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General cargo ship AZOV CONCORD was banned from entering Spanish waters and port of destination Cartagena, as it has become known on Nov 25. Spanish authorities ban the ship because she sailed from Yeisk port, Russia, Azov sea, with allegedly ...

Product tanker B OCEAN is said to be missing, with all communications lost, since Nov 23, in Gulf of Ginea, according to Trade Winds report https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/masters-alerted-after-contact-lost-with-sk-shipping-tanker-off-west-africa/2-1-1360892 Piracy reporting body Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea (MDAT GoG) suspects ...

News emerged that VLCC PRATIKA on Nov 21 was attacked by drones, air or surface not clear, off Al-Dhaba’s Ash Shihr Oil Terminal, Hadramout Governorate, Yemen, Gulf of Aden. Details are sketchy. Understood tanker arrived from Singapore to load crude, ...

Product tanker PACIFIC ZIRCON in load was hit by a bomb carried by drone in Arabian sea at night Nov 15, reportedly some 150 nm off Oman coast. Tanker is en route from Oman to Buenos Aires Argentina. Last ship’s ...

5 crew of general cargo ship SOYA, including Master and Chief Officer, all 5 of Russian nationality, were arrested in Alexandria Egypt, after police found 28 tons of synthetic analgesic material in a sealed container. This material is considered as ...

Product tanker ENERGY AFRODITE called EQUINOR LNG production terminal at Hammerfest, Norway, during Oct 28-30, raising security fears in local community. Tanker though UK-flagged and Greek-operated, is manned by all-Russian crew. What’s more, there was crew change, and again, replacement ...

Chinese Aframax tanker LINDA I with cargo of Russian crude interrupted her voyage and called Algeciras, Gibraltar, on Oct 27, to get some spare parts, outside Algeciras OPL. The ship was detained by maritime authorities after it was found out, ...

Fight erupted between two crew members of tanker ELANDRA CORALLO in the afternoon Nov 1 in Coral sea. Seaman stabbed his opponent, and jumped overboard afterwards. Tanker turned back and searched for him, but for a short time, because stabbed ...

Yesterday’s caravan of 15 or more grain ships safely reached Bosphorus zone. On Nov 1 at least 3 ships left Ukrainian ports, including 2 ships operated by UAE-based companies, and 1 Turkish ship. it seems highly likely, that all the ...

Russian Ministry of Defence issued a statement saying that Russia suspends all the traffic in grain corridor until Russia gets a guarantee that Ukraine won’t use the traffic and ships deployed, in “military activities”. Moscow added, that Russia can’t guarantee ...

Oct 31 UPDATE: Grain corridor is open, and nobody asked Russia to grace the world with its’ permission or denial to open corridor. As long as Turkey is backing grain corridor, it will be running. The only way Russia can ...

Crimean Bridge across Kerch Strait suffered explosion and fire early in the morning Oct 8, two spans of motorway bridge collapsed and fell into water, railway bridge above motorway with cargo train including railway car tanks with fuel, is on ...

Bulk carrier PAOLO TOPIC had to interrupt her voyage from Ashdod to Diliskelesi Turkey, in the evening Sep 19, west of Cyprus. The ship was ordered by Turkish Maritime Authorities to rescue some 300 illegal migrants on board of a ...

Maritime security company Ambrey reported piracy attack at Conakry Anchorage, Guinea, which occurred early in the morning Sep 14. Three pirates armed with firearms boarded German general cargo ship MARTINA, anchored some 16 nm south of Conakry, from a boat, ...

Bulk carrier ASIAN MAJESTY arrived at Riga Latvia from S-Petersburg Russia, on Mar 3, with 55000 tons of potassium chloride on board, to be topped off with the rest of the lot. Cargo belongs to Mauritius-registered company “United Fertilizers Company ...

In a record-setting event, the Australian Border Force carried out a seizure of methamphetamine, which is valued at US $1.1 billion. 1.8 tonnes of meth was discovered hidden inside marble tiles. The containers were shipped from the United Arab Emirates. ...

Germany signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the top gas suppliers in the country to secure a steady supply for two of its FSRUs. The deal was signed with Uniper, RWE, and EnBW’s subsidiary, VNG. This is being done to ...

HQ of Russian Black sea Navy in Sevastopol Navy Base was hit again, at around 0815 Moscow time Aug 20. Command Center building sustained serious damages, there was fire, roof and constructions destroyed or damaged. Allegedly, HQ was hit by ...

Thai freighter BANGPAKAEW was detained in Subic Bay, Philippines, for allegedly, smuggling in Philippines some 7,000 tons of bagged sugar, said nation’s Bureau of Customs BOC. The ship arrived at Subic Bay on Aug 17 from Bangkok, cargo documents were ...

The BIRGER JARL, also known as the BALTIC STAR, is a vessel that, since 2019, has gone on several excursions without the necessary certificates for operation. The owner asserts that the vessel does not need those papers as it is ...