Group Club NorthStandard has supplied an update on the current situation regarding ports in the area of Yemen. GAC Yemen Ltd advised that, following the hijacking of the Galaxy Leader, approximately the status of ports remain unchanged. GAC further advised that there were no notifications from...
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Latitude Brokers, the Asian subsidiary of France-based Filhet-Allard Maritime, has appointed James Gargrave as P&I Director, to be based in the company’s Singapore office. Gargrave will support Latitude’s existing P&I and Charterer’s Liability portfolio which has grown significantly over the past...
Chemical/oil products tanker Central Park (IMO 9725823) which was seized in the Gulf of Aden was now safe after US Navy warship USS Mason, with help from allied ships, responded to the tanker’s distress call, US officials said on Sunday November 26th. The tanker was carrying a cargo of phosphoric...
The controversy over whether some ships that have been subject to a string of detentions as a result of PSCs, ad yet which continue to sail, is likely to re-emerge in industry discussions after a Comoros-flagged cargo ship carrying salt sank off the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday November 26th,...
China’s Maritime Safety Administration has published “the Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of Vessels under Special Follow-up”. These come into force on December 1st, overwriting the 2013 publication of the same name The Provisions apply to both Chinese vessels and foreign vessels...
Climate activist group Rising Tide has claimed responsibility for a climate change protest off the east coast of Australia that disrupted operations on Saturday November 25th at the Port of Newcastle, NSW, which is the country’s biggest coal export port. Some 1,500 people were at the protest, 300...
Container ship CMA CGM Symi (IMO 9867839) was reported to have been attacked by an Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean early on November 24th. The ship suffered some damage, but the crew were all reported safe. However, the details supplied by various reports on an anonymous basis, including one from...
Bulk carrier Barbro G (IMO 9546796) ran aground in the Detroit River between downtown Detroit and Belle island in the early morning of November 27th. The vessel appeared to have anchored by then drifted aground, perhaps while leaving anchorage. The vessel was listed as en route from Sault Ste...
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Three major Greek shipping firms – Minerva Marine, Thenamaris, and TMS Tankers – have stopped transporting Russian at the same time as the US DoJ has taken a tougher line on the need for shippers to ensure that their vessels were not carrying oil that had been bought at above the G7-prescribed...
Iranian-flagged fishing vessel Almeraj 1 (MMSI 422170620) has been hijacked by Somali clan militia off Eyl, marking the first pirate activity off the Somalian coastline for many years. Commercial shipping has been advised to stay outside of Somalian territorial waters because of a danger of what...
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