The 'ASL Leban' was boarded by three perpetrators on March 30, 2024, at 12.45 a.m. in pos. 22° 14' N 91° 42' E on Chattogram anchorage. Nothing was reported stolen and no unjries reported.
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SALVAMAR DENEB
The Spanish flagged fishing vessel 'Faro de Guia' with two crew members on board went adrift near Cabo Menor due to a mechanical breakdown, after the engine overheated, on April 8, 2024, and requested assistance. The CCS Santander of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamaber Deneb', which took the ship in tow and safely pulled it to the fishing dock of Santander.
Tanger-Med
Tangier will today celebrate the opening of the largest container port in capacity terms in the whole of the Mediterranean, something that will bring enormous competition to the likes of Algericas just 25 nautical miles away across the Strait of Gibraltar. The $1.6bn expansion of Tanger Med port, located to the east of the Moroccan city of Tangier, due to be unveiled today will create Africa’s largest port with an annual capacity of 9.5m teu. The port is operated by APM Terminals, Eurogate and a local firm.
Ho Chi Minh
Samsung C&T Corp., a construction unit under Samsung Group, said Tuesday it has won a US$179.5 million project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Vietnam. Under the deal with Petrovietnam Gas Corp., Samsung C&T and Vietnamese firm PTSC will build the Southeast Asian country’s first LNG terminal, in the coastal area 70 kilometers southeast of Ho Chi Minh City for 40 months. The project also calls for the construction of LNG tanks and other related facilities, according to Samsung C&T. Samsung C&T has a 61 percent stake in the project. Source: Yonhap
GUARDAMAR URANIA
In the night of April 7, 2024, the motor yacht 'Sagittarius Star' with one person on board suffered engine problem and was disabled 15 nautical miles from Agaete. The bulk carrier 'Rich Azure' (IMO:9950648 ), en route from Riga to Hamad, managed to located the boat in the dark and collaborated with the CCS of Salvamento Marítimo in Tenerife center, which mobilized the 'Guardamar Urania' to assist, which took the boat in tow and safely pulled it to the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Report with photos: https://twitter.com/salvamentogob/status/1777082078825177585
ABDULLAH
The negotiations to free the crew of the ÄAbdullah' have been nearly finalised, with plans outlined for their release and return after Eid following the payment of ransom, said officials of KSRM Group that owns the vessel. The formal negotiations on the release process are well advanced. After freeing them, 23 new sailors wiil be ready to man the ship, which remained anchored off the coast of Gedoberjan. The exact amount of demanded ransom has not been disclosed. The sailors were said to be in good health, performing regular duties on board, and maintaining a cordial relationship with the pirates. They were managing water usage and food supplies adequately, without any cause for concern. It might take one to four weeks for the sailors to return home after the negotiation process has been completed. The 'Abdullah' may be directed to the nearest port, such as Oman. From there, the sailors will undergo health checks before being airlifted back to Bangladesh.
Charleston
South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), Southeast's deepwater port, said that five rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes arrived at Wando Welch Terminal to further modernize operations. The Port has received 14 of the 24 new cranes ordered for the Wando terminal; the terminal currently has 52 RTGs overall. Meanwhile, SCPA reported its strongest May on record, with 204,457 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled last month.
Brownsville
The Port of Brownsville is closer to deepening the Brownsville Ship Channel after receiving a key permit June 6 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to advance the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project (BIH) to its construction phase.
SALVAMAR SIRIUS
The Palamos Brotherhood reported that the fishing boat 'Ramona', with three crew members, suffered problems with the diesel pipe and requested towing assistance to port on April 8, 2024. The CCS Barcelona of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Sirius', which took the boat in tow and safely pulled it to Palamós.
RESOLVE II
The 22-year-old Indian deck cadet Pranav Karad has been reported missing from the 'REsolve II' on the night of April 4, 2024, while the ship was sailing between Singapore and Indonesia. Pranav’s family, who are residents of Pune’s Warje area, were seeking help from the Indian government. Employed by Mumbai-based Wilhelmsen Ship Management India for six months, Karad’s whereabouts remained unknown since the company notified his family. The family was trying to approach the police in Pune and Mumbai and other authorities to help them reach the Prime Minister’s Office and external affairs and shipping ministries.
Rotterdam
Container throughput continues to grow in Rotterdam. Following a record year in 2018 and a record quarter in 2019, April of this year was the best month ever for the Port of Rotterdam. 13.6 million tonnes of container freight was handled in April 2019. The previous record month was August 2018 (13.2 million tonnes). Measured in TEU, the standard unit for containers, April 2019 was the second-best month ever, with 1.3 million TEU, just a fraction lower than the record month of August 2018.
San Diego
Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, and General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard christened the largest combination container/roll-on, roll-off (“con-ro”) ship ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, CA on Saturday, June 15. The new vessel is named ‘Lurline,’ an iconic name in Matson’s long history, dating to the construction of Captain William Matson’s first ship of that name in 1887. Four more ships were given the name in subsequent years; this vessel will be the sixth. The new Lurline is the first of two new ships being built for Honolulu-based Matson by NASSCO at a total cost of approximately $500 million for the pair, and the third of four new vessels that Matson will put into service during 2018, 2019 and 2020. Named in honor of the ocean deity revered in the native Hawaiian culture, Matson’s two “Kanaloa Class” vessels under construction at the NASSCO shipyard are being built on a 3,500 TEU* vessel platform.