A preliminary and hitherto unpublished Isle of Man Registry preliminary report found that the CEG Orbit (IMO 8906224), ran aground off the Isle of Man on August 26th 2021 because the chief officer urgently needed to visit the washroom. The vessel ran aground at Cranstal, Isle of Man, shortly after...
The Port of Los Angeles was currently being hit by about 40m cyber-attacks a month, mostly from Europe and Russia, including former Eastern Bloc nations, which was twice the number of attacks seen until recently. POLA director Gene Seroka said in an interview with the BBC that “our intelligence...
Virgin Voyages has responded immediately to the decision by the US CDC to end its voluntary Covid-19 programme for cruise ships by stating that it would be removing pre-embarkation testing for sailings from July 24th onwards for EU sailings and from July 27th for on US sailings. However,...
Nearly 1,700 seafarers and inhabitants of Mauritius who have been adversely impacted by the Wakashio (IMO 9337119) oil spill are preparing a class action against Okiyo Maritime Corp, according to reports. Mauritian political movement Rezistans ek Alternativ (ReA) referred to a possible class action...
Russian forces have said that they had destroyed a Ukrainian warship and US-supplied Harpoon anti-ship missiles in the Ukrainian port of Odesa. Russian news agencies quoted the defence ministry as saying on Sunday July 24th that “a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse with US-supplied Harpoon...
There was a recorded increase in armed robberies on vessels in the Singapore Strait during H1 2022, according to ReCAAP ISC’s half-yearly report. However, as these events were not on the open sea, they did not qualify as “piracy”. In fact the Asian region had no incident of piracy during the first...
Correspondent Oasis has released a detailed update on the current Covid-19 restrictions in Chinese ports. Topics covered include in a port-by-port listing include: Whether surveyors’ attendance on board is allowed Whether change of Chinese crew members is allowed Whether change of foreign crew...
Prior to any efficiency modifications, more than 75% of the fleet — bulkers, tankers and containerships — will not be compliant with the Energy Efficiency Existing Index (EEXI) that will enter into force in 2023, according to Joey Daly, Cargo Analyst at VesselsValue. In 2021 the International...
Ongoing congestion at ports across North Europe has led Denmark-based shipper AP Moller-Maersk announces an update on the situation at the major ports of Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp. Following a 48-hour strike across German terminals, negotiations between trade union ver.di and the...
Protests by US truck drivers that began in Oakland Port on Monday July 18th continued into Wednesday The drivers are demonstrating against a new California state labour law (“AB5”) that they say is biased in favour of big businesses and makes it harder for independent truckers to operate. Drivers...