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Beached at Alang 14.03.23

Antigua and Barbuda could face reputational damage, among other issues, if it doesn’t work quickly to remove the 'Alfa Nero', owned by sanctions-hit oligarch Andrey Guryev and is set to be auctioned by the state, from Falmouth Harbour. The vessel has been abandoned since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the ship threatens to cause a major catastrophe in the harbour, which could cost the country billions of dollars and cripple the tourism sector. The vessel is uninsured and posing a risk to other ships in the vicinity. Falmouth Harbour is frequented by some of the largest and most luxurious yachts in the world. The PM went on to claim that controversy surrounding the potential sale of the ship is because opposition parties do not want the government to benefit from the proceeds. The government previously declared its intention to keep the bulk of the sale money after paying off the vessel’s debts, which include $500,000 to the Antigua Yacht Club Marina for fuel. Offers in excess of US$50 million have already been made by potential buyers, one of them a Russian. Proceeds from the sale of the 'Alfa Nero #will be placed in a consolidated fund and used to develop Antigua and Barbuda. The Chief Executive Officer of the Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority Darwin Telemaque has said that the 'Alfa Nero' poses serious environmental damage to the country every day that it continues to sit in its waters and also is a hazard to navigation and a hazard for business owners in Falmouth Harbour. Report with photo: https://antiguaobserver.com/russian-superyacht-a-potential-security-risk-pm/

Fourth Edge class ship under construction. The first steel cut for the CELEBRITY ASCENT was celebrated on November 17, 2021 at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint Nazaire, France. It is already the fourth Edge class ship for Celebrity Cruises – after the CELEBRITY EDGE, CELEBRITY APEX and CELEBRITY BEYOND. The ships are each 306 meters long and measured with approx. 130,000 gross tons. A special feature of these cruise ships is the so-called Magic Carpet, a vertically movable deck on the starboard side. The CELEBRITY ASCENT is expected to be completed by the second half of 2023. Full article: https://www.cruisedeck.de/erster-stahlschnitt-fuer-celebrity-ascent/

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arrived Chittagong Anchorage 20.03.23

On March 19 the CROSS Gris-Nez identified two boats in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais. The patrol boat 'Flamant' of the French Navy was deployed to the scene and rescued 25 people, two of them suffering from hypothermia. These two were taken on board, and the 25 shipwrecked people were then dropped off at the port of Calais. Later that day, the CROSS tasked the 'Armoise' to assist a boat with 40 shipwrecked people who were picked up and then dropped off at Calais too. Once in the port, all castaways were taken care of by the border police and the departmental fire and rescue service.

BMF Port Burgas EAD is a private-owned port operator of terminal Burgas East 2 and terminal Burgas West, part of the national public port of Burgas, Republic of Bulgaria. On June 5 2019 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria decided to expand the duration of the concession term of both of the terminals from 35 to 46 years and 8 months each. A couple of days ago, we took an opportunity to talk with Mr. Boris Balev, CEO of BMF Port Burgas EAD, who provided us with invaluable insight into the company’s business and development plans and their most important projects on the horizon. Mr. Balev, how much money and in what directions are your investments in the development of BMF Port Burgas since 2012? The investments that will be realized for the 2021 amount to nearly 8 million euros. With them, the total amount of investments since 2012 is approximately 158 million euros. I dare say that with these funds we have completely transformed the two terminals of the Port of Burgas since they were given to us for management and operation. We have talked many times about the facilities we have built and modernized in the port in the past, so I will focus on what is new for this year. We have put into operation a new installation for discharging oil bitumen from ships to railway cars and tank trucks. We strive not only to constantly increase the number of available equipment, but also to modernize it to such with modern technologies for energy efficiency. We are constantly working towards expanding and modernizing the storage areas in the terminals. The project for expansion of our silo complex is going well so far. This year we built 2 more silos, 5,100 m3 each. The construction of another 2 is forthcoming. The total capacity of the complex after the completion of the construction activities will be 119,000 m3. The implementation of this project allowed us to mark a number of strong months in the processing of cereals this year. Interview in English: https://maritime1.com/65710/

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The 'Golar Tundra', purchased by the Snam gas company, arrived in thecity of Piombino in the night of March 20, 2023, and will come into full operation between the end of April and the start of May and will guarantee some five billion cubic meters of gas per year, equivalent to about 1/6 of the amount of natural gas Russia currently supplies to Italy. The arrival of the ship in Piombino and of another similar ship in Ravenna was one of the projects of the previous Mario Draghi government and will free Italy from a significant part of the dependence on methane imports from transnational onshore gas pipelines from Russia and also from Azerbaijan. Despite the fact that the project has been criticized by a part of the population of Piombino and environmentalists, its implementation will take place and allow to reach levels of self-sufficiency that make it possible for families to think about cheaper bills, to have a sustainable energy supply. From mid-May, Italian regasification capacity will increase practically to what it needs to say goodbye to Russia. The "Golar Tundra" has a storage capacity of about 170,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas and a continuous regasification capacity of 5,000 million cubic meters per year. Italy had imported 90% of the gas it consumed, and 40% came from Russian territory. At present, Russia is no longer its main gas supplier and has been replaced by Algeria, a country with which it is linked by a gas pipeline that starts in North Africa, crosses the Mediterranean and ends in Sicily.

On March 19 the CROSS Gris-Nez identified two boats in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais. The 'Flamant' was deployed to the scene and rescued 25 people, two of them suffering from hypothermia. These two were taken on board, and the 25 shipwrecked people were then dropped off at the port of Calais. Later that day, the CROSS tasked the patrol boat 'Armoise' to assist a boat with 40 shipwrecked people who were picked up and then dropped off at Calais too. Once in the port, all castaways were taken care of by the border police and the departmental fire and rescue service.

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