After the 'Moby Drea' was towed to the Split shipyard Brodosplit, where over the next two months, around 350 tons of metal panels will be removed, inside of which a layer of around 100 tons of asbestos has been compressed, the 'Moby Otta' will soon arrive in Split to undergo the same work. The ship is owned by the same Italian company and with similar characteristics. The value of this operationis estimated to be around half a million euros per ship. The panels will not be cut or crushed in the Split shipyard, and even the screw holes will be poured with water and detergent. The problem arose when journalists asked Jurišić where the removed panels would actually end up. Turkey has a limit on receiving a maximum of 50 tons of asbestos, and it is expected that the ship will contain at least 100 tons, or a total of 350 tons with heavy metal panels. Croatia does not have such restrictions.
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BRENAS CARGO
The "Breñas Cargo" has entered service on July 30 and arrived in Santa Cruz de La Palma on Aug 1. The vessel has joined Fred. Olsen Cargo Express' service, starting its first route on the Las Palmas, Puerto del Rosario, and Arrecife route, thus launching a three-weekly roll-on/roll-off service connecting with the islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote.The vessel has been registered in Spain and registered in the Las Palmas naval registry. After spending time at Astican for an overhaul and painting with Fred Olsen's corporate image, ste set out for sea trials on July 29and returned in the afternoon preparing for the beginning of the new service: Report with photo: https://www.puentedemando.com/el-rolon-brenas-cargo-entra-hoy-en-servicio-y-el-primero-de-agosto-llegara-a-la-palma/
SH MINERVA
The expedition cruise line Swan Hellenic has finally been able to regain the 'SH Minerva', after a three-year legal battle related to the sanctions placed on Russian companies after the invasion of Ukraine. The ship has been laid up in Uruguay since the spring of 2022, while lawyers sought to find a solution to free the ship from an unintentional legal trap. The ship aws the first of ultimately three ships used to restart the famed Swan Hellenic bran, delivered in 2021 by the Helsinki Shipyard, using a common legal structure with the ships being built for a single purpose finance company, which in turn was leasing them long-term to Swan Hellenic. The leasing deal was with an Irish subsidiary of the Russian financial giant GTLK. After the invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions, Swan Hellenic was barred from making lease payments on the ship, but due to the legal structure and sanctions also could not buy the ship. Swan Hellenic in March 2022 declared its intent to buy the leasing companies, but that too was caught in the legal entanglement of the sanctions. To free Swan Hellenic’s second and third ships from the legal trap, the Helsinki Shipyard declared the construction agreements void and auctioned the incomplete ships, making it possible for the company to buy the ships. However, the process of freeing the 'SH Minerva' proved more complicated and became even more involved in May 2023 when the GTLK subsidiary was declared insolvent and placed in the hands of liquidators. The liquidators who had control of GTLK Europe and its subsidiaries, obtained compliance with all the applicable sanctions for the sale of the assets, including the 'SH Minerva'. After lengthy negotiations, Swan Hellenic has now been able to acquire the ship in accordance with all applicable sanctions. The transaction was completed on July 25, 2025, using shareholders’ funds. The ship remained at Fray Bentos and will undergo routine maintenance and preparations for its return to service in Nov 2025. It has been in Uruguay since April 2022, when it completed its Antarctic cruise season, while the company proceeded with operations of its sister ship 'SH Vega', introduced in July 2022, and the larger 'SH Diana', introduced in April 2023. The 'SH Minerva'' will join the fleet with all three ships operating the 2025-2026 Antarctic cruise season. In March 2026, the 'SH Minerva' will launch the company’s first-ever Asia-Pacific season, sailing to the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan.
