On May 29, 2024, the 'Ariño' suffered a leak when it was near Corrubedo. The CCS Fisterra of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR vessel 'Salvamar Régulus' and the helicopter Pesca I of the Coast Guard. After verifying that the three crew members were safe, the rescuers helped to gain control of the water ingress. Later, the 'Salvamar Regulus' towed the fishing vessel to Aguiño.
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Vado Ligure
Terminal operator APM Terminals (APMT) has released a video of the final three ship-to-shore (STS) cranes arriving at the Vado Gateway terminal, which it hopes will be the next major logistics hub for the Mediterranean and Europe. The Vado Gateway terminal is scheduled to open on December 12, 2019, and will be built with a 700-meter deep-sea berth specifically to handle the latest Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS), as well as an automated gate and stacking area. APMT announced the inauguration date in July 2019 – a story PTI reported on at the time. Located in the Vado Ligure Port Complex in the northwest of the country, it will be the first semi-automated port in Italy and be integrated with an already existing reefer terminal.
Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest universal port, saw its inland and hinterland cargo traffic grow by 12.1% – 2.57 million tons – in the first quarter of 2019, according to its latest financial results. The data also shows that, for the first quarter of 2019, the Port has handled 34,640 TEU – 20ft standard containers – an increase of 20% in comparison with the same period last year.
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
Mumbai
The Government of Maharashtra, India, India has named the Virgin Hyperloop One – DP World Consortium as Original Project Proponent (OPP) for the Pune-Mumbai Hyperloop Project, making it the first hyperloop project in the world. In a statement, Virgin Hyperloop One described it as a “landmark announcement” for the building of the Mumbai-Pune hyperloop transportation system.
Balboa
Starting August 1 and until November 30, 2019, the Panama Canal will promote the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) annual recommendations on speed and maritime transit aimed at protecting cetaceans, which include whales, dolphins and other large aquatic mammals, during their nearby seasonal migration. With these measures, ships should proceed at a speed of not more than 10 knots in specified areas. Panama has monitored this requirement since December 1, 2014 when maritime traffic separation devices (TSS) were installed by both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean entry points to the Canal.
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.
Mombasa
The new Lamu Port in Kenya took a big step towards completion yesterday with the announcement that its first of 22 berths is finished. According to the South Sudan and Ethiopia Transport Corridor Development Authority, the second and third berths will be completed by December 2020.
Montevideo
Shandong BaoMa Fisheries Group has shelved plans to build a port in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo that could accommodate 500 Chinese vessels, amid legal complications and strong opposition from local residents and environmental organisations. The US$200 million project, which included a free trade zone, shipyard and fish processing and freezing plants, on a private 28-hectare site in Punta Yeguas, a mostly rural area with a public park, required a change in the legal designation of the land.