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Two arrivals of migrant boats at El Hierro and Almería were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife and Almería of Salvamento Marítimo on Oct 14. A fisherman sighted a cayuco three nautical miles south of El Hierro. The 'Guardamar Talía' accompanied it to the port of La Restinga, where the 159 people on board, among them 11 women, six minors and 142 men, disembarked. The cruise ship 'Norwegian Prima' sighted another boat 22 nautical miles south of Cabo de Gata. The 'Guardamar Polimnia' rescued them and transferred them to Almería. Among the 10 people were two women and two minors. Report with photos: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1845793660232728603

The 'Optima' became a victim of a Russian missile attack for a second time in the port of Odesa on Oct 14, after having already sustained damage in a previous ballistic missile attack last week. The attack killed one worker and injured eight others. The injured were taken to hospital, with two in serious condition. Medical staff were providing all necessary assistance. All those affected, including the deceased, were workers from the port infrastructure and citizens of Ukraine. Grain storage facilities and port infrastructure were also damaged. Also the 'NS Moon' was damaged, getting was the fourth merchant vessel to suffer damage while moored at Ukrainian ports within nine days. Ten vessels were in the port and anchorage of Odesa at the time of the attack. Report with photo: https://splash247.com/two-ships-suffer-damage-in-russian-strikes-on-ukraines-odesa-port/

The Portuguese government announced an investment of 547 million euros in the expansion of the Port of Sines in the southwest of the country and an agreement to extend its concession from 2029 to 2049. The agreement was reached last week between Portugal and PSA Singapore for the completion of the 3rd phase of expansion of Terminal XXI, so as to greatly increase its capacity and give another 20 years of operations in Portugal to PSA Singapore. The Sines port, 58 nautical miles south of Lisbon, is one of the major European ports and the great hub port of the Iberian-Atlantic front.

BEST terminal in the Port of Barcelona has recently increased its storage and connection capacity for refrigerated containers, from 1,600 connection points up to 2,750, an increase of 70%, making it one of the terminals with the most connections for refrigerated containers in the whole of the Mediterranean area.

Two arrivals of cayucos at El Hierro were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo on Oct 14. One cayuco was located 10 nautical miles south of El Hierro. The 'Salvamar Adhara' was tasked to escort it to La Restinga. The boat had 76 people opn board, among them 65 Pakistanis and 11 sub-Saharans. They arrived at 11:15 p.m. Canary time. Another cayuco was located 10' nautical south of El Hierro. The 'Guardamar Talía' was tasked to escort it to the port, where it arrived on Oct 15 at 6:50 a.m., and the 88 people of sub-Saharan origin, among them 85 men and three women, disembarked. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1846081679674237426

The 'Hira V', en route from Odessa to Sevilla, rescued 78 migrants on Oct 14, 2024, at 2.20 p.m, in pos. 36 53.5 N 021 39 E. The tanker was 20 minutes away in the Mataban Sea, when receiving a call for help, and headed towards the boat with the instructions of OLIMPIA radio regarding the subject. The last instruction given was to take the people on the boat on deck. Among the migrants were six children, 10 women and 62 men. Once on board, first aid interventions, food, drinks and blankets were given. The migrants had been at sea for four days and were coming from Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Afghanistan. Some of them had Turkish liras. They said that their captain was Russian but had escaped. They reported that they had agreed for 70000 Euros. In order for the tanker to continue the current voyage, OLIMPIA radio was requested that the Greek Coast Guard come and get them. As the Coast Guard did respond, the tanker headed to the port of Pylos, 39 miles north, and returned the refugees to the Greek authorities at 11:30 a.m. Reports with photos: https://newsatsea.com/turkish-maritime-news/hira-v-rescues-78-irregular-migrants/ https://turkdeniz.com/hira-v-isimli-tanker-78-duzensiz-gocmeni-kurtardi

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II’s new rail service between its Rotterdam terminal and Venlo, a key logistics hub on the Dutch-German border is proving popular. Following the success of the initial five-times-per-week service, plans are already in place to scale this up to 14 times per week over the coming weeks.

A 24-hour national labour strike is planned on Jul 24, in all Italian ports and all transportations. The planned strike is subject to confirmation in the coming days.

Two arrivals of cayucos at El Hierro were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo on Oct 14. One cayuco was located 10 nautical miles south of El Hierro. The 'Salvamar Adhara' was tasked to escort it to La Restinga. The boat had 76 people opn board, among them 65 Pakistanis and 11 sub-Saharans. They arrived at 11:15 p.m. Canary time. Another cayuco was located 10' nautical south of El Hierro. The 'Guardamar Talía' was tasked to escort it to the port, where it arrived on Oct 15 at 6:50 a.m., and the 88 people of sub-Saharan origin, among them 85 men and three women, disembarked. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1846081679674237426

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Canada’s arctic port of Churchill is set to resume its first grain shipments since 2015 after a group backed by investor Prem Watsa stepped in last year to buy the facility and a related rail line linking the northern town with the rest of Manitoba. The 88-year-old port on the shores of Hudson’s Bay will resume operations in the next few months, reducing by several days the shipping time to deliver grains to Europe and the Middle East across the Atlantic Ocean.

In the largest commercial operation of its kind in the history of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah Port has received 28 state-of-the-art Liebherr cranes to start the expansion of the container terminals. The latter was decided through a MoU signed with National Container Terminal on the day the port was officially inaugurated in the presence of the Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman last February. The new cranes include 20 gantry cranes and 8 ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, which are the largest of their kind, with an outreach of 70 m (25 rows) and a safe working load of 65 t. The cranes that were supplied in this deal will join their operational counterparts in the port. They are the largest cranes exported by Liebherr and can serve mega container ships easily and seamlessly.