Update: Efforts to contain and clean up the oil spill following the collision between Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier “Sunny Horizon” and Korean-registered Liquefied Petroleum Gas carrier “DL Salvia” continued today. There has been no further spillage of bunker from “DL Salvia”. As a precautionary measure, an oil boom has been deployed around the vessel.…
Ghana is leading efforts to ensure greater security and stability in the West African sub-region, especially maritime and naval security. According to President John Dramani Mahama, Ghana will put its newly acquired naval patrol vessels and vessel tracking devices, at the disposal of all countries to prevent cases of piracy in the Gulf of…
Batam, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) – Several Indonesian Navy patrol vessels are closely monitoring the oil spill resulting from a collision of tankers in Singapore waters. “We are closely monitoring it,” Batam Navy Base commander Col Nur Hidayat said here on Monday. He explained that the monitoring efforts were being made in anticipation of…
EU Naval Force warship ‘ESPS Relampago’ rescues 68 people in a drifting open boat. ESPS Relámpago, currently operating as part of the EU Naval Force – Operation ATALANTA, fighting piracy off the Somali Coast, rescued 68 people after finding them adrift in a small boat in the middle of the Gulf of Aden. The…