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The "Silver Valerie" suffered an engine failure in Vancouver, British Columbia, in position 49 17.117 N, 123 10.133 W, on Dec 13, 2018, at 1.40 p.m. The crew carried out repairs at an anchorage, before the ship continued the voyage from Vancouver to Esmeraldas, ETA Dec 29.

On Nov 17, 2018, whilst inbound on the Escravos River bound for Wari Port, Nigeria, and laden with a cargo of wheat, the Panama flagged bulkcarrier "Efi Theo" (IMO: 9145982) was in collision with the "Arvika" and was breached at starboard side. The vessel encountered a flooded cargo hold and subsequently grounded. The owners entered into a LOF salvage agreement with Greece based Salvors Five Ocean Salvage, whom invoked the SCOPIC Clause. The bulkcarrier was grounded in the Bight of Benin in pos. 05° 35.22' N 005° 22.82' E. A salvage team of 27 arrived on board the vessel on Dec 5 and started working to fabricate and install a patch to make cargo hold No. 3 watertight. The hold will then be pumped free of water in readiness for a refloating attempt. the "Arvika" left Escravos on Dec 2 and headed to Singapore, ETA Dec 31. Report with photo and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-evZF-11Y https://www.salvageconsultancy.com/en/projects

The Russian icebreaker "Viktor Chernomyrdin", 22000 gt (IMO-No.: 9658630), which was actually being under construction at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg and which initially was scheduled to be delivered before the end of the year, was hit by a fire raging on 3,200 square meters on decks 3 and 4 in the evening of Nov 27, 2018. The fire was very powerful and two firefighters were injured during the extinguishing work which involved 140 firemen and 39 vehicles. The "Viktor Chernomyrdin"was to be the largest diesel electric icebreaker in the world.The completion of the ice breaker has been delayed several times. The ship had already been delayed for three years when the fire broke out. What consequences the fire will have for commissioning was not known yet known. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C02SCWtFdBY

PaxOcean has delivered a 26,000m3 floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to Indonesia-based Jaya Samudra Karunia (JSK). The Karunia Dewata is the largest FSRU to be built in China and the first to feature Type C cargo tanks. The unit was built at PaxOcean’s Zhoushan Shipyard to Lloyd's Register’s (LR) Rules for the Classification of Ships and Provisional Rules for LNG Ships and Barges Equipped with Regasification Systems.

The "Elbeborg" suffered an engine failure and had to stop in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Sept-Iles in position 49 46 N, 065 20.5 W, on Dec 15, 2018, at 10.30 a.m. The crew carried out repairs while the vessel was drifting, before it resumed its voyage from Quebec to Belfast, ETA Dec 24.

On Nov 17, 2018, whilst inbound on the Escravos River bound for Wari Port, Nigeria, and laden with a cargo of wheat, the "Efi Theo" was in collision with the Liberian bulkcarrier "Arvika" (IMO: 9624043) and was breached at starboard side. The vessel encountered a flooded cargo hold and subsequently grounded. The owners entered into a LOF salvage agreement with Greece based Salvors Five Ocean Salvage, whom invoked the SCOPIC Clause. The bulkcarrier was grounded in the Bight of Benin in pos. 05° 35.22' N 005° 22.82' E. A salvage team of 27 arrived on board the vessel on Dec 5 and started working to fabricate and install a patch to make cargo hold No. 3 watertight. The hold will then be pumped free of water in readiness for a refloating attempt. the "Arvika" left Escravos on Dec 2 and headed to Singapore, ETA Dec 31. Report with photo and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-evZF-11Y https://www.salvageconsultancy.com/en/projects

Qinhuangdao Port, China’s largest coal port in terms of handling volume, has announced a plan to replenish RMB818.8m ($118m) into Cangzhou Huanghua Mineral Port Company, a bulk terminal operator at Huanghua Port. Following the capital injection, Qinhuangdao Port’s shareholding in the terminal will be increased to 98.9%

OOCL introduced its new product called the West Africa Service 2 (WAF2) and will be effective from November 30. The WAF2 will be complementary to OOCL's Asia to West and South Africa product mix by providing customers with a comprehensive, competitive and reliable service network with direct calls to strategic ports including Cape Town, Apapa, Tincan, Onne. WAF2 Port Rotation: Dalian - Xingang - Qingdao - Inchon - Ningbo - Nansha - Singapore - Cape Town - Apapa - Tincan - Onne - Singapore – Dalian

The "Arctic" suffered an engine failure and had to stop in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Anticosti Island in position 49 56.566 N, 064 57.013 W, on Dec 12, 2018, at 6 p.m. The crew carried out the repairs and the vessel continued on its voyage from Deception Bay to Quebec where it berthed on Dec 14 at 5 a.m.

The "Gran Couva", en route from Point Lisas, Trinidad Tobago to Ghent with a crew of 21 on board, suffered a problem with No. 5 piston ring in the main egine, approximately 25 nautical miles southeast of Isles of Scilly in position 49 34 42.0 N, 005 52 07.8 W, on Dec 17, 2018, at 10.25 a.m. The crew carried out repairs. The vessel had a cargo of 42004 tonnes of urea ammonia on board. On scene were SW winds of 20 knots and a swell of 2,5 meters with a gale warning at 09.50 a.m. with wind force 9.

After two years of negotiations DFDS signed a sale and purchase agreement with the Port of Rotterdam for the acquisition of the 92,000m² capacity Rotterdam Bulk Terminal in Vlaardingen, Rotterdam – thereby increasing the trailer marshalling space by 60% from May 2020.

Durres port in Albania will become a strategic point of freight transport for Albania and the whole region, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Damian Gjiknuri declared. According to Gjuknuri, the Norwegian Government will support Albania with a 1.4 million euro (about 1.6 million U.S. dollars) fund to provide technical assistance to harmonize the maritime sector legislation with that of the EU, and to support the Naval Marine Corps Department of Vlora University, southwest Albania to supply this sector with human resources.