
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The containers carrying palm oil on the ship Mathu Bhum (IMO 8813647) were booked prior to Indonesia suspending palm oil exports in April (IMN May 10th, May 13th), its operator RCL has said. There was no container from RCL in the list of 34 20ft containers. However, they were all customs approved...