Cargo owners Adriaanse Import & Export, JDM Food Group, Rewe-Zentral, TFC Holland and their insurers, US-based AIG and Germany-based Allianz, are suing the ship’s owner, Japan-based Shoei Kisen Kaisha, in a London court over the six-day grounding of giant container ship Ever Given in the southern...
A fight broke out between passengers aboard the cruise ship Carnival Sunrise (IMO 9138850) on September 9th as the vessel was returning from a Caribbean cruise. The fight reportedly began between just two people after one claimed that the other had stolen their chair at the Tides Bar, which is...
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Water levels fell again on the River Rhine in Germany last week, indicating that the respite provided in early September as the rains reappeared was only temporary. That said, by the end of las week on September 23rd the levels remained significantly higher than they were at during lows earlier in...
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China-based correspondent Huatai Marine said that it had recently received enquiries from International group Clubs about administrative fines faced by their members for dumping food wastes in Chinese waters. Huatai Marine said that it had been requested to provide relevant regulations and...
Crude oil tanker Alexia (IMO 9389966) caught fire at around during the morning of September 22nd in the Gulf of Finland while en route from Ust Luga Russia to Turkey, apparently in load. According to the Finnish and Estonian SAR Command Centres the fire was extinguished and nobody was injured....
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The summer months of 2022 have seen a “slow-motion collapse” in freight rates for both Dry Bulk Carriers and Containerships, according to Using VesselsValue data, Vivek Srivastava, Senior Trade Flow Analyst at VesselsValue. For bulk carriers the Capesize 54-TCA Index fell from $38,169 per day on...
On September 19th the EU further amended its FAQS on sanctions against Russia, and in so doing provided a little more clarity on the application of provisions relating to the carriage of certain cargoes from Russia, including coal and other solid fossil fuels, as well as certain types of...
Residual oil was found spilling from the wreck of bulk carrier OS 35 (IMO 9172399) on September 21st, leading Gibraltar authorities to close the port again for an unspecified period. This included stopping all bunkering operations. The OS 35 remained submerged on the seabed about half a mile from...
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued safety recommendations to the managers and parent company of cargo ship BBC Rhonetal (IMO 9614701) following an investigation into a fire in the hold of the vessel at Port Hedland, Western Australia. The ATSB concluded that the managers of...
The only two realistic scenarios for Russia in the current Russia-Ukraine conflict are a stalemate or a significant defeat, possibly within 10 weeks, according to Dr Dominick Donald, Senior Advisor Herminius UK-London. In his analysis of the current geopolitical situation in the region at this...