Subsequent to the transfer to another tanker of all the crude oil on board the FSO Safer off the coast of Yemen, salvor SMIT has completed the tank washing of the Safer. SMIT said that it was now tidying up its part in the operation, including transferring equipment to the Ndeavor, as well as other…
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A ministerial panel for national security is being convened by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in an attempt to improve the Italian government’s response to a significant increase in the number of migrant arrivals, mainly by boat across the Mediterranean or by land through the Balkans. The...
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub for the Silk Alliance, four additional members have joined the initiative: The four new members will support the project, which aims to achieve the decarbonisation of a regional shipping corridor…
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Ukrainian officials asked Lebanon on Thursday August 24th to bar Syrian state-owned cargo ship Finikia (IMO 9385233), which Ukraine claimed was carrying stolen Ukrainian grain, reported Reuters, citing a diplomatic note it had seen. The vessel was seeking to dock in Tripoli, Lebanon. The Ukrainian...
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A second ship has left the Ukrainian port of Odesa as part of Ukraine’s unilateral humanitarian corridor. Liberia-flagged freighter Primus (IMO 9310757), loaded with steel products headed for Senegal, West Africa, had departed Odesa on Saturday August 26th. The vessel broadcast AIS continuously...
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Spanish police have made seized 9.5 tonnes of cocaine which had been hidden among boxes of bananas in a shipping container from Ecuador. The illicit cargo was discovered when the vessel was in the southern port of Algeciras. It is the largest-ever cocaine consignment found in a single container in...
Wholesale gas prices in Europe have fallen after a planned strike at Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf plant – Australia’s largest liquefied natural gas plant – looked to have been averted. On Thursday August 24th the firm reached an agreement in principle with unions, which it is hoped will halt...
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Shipowners’ Club has provided a summary of the complexities behind laytime and demurrage, and the legal issues that can occasionally result. Laytime and demurrage are two of the most fundamental principles applicable to voyage charterparties. The position can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,...
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A bulk carrier charged with “appalling treatment of seafarers” has been banned from Australian ports for a year. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said that Liberian-flagged bulk carrier MSXT Emily (IMO 9929302) had experienced serious issues of wage theft and seafarer mistreatment....
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A dozen Indian seafarers had a shock when they arrived at a South American airport to fly home at the end of their contracts, because their flight tickets turned out to be fake. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) alleged that this situation came on top of the seafarers having...