Greenpease activists have painted the message "Oil fuels war - People want peace' on the hull of the 'Zircone' off Gotland on April 11, 2024. The ship has sold fuel to the Russian shadow fleet. That the 'Zircone' can only be located here outside Gotland and support Russian oil exports is scandalous and something that our politicians and authorities must stop, said Rolf Lindahl, the organization's spokesperson for energy issues. The police was treating the matter as vandalism. Their ability to investigate crimes depends on whether the action was carried out in Swedish or international waters. The vessel is at anchor east of Gotland in pos. 57° 37.61'N 019° 24.98' W. Reports with photos: https://splash247.com/greenpeace-targets-vessel-accused-of-fuelling-russias-shadow-fleet/ https://omni.se/greenpeace-aktion-mot-ryska-skuggflottans-oljetanker/a/lwg1J3
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DALI
According to the insurance company WK Webster, the owner of the 'Dali' has declared "general average", which means that all parties involved - including the owners of the cargo - must contribute to the damages, which are expected to be record high. Years of legal wrangling are expected over the distribution of the payment of billions in damages in the wake of the accident. With the general average statement, all parties involved must share in the costs of the salvage operation and cleanup of the Patapsco River. In advance, the owner of the ship, Grace Ocean and the management company Synergy Marine, have requested a limitation of liability, which will öimit their liability at just 43.6 million. dollar in the case, which overall expects to mean payouts of billions of dollars- According to Lloyd's of London, the costs after the accident may turn out to be the largest payouts after a maritime accident in the history of insurance.
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
SALVAMAR FOMALHAUT
The fishing vessel 'El Meu Avi' with two crew members on board reportsed a mechanical breakdown near the port of Salou on April 12, 2024. The CCS Tarragona of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Fomalhaut', which towed the vessel to Tarragona and recoverd the net, which could have been dangerous for navigation.
SALVAMAR DRACO
In the night of April 11, a boat with the bodies of four women was located 11.5 nautical miles off the coast of Cartagena. The boat was taken in tow by the 'Salvamar Draco' and pulled into the port of Cartagena. The CCS Cartagena of Salvamento Marítimo and the Maritime Captaincy coordinated the response.
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 ALCYONE
The pleasure boat 'Getxo Kaia' suffered a mechanical failure on April 12, 2024, near the port of Bilbao, and requested assistance. The 'Salvamar Alcyone' was mobilized by the RCC of Salvamento Marítimo in Bilbao and towed the 'Getxo Kaia' to the sailing yacht 'Hirugarren Sirimiri'. Photo: https://twitter.com/salvamentogob/status/1778860150956191992
SEAROSE FPSO
on April 11, 2024, a fire broke out aboard the 'SeaRose FPSO' while undergoing a major refit in the drydock at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, where it docked in January. About 50 firefighters responded to the call at 5.17 p.m. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) sent a specialist rescue team, a marine team and a number of supervisory officers. In addition it deployed an aerial appliance, a foam appliance and four pumping appliances.using breathing apparatus and water jets to put out the fire. The blaze was confined to a cargo tank being worked on by a shipyard subcontractor and has been deemed accidental. Reports with photos: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/harland-and-wolff-shipyard-evacuated-as-50-firefighters-extinguish-accidental-blaze/a1604659385.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-68794048
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.