Chemical / oil products tanker Minerva Antonia (IMO 9380398) ran aground late on April 23rd while departing from Iskenderun Global Terminal, Turkiye. No pollution was caused; nor were any casualties reported or damage to the vessel. The vessel was refloated quickly and later reached Dortyol...
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An obstructed check valve on a bilge pump was the fundamental cause behind the flooding and partial sinking of towing vessel Joanne Marie (MMSI 367509070 ) last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found. The incident occurred when the vessel was moored and deactivated at a...
Hidden storage locations near main terminals to reduce the risk of detection, plus collaboration from some, possibly planted, personnel, were two trends in the smuggling of drugs from Colombia to Europe and other international locations, according to a report from West of England Club’s...
Russia’s state-owned Russian National Reinsurance Company (RNRC) has given financial backing to three Russian insurers, reports Reuters, citing two unnamed sources. This will enable the insurers to get Indian approval to provide marine insurance cover to tankers. Sogaz Insurance, Alfastrakhovanie, and VSK Insurance have joined Ingosstrakh as insurers approved by India for providing marine insurance…
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The Yemen-based Houthi group have had a couple of weeks off from attacking vessels in the southern Red Sea and north-western Indian Ocean, but on Wednesday they returned, presumably replenished with missiles and drones. The attacked vessels were the Maersk Yorktown (IMO 9289192) and an American...
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Logistics and transport insurer mutual TT Club (TT) collaborated with its members, partners and service providers to compile a toolkit to help its insureds meet the complex demands developing ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) policies present. It provides signposts to strategies and solutions to challenges such as emissions calculation, reduction and reporting. TT CEO Charles Fenton…
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An Egyptian wheat ship has been allowed to sail from the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea after waiting three weeks for the correct paperwork. It was the second such ship to be delayed because of a dispute between one of Russia’s top grain traders and a local regulator. Saad Moussa,...
NorthStandard’s correspondent in Senegal has said that reports continued to come in of vessels facing fines imposed by the Senegalese customs authorities, with Dakar, the Senegalese capital, being a particular problem. NorthStandard said that recent experience suggested the customs authorities’...
Four seafarers went missing after an unidentified vessel hit the anti-collision pier of the Jiujiang Bridge in Foshan, Guangdong province, China, and sank. One report said that the vessel could have been the 96-metre-long Xin Rong Hai 1 (MMSI 413692780), although this had not yet been confirmed,...
Hourly workers in Baltimore’s ports, used to 80-hour pay cheques, have been lucky to get a few hours’ work a week since the March 26th allision between container ship Dali and the Baltimore Key Bridge. In the final hours of the legislative session, Maryland passed an Act that gave the governor’s...