By Mohammed Omar Ahmed Aug 31, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Djibouti’s government plans to offer Ethiopia exclusive access to a new port to defuse tensions sparked by the landlocked nation’s ambitions to have…
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(Bloomberg) — Captain Mohammed Houssein Omar patrols one of the most dangerous coastlines in the world. Until the Israel-Hamas conflict reignited seven months ago, it was largely people smugglers and…
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By Iain Marlow (Bloomberg) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Houthi militants in Yemen must know they’ll face “consequences” for continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea, even as…
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With its complex transnational ownership and operating structures, international merchant shipping has long had considerable potential as a terrorist target. The seizure or damaging of a merchant vessel can spawn a great deal of divisive international security and financial mayhem, as well as being...
Chinese sailors at the People’s Liberation Army Navy base in Djibouti in 2019. Xinhua Photo
A team of researchers have identified likely locations of future Chinese naval bases not only in the Indo-Pacific but as far away as the Atlantic coast of Africa.
China invested in a “whole swath of ports” through its decade-old Belt and Road Initiative, but it is not clear which one will be used for a future naval base, said Alexander Wooley, one of the study’s authors and director of partnerships and...
DP World has won the latest in a string of court rulings, as it defends its rights as shareholder and concessionaire in Djibouti’s Doraleh Container Terminal. The Court of Appeal of Hong Kong has dismissed the latest request by China Merchants Port Holdings seeking permission to file a second...
https://splash247.com/dp-world-wins-latest-judgement-over-djibouti-concession/
A new regional maritime security project that will focus on the Red Sea area and some of its surrounding countries was launched in Djibouti earlier this month. The Region ..
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New Strategic Partnership between Bunker One and Red Sea Bunkering Aims to Grow Djibouti Market
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Djibouti is the latest country to benefit from a national training workshop* (held 2-5 August, 2021) on implementation and enforcement of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). The workshop particularly emphasized the importance of MARPOL Annexe V, which focuses on prevention of pollution by garbage from ships and prohibits disposal of plastics and restricts disposal of other ship-generated solid wastes at sea.
The workshop, held in Djibouti City and...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-supports-djibouti-to-prevent-pollution-from-ships/
Dubai-headquartered terminal operator DP World has won another legal hearing against the government of Djibouti over the Doraleh Container Terminal. A tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled against Djibouti’s port company, Port de Djibouti S.A. (PDSA), in its dispute...
https://splash247.com/dp-world-wins-ruling-over-djibouti-port-dispute/