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FV SANTA LUZIA HIRU
A crew member of the 'Santa Luzia Hiru' was injured in an accident on May 29, 2024, and needed to be medevaced in the Bay of Biscy. Salvamento Marítimo deployed the SAR boat 'Salvamar Rigel', which took the man off and transported him to the port of Gijón, where an ambulance was waiting.
Houston
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) announced a series of projects, totaling over $170 million of capital investment, that will increase efficiency, add product liquidity, and enhance blending capabilities at its Pasadena and Galena Park terminals, part of its best-in-class refined products storage hub on the Houston Ship Channel. In response to growing customer demand, KMI’s liquids terminal platform now boasts 10 ship docks, 38 barge spots, 20 inbound pipelines providing connectivity to 10 regional refineries and chemical plants, 15 outbound pipelines, 14 cross-channel lines, and approximately 43 million barrels of storage on the Houston Ship Channel, North America’s leading port for energy exports.
Takoradi
Expansion works on the Takoradi Port have started with the construction of a multipurpose on-dock Atlantic Container Terminal. The project will see the port basin being dredged to create a 16-metre depth and land reclamation for the building of five new berths to hold bigger capacity vessels. A visit to the Takoradi Port in the Western Region revealed that the contractors were casting the foundation stones for the quay wall to herald the expansion project at the port. The project, being developed by Ibistek Ghana Limited at a cost of $475 million, marks the first time a wholly owned Ghanaian firm has been engaged in port development in the country. The Atlantic terminal, which will be the major development in the history of the Takoradi port when completed, will have a cargo holding space of one million twenty-footer equivalent units (TEUs), an upscale from the average container traffic of about 55,000 TEUs a year.
DALI
The Unified Command has cleared a 400-foot-wide swath of the federal channel on May 20, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels transit of the Port of Baltimore. The Unified Command continued to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River, in hopes to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth by June 8-10. The continued work involves digging out the bottom cord of the “section four” truss seen in the water here, which will be cut into three sections to safely lift. Report with photos: https://abc45.com/news/nation-world/unified-command-continues-to-clear-wreckage-from-the-key-bridge-collapse-site
Hamburg
Germany’s largest universal port remains on a growth course, achieving a distinct 4.1 percent advance to 69.4 million tons in seaborne cargo handling in the first half of 2019. Especially good growth trend in the general cargo segment, up 6.1 percent at 48.4 million tons, was the main contributor to the excellent figures for total and container handling. The total for bulk cargo handling was just 0.3 percent lower than for last year’s first half at 21.0 million tons. Germany’s largest universal port remains on a growth course, achieving a distinct 4.1 percent advance to 69.4 million tons in seaborne cargo handling in the first half of 2019. Especially good growth trend in the general cargo segment, up 6.1 percent at 48.4 million tons, was the main contributor to the excellent figures for total and container handling. The total for bulk cargo handling was just 0.3 percent lower than for last year’s first half at 21.0 million tons.
Sabetta
Icebreaker assistance and ice restrictions for ships entering the basin of Section No.1 at the Port of Sabetta, Yamal and access channel are canceled as of 00:00 Moscow time, August 6. The corresponding order was signed by the Port Harbourmaster Nikolay Nesterov. The order says that there is a possibility of separately floating ice floes, therefore masters of ships sailing in this water area of the Port of Sabetta and on approaches to the port are advised to exercise caution. Arctic Port of Sabetta is built on the western shore of the Gulf of Ob (Kara Sea) for transshipment of hydrocarbons from the South-Tambey gas condensate field on the Yamal peninsula to the Western Europe, South America and APR countries under Yamal LNG project. The project envisages the construction of an LNG plant capable of producing 16.5 million metric tonnes of LNG and 1.35 million tonnes of gas condensate annually
HUMANITY 1
Rescuers from the 'Humanity 1' found the lifeless body of a six-month-old baby in a migrant boat with 40 people on board on the morning of May 28. The infant was traveling with his mother and three-year-old older brother, from Guinea Conkary, aboard a boat en route to the European coast when they were picked up by the humanitarian ship.The mother, originally from Guinea Conakary, had boarded the boat from the city of Sfax. The 'Humanity 1' crew observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to this young victim. The body, as well as the mother and brother, were quickly evacuated by the Italian authorities to Lampedusa. On board the NGO ship are currently 183 migrants, including pregnant women, children and people suffering from burns caused by the fuel. The ship was heading Wednesday morning to the port of Livorno, allocated by the MRCC in Rome the day before with an ETA as of May 30. Report with photos: https://www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/57382/mediterranee--un-bebe-de-six-mois-retrouve-mort-dans-un-canot-de-migrants
RENAISSANCE
The Rescue 118 helicopter crew from the Irish Coast Guard sprang into action on the morning of May 28, 2024, after receiving a medevac request from the 'Renaissance' northwest of Tory Island, which was on an 11-day trip around Ireland and the UK, having departed Le Havre. The ship was sailing from Belfast to Killybegs when the medical situation arose. The patient was hoisted on a stretcher and transported directly to the Sligo University Hospital due to the adverse weather.
Monfalcone
ENCHANTED PRINCESS, the fifth in a line of six Royal Class ships built for Princess Cruises, was floated out on 6 August at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone.
Immingham
On August 1, ABP announced new customers for the Port of Immingham this week: The port welcomed the first vessel in a new contract with customers Top Blue and The Fuel Trading Company. The new deal is expected to bring an extra 30,000 tonnes per year through the Port of Immingham – the largest Port by tonnage in the UK. The cargo being delivered is Prilled Urea which is a key part of the mixture for the AdBlue market.