The Chinese fishing trawler Hailufeng 11, licensed to fish in Côte d’Ivoire, was taken by pirates on Thursday, May 14 in the Ivorian exclusive economic zone with 18 crewmembers aboard – eight Chinese, seven Ivorian and three Ghanaian. Through rapid and engaged cooperation among a number of different African states and institutions, the vessel was […]
On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned the U.S. against any interference with the shipment of Iranian petroleum products to Venezuela, accusing the Trump administration of committing “a kind of marine piracy.” Both Venezuela and Iran face stifling U.S. sanctions, and while both are oil-rich, Venezuela’s refining infrastructure is collapsing after years […]
[Brief] On Sunday afternoon, guards aboard the tanker Stolt Apal successfully repulsed a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, according to operator Stolt Tankers. At about 1230 hours UTC, the Stolt Apal was approached by two speedboats at a position about 75 nm off the coast of Yemen. Her embarked security team fired warning […]
On Sunday afternoon, the Captain of the Port for North Carolina closed the Port of Morehead City to inbound traffic effective at 1400 hours as a precautionary measure ahead of Tropical Storm Arthur. The COTP expects to set Port Condition Zulu – indicating tropical storm force winds arriving within 12 hours – at about 2200. […]
The U.S. Coast Guard is warning inland towboat operators to set up their AIS transponder to broadcast the full size of the barge tow, not just the size of the vessel. According to the brief, improper AIS setup may have been implicated in a recent collision between two towboats on the Mississippi – likely the RC Creppel and […]
[By Kong Lingyu] Although there is no official word, it is highly likely the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), due to be held in Kunming this October, will be pushed back to next year, as the coronavirus epidemic has forced a number of preparatory meetings to be […]
On May 2, the guided missile destroyer USS Lassen and an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment were recovering more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana from a smuggling boat in the Caribbean. While on a routine patrol about 15 miles northeast of Navassa Island – a U.S.-administered wildlife refuge located between Jamaica and Haiti […]
Even Germany’s largest universal port is affected by the repercussions of the corona crisis. Seaborne cargo throughput in the first quarter of the year at 31.9 million tons was 7.9 percent down on 2019. Container handling at 2.2 million TEU was 6.6 percent lower. Container hinterland transport services remains comparatively stable, while the drop in […]
The hospital ship USNS Mercy has departed Los Angeles and returned to her home port in San Diego, ending her seven-week mission to assist the LA area’s healthcare system. Mercy arrived in LA on March 24 to provide the area’s hospitals with extra capacity for non-COVID-19 patients. However, the outbreak in Los Angeles ultimately proved […]
Hamburg, Germany’s largest port, reported that despite remaining fully-operational during the first quarter its cargo volumes declined nearly eight percent to just under 32 million tons. “The partial shutdown of the Chinese economy, resulting in blank sailings in shipping, led to lower cargo handling in Hamburg,” explained Axel Mattern, Joint CEO of Port of Hamburg […]
Customs authorities in Cyprus have seized artifacts raised by the privately-funded Enigma Shipwrecks Project from a wreck site in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Cypriot government has objected to the retrieval activity in strong terms, accusing the firm of “violently extracting objects, causing destruction to their context” with an intent to sell. The wreck in question […]
The first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation recently took place in France at the Port of Marseille Fos. The Costa Smeralda, only the second cruise ship in the world to be powered entirely by liquefied natural gas, required an LNG delivery while berth in the port during the current suspension in cruising. (courtesy Port of Marseille Fos) […]
