An Italian shipping company admitted discharging oily waste and other pollutants into the sea and then lying about it, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark announced. The company, d’Amico Shipping Italia S.p.A., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to an information charging it …
Today Tuesday 23rd April, 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the formation of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy of which it was celebrated with a large naval parade in the western port of Qingdao, showing off new military hardware that it hopes will bolster its global reach. 568 PLAN HENGYANG leaving Grand Harbour, Malta back …
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0649 hrs – The 2009 built LBR flag bulker LOUISA BOLTEN entered Pozzallo berthing at Banchina Foranea assisted by 2 tugs. IMO: 9406049; 179 m; 19,972 GRT. Duty tugs were the 1978 built tug CITTA DI AUGUSTA (IMO: 7711177; 32 m; 199 GRT) and the 1980 built tug LIONE (IMO: 7929073; 32 m; 200 GRT). …
Between Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November 2001, the 1968 built ship MARWA M homeported at Nuku Alofa, Tonga decided to seek shelter in the Comino Channel when it is against the law due to bad weather conditions with North Westerly Wind Force 7-8. On Sunday 25th November 2001, she was spotted by the AFM …
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The floating dock or Caissonier MARCO POLO was spotted at Marseille Harbour in France on Saturday 13th April, 2019. She arrived from Poland from the builders on Sunday 27th August 2017 as a deck cargo aboard the semi submersible heavy lift vessel SUN RISE. She’s 56 metres long with 50 metres wide and 27 metres …
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Montenegrin military police have seized around 50 kilograms of drugs on board the naval training ship JADRAN, hours before she was scheduled to take students on a training cruise, while moored in the Adriatic Port of Tivat the defence ministry and local media said on Friday. In a dawn raid prompted by a tip off, …
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The Spanish government now allowed the OPEN ARMS and another rescue vessel AITA MARI a former Basque fishing vessel converted into a migrant rescue vessel to set sail for Greece to deliver aid supplies to migrants. “After being blocked in the port for 100 days, the vessel OPEN ARMS will set sail, but without authorisation …
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Spanish NGOs to deliver aid supplies to Greek islands – 18.04.2019 Read More »
On Wednesday 14th June 2017, a ship to ship (STS) Operation between the 274 m crude oil tanker LOS ANGELES SPIRIT and the 183 m chemical/oil products tanker PINK CORAL was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS offshore Malta. LOS ANGELES SPIRIT was built in South Korea by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industies back …
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Italian tanker company PB Tankers is vowing to fight sanctions placed against it by the U.S. Treasury department over its alleged involvement in the Venezuelan oil sector. PB Tankers S.p.a. was one of four shipping companies named last week by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as having transported oil …
The 2009 built PAN flag pipelay vessel SEVEN ANTARES has joined the fleet of Nigerian offshore construction company NigerStar 7 a joint venture company created by Jagal and Subsea 7. NigerStar 7 was awarded a large deal by a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, for the production uplift pipeline projects (PUPP) in shallow water, offshore Nigeria. Subsea …
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