Tugboats ‘Izbaizabal Diez’ & ‘Izbaizabal Once’ delivered to Spanish tug company Remolcadores Izbaizabal by Astilleros Armon in Navia, Spain. The design features a full raised forecastle running nearly half the length of the tug to provide a high standard of accommodation and the best possible sea-keeping capability for operation in exposed conditions. Main Propulsion…
EU Naval forces patrolling Somalia’s coast stated that they destroyed an alleged pirate skiff off the coast of Somalia and released the alleged pirates on the Somali coast, Garowe Online reports. European Union Naval forces captured the alleged pirate skiff 420 nautical miles east of Mogadishu after a pursuit that nabbed 9 alleged pirates.…
Hong Kong and other Asian ports are falling behind European port operators in terms of productivity, a senior shipping executive has warned. Nicolas Sartini, group senior vice-president of Asia-Europe lines at French container line CMA CGM, said some European ports were 50 per cent more efficient at loading and unloading containers than those in…
EU Naval Force and Combined Task Force 151 Work Together to Ensure No Safe Haven for Pirates In Indian Ocean Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand, under command of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) worked in close co-operation with Turkish warship TCG Gemlik of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) to apprehended nine suspected pirates at…