1205 results found for 'Libya'

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  • Libya-Bound Ship Loaded with Explosive Materials Seized in Greek Waters

    11 January 2018

    Greek authorities seize a Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship carrying materials to Libya intended to make explosives.

  • Minerva Marine Denies Arrest of Its Ras Lanuf-Bound Tanker

    14 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based tanker operator Minerva Marine denied media reports that its 2000-built tanker Minerva Alexandra had been arrested in Libya’s Ras Lanuf. The Greece-flagged crude oil tanker Minerva Alexandra together with Panama-flagged oil tanker Trident Hope were bound for Ras Lanuf port, home to Libya’s major oil export terminal, as last reported by World Maritime News. The tankers, owned […]

  • 14 People Found Dead on Migrant Boat off Libya

    30 July 2015

    Italian authorities have confirmed the deaths of 14 people on board a boat carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants across the Mediterranean on Tuesday, July 28. According to officials, 456 people are known to have survived and were rescued during an operation conducted by an Irish naval patrol. Among the survivors are several dozen children. […]

  • 14 People Found Dead on Migrant Boat off Libya

    30 July 2015

    Italian authorities have confirmed the deaths of 14 people on board a boat carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants across the Mediterranean on Tuesday, July 28. According to officials, 456 people are known to have survived and were rescued during an operation conducted by an Irish naval patrol. Among the survivors are several dozen children. […]

  • Libyan forces intercept Turkish cargo ship

    8 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Safety, Vessels

    A Jamaica-flagged, Turkish-owned cargo ship has been detained by Libyan National Army (LNA) forces off Derna, a port city in eastern Libya.

  • Libya Puts Hope for LNG Exports on New Gas Discoveries

    2 July 2010

    Libya is banking on future discoveries, not its reserves, to back plans for expanding its gas exports… [mappress] Source: The National – Abu Dhabi , July 2, 2010;

  • Hundreds Feared Dead after Boat Carrying Migrants Sinks off Libya

    28 August 2015

    Around 200 people are missing and feared dead after an overcrowded boat carrying African migrants across the Mediterranean capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, Reuters reports. The boat was carrying around 400 people when it sank off the town of Zurawa, Reuters cited a Libyan security officer as saying. The initial reports suggest […]

  • Fuel Tankers Diverted after Gunmen Attack on Al-Zawiya Depot, Libya

    20 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has diverted fuel tanker vessels from Al-Zawiya to Tripoli after an armed attack by gunmen on its Al-Zawiya oil storage depot on Monday, September 18. NOC said that due to the attack by an “armed militia”, the Line 16 from Al-Zawiya to Tripoli was forced to stop pumping. “The NOC response […]

  • Oil Tanker ‘Newlead Avra’ Waits off Libya for Loading Instruction

    14 September 2011

    An oil tanker is waiting off Libya for loading instructions, the owner of the vessel said on Tuesday… Reporting by Jessica Donati(Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 14, 2011;

  • Eni inks agreement for $8 billion gas development project off Libya

    30 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Italian oil and gas company Eni and the National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC) have signed an agreement for the development of a strategic project aimed at increasing gas production to supply the Libyan market as well as to ensure export to Europe. Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi and Farhat Bengdara, the CEO of NOC, agreed […]

  • Over 500 Migrants Rescued in Two Operations off Libya

    13 May 2015

    The UK Royal Navy rescued over 400 migrants, and the Malta-based private rescue initiative Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) saved 96, in two separate rescue operations off Libya today. The number of rescued migrants today will rise as MOAS is currently involved in the second rescue, after its ship MV Phoenix was directed to another boat in distress. […]

  • Rescued Migrants Forcibly Removed from Nivin in Libya. Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas Used.

    22 November 2018

    Rescued migrants that were refusing to disembark Nivin have been forcefully removed from the vessel.

  • Second Officer Denies Any Warning Prior to Attacks on Turkish Freighter off Libya

    14 May 2015

    Libya issued no warning prior to the attack, according to the second officer of a Turkish freighter that was shelled and then attacked twice by fighter planes off Libya’s city of Derna on May 10, Turkey’s Hurryiet Daily News reports.  The third officer on the Cook Islands-flagged bulk carrier Tuna-1 died in the attack, and several crewmen were injured, […]

  • Greek Coast Guard Arrests Freighter Carrying Undocumented Weapons to Libya

    2 September 2015

    A cargo ship carrying an undocumented shipment of weapons to Libya was arrested yesterday some 20 nautical miles south of the town of Ierapetra, Crete, the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) reports. The HCG’s offshore patrol vessel intercepted the freighter en route from Iskenderun (Alexandretta), Turkey, to Libya, and arrested the vessel and seven of its crew […]

  • Libyan oil ports, terminals mostly halted: sources

    25 February 2011

    Crude oil shipments from Libya, the world’s 12th largest exporter, have almost halted as reduced production, a lack of staff at ports and security concerns due to violence take their toll, industry sources said on Friday. A violent uprising against leader Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule has deterred some shippers from sailing to Libya, with some […]

  • Italy’s Saipem gives out €300 million contract to compatriot company

    26 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Italy’s Rosetti Marino has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, said to be worth more than €300 million, with compatriot Saipem for work offshore Libya. Under the contract, Rosetti Marino is in charge of the construction of a gas recovery module (GRM) of approximately 5,000 tonnes which will be installed on the DP4 […]

  • Gaza FSO Offloads 1st Crude Oil Cargo in Libya

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The first crude oil shipment was offloaded from Gaza floating, storage, offloading (FSO) unit in Bouri Offshore Field on February 11, 2017, Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said.  Valfoglia, a 109,100 dwt tanker owned by Italy’s Montanari Navigazione, took the first oil from the FSU. Gaza FSO was launched to replace Sloug FSO and to be included […]

  • Report: Two Libyan Ports Retaken by LNA

    16 March 2017

    East Libyan forces have managed to regain control of two major oil ports in Libya on March 14, after they were seized by the Islamist Benghazi militia earlier this month, Reuters reported.  The eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) took over the ports of Es Sidra and Ras Lanuf from the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), pursuing them […]

  • Total Hires Zagreb 1 Rig for Operations Off Libyan Coast

    19 December 2012

    Croatia’s CROSCO has secured a contract for its semi-submersible drilling rig Zagreb 1. The rig has been hired by Total E&P Libye (TEPL) for offshore drilling operations in Libya. Zagreb 1 is scheduled to start drilling in Libya in early 2013. The contract includes drilling of two exploration wells plus two one-well options. Zagreb 1 […]

  • HMS Echo Maps Unseen Wrecks, Reefs and Rocks Off Libyan Coast

    8 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    HMS Echo used her sophisticated sonar equipment to map unseen wrecks, reefs and rocks off the Libyan coast and make navigation less hazardous. Significant discoveries included a number of uncharted wrecks in shipping lanes which could have posed a danger to vessels. The operation was the ship’s second visit to Libya following a successful trip […]

  • Greek Coast Guard Arrests Freighter Carrying Undocumented Weapons to Libya

    2 September 2015

    A cargo ship carrying an undocumented shipment of weapons to Libya was arrested yesterday some 20 nautical miles south of the town of Ierapetra, Crete, the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) reports. The HCG’s offshore patrol vessel intercepted the freighter en route from Iskenderun (Alexandretta), Turkey, to Libya, and arrested the vessel and seven of its crew […]

  • Oil Tanker Bombed off Libyan Coast

    25 May 2015

    An oil tanker was bombed on Sunday by Libya’s government airplanes while anchored to offload fuel cargo at a terminal near the city of Sirte, controlled by Islamist leaders. One person was killed and another injured in the bombing that saw the tanker Anwaar Afriqya burst into flames, the Libya News Agency reported. The 30,000 […]

  • Report: Deal Reached to Resume Oil Export from Libya’s Hariga Port

    17 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Representatives of the two rival governments in Libya have reportedly reached a deal that will allow for the continuation of oil shipments from the country’s Marsa El Hariga port. The agreement between the Tripoli-based and Beyda governments has been sealed following talks in Vienna, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources close to the negotiations. The key argument for closing […]

  • BP Delays Drilling Offshore Libya Until 2011 for Operational Reasons

    10 December 2010
    Project & Tenders

    BP PLC today said it will delay its plans to drill offshore Libya until next year, citing a decision not to use its original drill rig for “operational reasons.” “We’re changing the rig,” a company spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires. “Current plans are to begin drilling onshore and offshore in 2011.” Libya’s top oil official […]

  • Hundreds Feared Dead after Boat Carrying Migrants Sinks off Libya

    28 August 2015

    Around 200 people are missing and feared dead after an overcrowded boat carrying African migrants across the Mediterranean capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, Reuters reports. The boat was carrying around 400 people when it sank off the town of Zurawa, Reuters cited a Libyan security officer as saying. The initial reports suggest […]