The still-escalating conflict between Gaza-based Hamas military forces and the state of Israel has disrupted commercial operations in the maritime sector, although currently only to a limited degree. On Monday October 9th US-based oil major Chevron said that the Israeli authorities had asked it to...
Three of the 32 defendants at the end of the trial which arose out of the fire aboard the Norman Atlantic (IMO 9435466) late on December 27th 2014 have been sent to jail. On October 7th the Court of Bari in southern Italy sentenced the captain, Argilio Giacomazzi, to six years in jail. The First...
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Ship pilots are threatening to go on strike later this year because of new health checks being imposed by Associated British Ports (ABP), which operates the UK’s commercial ports. Unite union has said that the new checks, which were instituted in July 2023, were introduced without proper...
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A stowaway was caught while trying to get to Singapore from Chittagong by hiding in an empty container on board boxship Haian View (IMO 9470727). The young man – a lorry driver – had entered the reserved area of Chittagong Port on September 24th with a valid driver’s licence. He boarded the Haian...
West P&I Club has said that it was pleased to be the provider of P&I cover for the tanker Yemen (IMO 9323948), (formerly Nautica), which has taken on board the 1.1m barrels formerly on the decaying tanker FSO Safer. The 1976-built FSO Safer is owned by the Yemeni state oil company. Due to ongoing...
The captain and the operator of bulk carrier SM Roberts Bank (IMO 9842504) are in trouble with the French authorities after the vessel was alleged to have used its scrubber smoke filter within 3nm of the French coast. The use of open-loop scrubbers within three miles of French shores has been...
Ro-ro cargo ship Sanstar Dream (IMO 9105487) allided with berthed chemical/oil products tanker Yamayuri (IMO 9653290) at Tsuruga port, western Honshu, Japan during the morning of October 7th. The Sanstar Dream had unmoored and started manoeuvring to leave port, bound for Kanazawa, but was pushed...
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Bulk carrier Skipper Planet (IMO 9060730) collided with bulk carrier Cuma (IMO 9311206) shortly before dawn on October 8th when the vessels were about 12nm west of the western tip of Ikaria island, Greece, in the Aegean sea. The ships were sailing in opposite directions. Both ships interrupted...
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NorthStandard has issued an update on the current Israel situation, courtesy local correspondent Harpaz P&I. Members were “strongly advised to contact local agents for the latest advice should you have a vessel trading to Israel”. The port of Ashdod is currently operating in “emergency mode”...
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