Earlier this month the US Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) issued reminders to the New Orleans port community that crewmembers could not be sent ashore for medical appointments or repatriation before the arriving vessel is cleared by CBP, report Attorneys Murphy, Rogers & Sloss in New Orleans. The CBP...
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UK P&I Club completed the redemption of its 10 year $100m hybrid bond with effect August 22nd. Its S&P ‘A’ rating was affirmed. UK P&I Club formally announced its intention to redeem the bond on July 18th. The Club said that the bond had provided an effective way of increasing the Club’s regulatory...
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Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy and Enhance Maritime Security in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea and Global Counter Piracy Guidance for Companies, Masters and Seafarers are now available for free from Witherby Publishing. Contact Emily Christie...
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The US Coast Guard has published a Final Rule eliminating the requirement for certain vessels that operate on voyages within a single Captain of the Port zone to submit an Annual Ballast Water Summary Report for 2018. The USCG said that it viewed the reporting requirement as unnecessary in order to...
Rescue vessel Aquarius (aka Aquarius 2) (IMO 7600574), which had previously claimed to be a research vessel, while simultaneously rescuing migrants from stranded vessels in the central Mediterranean Sea, has had its registration revoked for a second time. Unless it can find a third flag, it will...
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A general strike in French Polynesia has resulted in cargo being stuck in the Port of Pape’ete after port workers blocked cargo movement. They stopped all goods leaving the area unless they were perishable goods or pharmaceuticals, said Radio New Zealand. Five unions called for the strike in an...
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The 12 of the 19 crew members of a Swiss bulk carrier Glavus (IMO 9220471) who were kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria are from the Philippines, Slovenia, Ukraine, Romania, Croatia and Bosnia, the West African nation’s maritime agency NIMASA said on Sunday, September 23rd. The vessel was...
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Containership Alexander Maersk (IMO 9164237) has been held in Tunisia in connection with claims on containership Maersk Honam. “We can confirm that on September 10th the vessel Alexander Maersk was detained in the Port of Sfax, Tunisia,” a Maersk spokesman told Lloyd’s List ., adding that this was...
The High Court in London has continued its injunction prohibiting the state-controlled Port de Djibouti S.A. (PDSA) from interfering with the management of the joint venture company, Doraleh Container Terminal SA (DCT). The injunction was first issued on August 31st, prohibiting PDSA, as...
The ongoing political controversy about the export of live animals form Australia took another twist last week when a vessel engaged in the export of live animals was detained because the vessel’s crew allegedly had not been paid their wages. Livestock carrier Maysora (IMO 8310542) was detained by...