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300 Kilos of Cocaine Intercepted at Port of Portsmouth
Cocaine with a likely U.K. street value in excess of £40 million (62.7m) has been found at the Port of Portsmouth within a shipment of bananas from Colombia, following an operation involving the U.K. National Crime Agency, Border Force and the Irish Garda. Approximately 300 kilos of cocaine was seiz
Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV Cleared to Merge
Hapag-Lloyd and the Chilean Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) are joining forces, by merging CSAV´s container business activities into Hapag-Lloyd, becoming the fourth-largest liner shipping company in the world, the German company said in a release. The merger of Hapag-Lloyd AG with the cont
Pieter Schelte Loses South Stream Gig
The world’s largest crane vessel Pieter Schelte will have to change plans for the summer 2015, as the recent developments saw the South Stream gas pipeline project fall through. Namely, the behemoth vessel, which is currently en route from South Korea to Rotterdam for final outfitting, was hired in
Concordia Captain Takes the Stand
The captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, took the stand on Tuesday before a court in Grosseto, Italy for the first time since the proceedings started in July 2013. Schettino is being trialed for manslaughter and abandoning ship that sank in January 2012 killing
RMT: Job, Route Cuts Make No Sense
The UK-based shipping union RMT today slammed what it describes as “blatantly alarmist” noises coming out of the shipping industry which “threaten to destabilise the already damaged sector and which pose a renewed threat to seafarers jobs and training.” According to RMT, the Amec report commissioned
Image of the Day: Sailing into the Night
We have selected a night time photograph of HMS St Albans during her recent visit to London for today’s image of the day. Royal Navy’s type-23 frigate arrived in the UK capital on Wednesday, November 26th. The Duke-class vessel passed under Tower Bridge at 5pm and spent her visit moored alongside HM
Baja Ferries Formalizes Bid for SNCM
Mexican ferry company Baja Ferries has filed a formal takeover offer with the Marseilles bankruptcy court for debt-stricken French ferry operator Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM). As written by the French newspaper Les Echoes, Baja Ferries Chief Executive Officer Daniel Berrebi c
NCSP Group’s Net Profit Down Tenfold
Russia’s Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group (NCSP Group) has reported USD 10.1 million net profit for the first nine months of 2014, ten times less compared to USD 101.8 million the Group had earned for the same period last year. NCSP says that the decrease of net profit was caused by non-moneta
Gothenburg Port Bolsters Belgium Ro-Ro Services
Last week, CLdN started its new service between Logent Ports & Terminals at the Port of Gothenburg and Zeebrugge in Belgium. It was also announced that the shipping company SOL will take over the transport of Stora Enso’s volumes from Gothenburg Roro to Zeebrugge. The Port of Gothenburg now has thre
Fire Breaks Out on Board Greek-Flagged Ferry
A fire broke out on board Greek-flagged ro-pax Ierapetra L on Saturday evening, November 29 while the vessel was heading for drydock in Igoumenitsa for maintenance. The fire started in the vessel’s engine room, but was extinguished shortly after by the ship’s crew comprising of 23 members, Italian n
1 Dead, 54 Fishermen Missing off Chukotka
The Coast Guard Alaska Sector is assisting the Kamchatka Border Guard Directorate and good Samaritans in their search for survivors of the South Korean flagged 326-foot fishing vessel, 501 Oryong, that sank off the coast of Chukotka, Russia, in the Bering Sea, Sunday evening, November 30. The Kamcha
World Chokepoints Key for Oil Transit
World chokepoints for maritime transit of oil are a critical part of global energy security because of the high volume of petroleum and other liquids transported by these routes. About 63% (56.5 million barrels per day) of the world’s oil production in 2013 moved on maritime routes, as indicated by
No Rate Improvement due to Carriers’ Inaction
Northbound volumes overtook the previously dominant southbound leg in September in the stagnating Europe-East Coast South America trade, UK shipping consultant Drewry said. The trade between Europe and East Coast South America will be the most troubling of all for carriers with shipments in both dir
EU Chips In for UK’s First LNG Bunker
The EU will through its TEN-T Programme set aside close to EUR 4 million (USD 5m) for the pilot construction of the UK’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker at Teesport near Middlesbrough and the LNG propulsion system of two new ships. This project is a real breakthrough in the use of LNG for s