MED NORDIC

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Tanker assisted 15 migrants

In the evening of April 21 the 'Med Nordic', en route from Carteya Guadarranque to Tarragona, informed the MRCC of Salvamento Marítimo in Almeria about a distressed boat 21 nautical miles from Mesa Roldán. The tanker escorted the boat until the arrival of the SAR boat 'Salvamar Spica' which rescued the 15 people on board and disembarked them on April 22 at 2 a.m. Report with photo: https://twitter.com/salvamentogob/status/1649715589189885952

Tanker banned from Barcelona

The 'Black Star' has been banned from entering the port of Barcelona on April 27, 2022. As of April 28 the ship was drifting in the Balearic Sea off Barcelona, waiting for instructions. The tanker is loaded with palm oil and oil derivatives. The Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana" (MITMA) further ordered the vessel to vacate Spanish territorial waters. The General of the Merchant Marine, Ministry of Transport has been advised of the ship's illicit activities, namely ship-to-ship transfer of Russian cargo, from the Russian flagged tanker 'Andrey Pervozvanniy' at an anchorage 12,5 miles off the coast of Malta. The 'Andrey Pervozvanniy' was denied entry to Barcelona earlier due to the EU sanctions on Russia.