The 'Mein Schiff 3', on her last long-term voyage from/to Bremerhaven heading to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and the Azores, arrived in the port of Las Palmas on Gran Canaria earlier than scheduled on April 4, 2024, at around 5:30 p.m. LT due to a medical emergency. The scheduled arrival was on April 5 at 8 a.m. The ship stayed in port overnight. The patient was disembarked at the cruise pier in Las Palmas. For better care, the he was taken to a hospital on the island of Gran Canaria. After leaving Funchal, the 'Mein Schiff 3' had been sailing at a speed of over 20 knots towards Las Palmas. After about 29 hours in port, the cruise ship will set off for Fuerteventura on April 5 at 11 p.m.
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TRANSMERIDIAN
The Brazilian Federal Police (PF), in a joint action with the Brazilian Navy, seized 212 kilos of cocaine in an operation in the port of Santos aobard the 'Transmeridian', destined to Rotterdam. The ship was selected for inspection based on Federal Police risk and intelligence criteria. The eight packages of cocaine were hidden in the vessel's sea box, an opening located below the waterline, which serves to supply water to cool the engines and power the firefighting system. During the inspection, the action of Navy and federal police divers was necessary. After the drug were seized, an investigation into the case was launched by the Santos Federal Police Station. So far, no one has been arrested. Report with photo and video: https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/pf-e-marinha-apreendem-200-kg-de-cocaina-em-navio-no-porto-de-santos/
OPEN ARMS
The sea convoy, consisting of the 'Jennifer' and the 'Open Arms' with 240 tons undelivered food for Gaza returned to Larnaca on April 3 after the killing of aid workers of World Central Kitchen (WCK) in an Israeli airstrike on the evening of April 1. The 'Jennifer' dropped anchor just outside the port. The 'Open Arms' had already arrived earlier. The undelivered aid was part of a consignment of about 340 tonnes sent to Gaza from Cyprus on March 30. The aid workers killed in Gaza had just finished work unloading 100 tonnes from a barge, also sent from Cyprus. The WCK, active in Gaza since October, has paused operations in the territory after the killings, and turned around its flotilla of ships back to Cyprus. Report with photo: https://gcaptain.com/gaza-aid-ships-return-to-cyprus-after-ngo-worker-deaths/
BIRGER JARL
On the morning of April 2, the police arrested the 'Baltic Star's owner Leif-Ivan Karlsson. He was suspected of financial crime. Leif-Ivan Karlsson, who, among other things, runs a business in Strängnäs, was arrested at his home in Stockholm, where he was visiting over the Easter weekend. Soon it will be decided whether he should be detained or released. According to prosecutors at the Ecocrime Authority, he was suspected of four serious financial crimes. It concerns gross misconduct against creditors, gross aggravation of bankruptcy and two gross accounting offences. He was being held on probable cause. There were different crime periods between the years 2019 and 2021 and all have taken place in Stockholm, according to prosecutor Maximilian Berg Molin. Leif-Ivan Karlsson is also one of 11 people charged with involvement in the environmental scandal surrounding Think Pink. The waste company is suspected of dumping and burying unsorted construction waste at various locations in Central Sweden.
JENNIFER
The sea convoy, consisting of the 'Jennifer' and the 'Open Arms' with 240 tons undelivered food for Gaza returned to Larnaca on April 3 after the killing of aid workers of World Central Kitchen (WCK) in an Israeli airstrike on the evening of April 1. The 'Jennifer' dropped anchor just outside the port. The 'Open Arms' had already arrived earlier. The undelivered aid was part of a consignment of about 340 tonnes sent to Gaza from Cyprus on March 30. The aid workers killed in Gaza had just finished work unloading 100 tonnes from a barge, also sent from Cyprus. The WCK, active in Gaza since October, has paused operations in the territory after the killings, and turned around its flotilla of ships back to Cyprus. Report with photo: https://gcaptain.com/gaza-aid-ships-return-to-cyprus-after-ngo-worker-deaths/