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The lift of the 'Levante Jet' is broken. As a result, disabled passengers are having to be rerouted to Portsmouth instead of Poole, which means a detour of five hours.

arrived Bhavnagar Anchorage 16.04.25

Damen Shipyards Group is to build a further four Island Class double-ender ferries for BC Ferries. All four vessels will be built at Damen’s yard in Romania and will enter service in 2022. Damen is already building two Island Class vessels for BC Ferries, both of which have completed sea trials and are due in Victoria, BC in early 2020.

A joint venture featuring CMA CGM and DP World has been granted the contract to expand box facilities at the port of Le Havre in northern France. Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP), a joint venture held 50:50 by DP World and Terminal Link, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, will build and operate the 1m teu container terminal for the Port 2000 berths 11 and 12 under a 34-year concession. The new terminal will include a 700 m long quay and 42 ha of land.

Beached at Aliaga 04/2024 https://www.instagram.com/p/DInWJQ8IwPC/

The Canadian Coast Guard confirmed that a few tar balls have been recovered in the area near the 'MSC Baltic III' While testing was still ongoing, the Coast Guard was almost certain the oil came from the vessel, but did not believe there was a consistent leak from the fuel tanks. The first of the tar balls was found during a routine search on April 11 of the nearby beach, and two more were found the following day. A total of six or seven of the tar balls have now been recovered and were sent to a lab for testing. The Coast Guard suspected they were heavy fuel possibly washed from the ship during some of the heavy weather in the bay where the ship grounded. An ROV was used to survey the hull on April 13, and it also confirmed that there was no consistent fuel leak from the vessel. The salvage effort had previously reported multiple cracks in the hull and water in the engine room and holds of the ship. No oil has been seen in the water or elsewhere in the bay so far. Reports with photos: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/tar-balls-wash-ashore-as-salvage-continues-of-msc-baltic-iii https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/more-tarballs-found-by-grounded-nl-cargo-ship

Shikoku Kyuko Ferry, also known as ‘Olive Line’, has announced that it will close the historic Uno-Takamatsu route on 16 December.

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and local natural gas producer FortisBC are currently studying options to develop a LNG marine bunkering terminal at the port to cater the growing demand for cleaner marine fuels in the coming years. The facility would be the first ship-to-ship LNG marine bunkering service facility on the west coast of North America.

arrived Bhavnagar Anchorage 17.04.25

A UAE-based shipowner has been thwarted in its attempt to beach the 'Lord 17' for recycling at Alang by an Iranian port agency that claimed the vessel skipped town without paying its bills. The World Atlantic Shipping obtained an arrest warrant against the ship ahead of its beaching, after claiming that owner Friend Ships owed it $714,000 for unpaid supplies and services it rendered to several of the company’s ships. The 'Lord 17' had previously been arrested in the port of Bandar Abbas, but on March 31 the vessel escaped the detention order by leaving the port. The ship had been subjected to an unpaid crew wages claim while under arrest in Iran. It was alleged that the ship left Bandar Abbas without paying port dues and obtaining a port clearance certificate. The 'Lord 17' turned up off Alang on April 16. The registered owner is Panamanian-registered RWS Shipping and Trading, a company with an address care of Friends Shipping’s office in Dubai.

Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Germany's third-largest defence company and world market leader in conventional submarines, has recorded a pleasing development: by 2023, the company will be investing 250 million Euro in Kiel. Its objective is to develop the shipyard into an international competence centre for conventional submarine construction. Thanks to the currently good development with new orders, around 500 new employees will be hired throughout the company by the end of 2020, the majority of them in Kiel. The company is looking primarily for engineers and skilled workers, particularly in R&D, construction and manufacturing. https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/press-releases/d/uid-26938af4-8f4e-e141-8c2d-54a1f4623b48.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/TKMS-will-250-Millionen-Euro-in-Kieler-Werft-investieren,thyssenkrupp126.html

A work accident with deadly outcome occurred at the container terminal in Copenhagen's North Port on Oct 4, 2019. A worker who was seriously injured when two straddle carriers collided at the terminal died of his injuries on Oct 6, 2019. The details of the accident were not disclosed. Authorities were investigating the accident. Since the accident, employees have been offered various types of emergency assistance.