The 'Avangard' was damaged in a Ukrainian missile strike on occupied Kerch, Crimea, early in the morning on May 30, 2024. The ship was run aground. Four crew members, including 19-year-old interns, were injured. Shrapnel from a downed missile damaged the pilot boat 'Mechta' at the Kerch ferry crossing, and it sank. The crew members managed to leave the boat and were unharmed. Also the 'Conro Trader' was damaged, one crew member was injured. Four KS-701 transport amphibious boats were damaged. In addition, Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels Magura V5 attacked and hit two Russian boats near the village of Chornomorske, Yevpatoriia district, the KS-701 Tunets. Reports and photos: https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-damages-russian-ferry-in-kerch-strait-photos-50423301.html https://ru.krymr.com/a/news-kerch-parom-udar-krym/32972707.html https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/de/video-pet-broda-i-dva-feribroda-se-oshteteni-vo-sinokjeshniot-napad-na-krim/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-11/
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FR PEARL
On MAy 29, the work started to refloat the 'FR Pearl' in Artvin's Hopa district. It was planned to tow to the ship Hopa Port, and in preparation of this it was turned around. The works, however, could not be completed due to technical reasons, and will be restarted in the coming days. Report with photo: https://www.yildizhaber.com.tr/karaya-oturan-yuk-gemisini-limana-cekme-calismalari-tamamlanamadi-143133-haberi
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.
AVANGARD
The 'Avangard' was damaged in a Ukrainian missile strike on occupied Kerch, Crimea, early in the morning on May 30, 2024. The ship was run aground. Four crew members, including 19-year-old interns, were injured. Shrapnel from a downed missile damaged the pilot boat 'Mechta' at the Kerch ferry crossing, and it sank. The crew members managed to leave the boat and were unharmed. Also the 'Conro Trader' was damaged, one crew member was injured. Four KS-701 transport amphibious boats were damaged. In addition, Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels Magura V5 attacked and hit two Russian boats near the village of Chornomorske, Yevpatoriia district, the KS-701 Tunets. Reports and photos: https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-damages-russian-ferry-in-kerch-strait-photos-50423301.html https://ru.krymr.com/a/news-kerch-parom-udar-krym/32972707.html https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/de/video-pet-broda-i-dva-feribroda-se-oshteteni-vo-sinokjeshniot-napad-na-krim/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-11/
OCEAN DESTINY
The US Coast Guard medevaced a 31-year-old man from the 'Ocean Destiny' on May 29, 2024, approximately 63 miles off Southwest Pass, Louisiana. At approximately 7 p.m. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders received a phone call from the bulk carrier, requesting a medevac for the crew member who was experiencing a medical emergency. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew to conduct the medevac and a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew to provide communications. The aircrews arrived on-scene, the helicopter aircrew hoisted the man aboard, and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at University Medical Center in New Orleans. The man was last reported in serious condition. Report with video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3791408/video-available-coast-guard-medevacs-31-year-old-man-63-miles-offshore-from-sou/
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.
TORO ROSSO
Seven people died and several were injured on the morning May 30, 2024, in an explosion followed by a fire on the 'Toro Rosso', with 20 crew members on board, eight nautical miles from the port of Jorf Lasfar, when the ship was about to load a cargo of fertilizer. An ensuing fire engulfed the engine room. Once the alert was raised, Civil Protection and local authorities in El Jadida were mobilized to fight the fire, with the intervention including a gendarmerie helicopter. This allowed for the evacuation of the dead and injured. The bodies of several victims have been removed from the ship. Three people were transferred to Casablanca and later succumbed to their injuries. Report with photo: https://fr.le360.ma/societe/cargo-en-feu-au-large-de-jorf-lasfar-le-bilan-monte-a-4-morts-et-6-blesses_HN3YUKEZHFAMTKJULVM7TY462E/
SALVAMAR LIBERTAS
On May 30, 2024, the motor boat 'Mi Linda Morena' requested assistance off Santa Ponça with two people on board. They were unable to recover the anchor. The CCS Palma of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Libertas'', which was able to recover the anchor.
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.