UAE port operator the AD Ports Group and the Economic Development Board of Madagascar have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the identification of commercial opportunities across the maritime, industry, and logistics sectors in Madagascar. Under the terms of the MOU, both...
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OPINION | How Australia can work with France in the western Indian Ocean
The western Indian Ocean – home to the island states of Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Comoros, as well as the French territories of La Reunion and Mayotte – o ..
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EDITORIAL | Dramatic reduction in ferry fatalities in 2022
Following a very poor year for known ferry fatalities in 2021, last year, 2022, saw a big improvement with the known death toll almost halved from 1,378 to 699. However, ..
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Nine killed in boat collision in Madagascar
Nine people were killed while several others have been reported as missing following a vessel collision incident in north-western Madagascar in the early evening (local t ..
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Friday, April 1, 2022
Monaco’s Orthodox worshippers venerate 13th Century Icon
One of the Orthodox Church’s most holy and ancient icons visited Monaco on Thursday, March 31, an occasion that had been planned for several weeks…
Europe’s Russian gas in jeopardy as Ukraine braces
President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte…
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EDITORIAL | 2021 – A bad year for ferry fatalities
Following an excellent performance in 2020 when the global ferry fatality toll was the lowest since the Baird Maritime Passenger Vessel Accident database commenced in 196 ..
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Over 60 dead, several others missing after cargo ship sinks off Madagascar
A total of 64 people were killed while 24 others have gone missing after a cargo vessel sank in rough seas off northeastern Madagascar on Monday, December 20. The vessel, ..
ICTSI secures Madagascar concession extension
Manilla-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and Société de Gestion du Port Autonome de Toamasina (SPAT) signed a 15-year extension of the concession for the Madagascar…
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COLUMN | Salvage! (or alternative employment for a rig supply vessel) [The Wet Detective]
In 1976, Offshore Marine’s 699GT Scotian Shore had spent over a year on charter to various companies around the Red Sea and South West Indian Ocean. Early in July t ..
OPINION | The Mozambique Channel is the next security hotspot
The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems ..