Piracy and Robbery at Sea in September saw a rise in incidents in South East Asia, whilst the monsoon-hit East Africa remained relatively incident free until the latter part of the month. West Africa was low in activity, but one hijack occurred. South America (Caribbean) had a single incident. As the southwest monsoon approached…
Damen and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) have signed a contract for 14 Damen ASD Tugs. An extensive process of yard prequalification and tender evaluation finally resulted in an award to Damen this summer. The series consist of two types, with 9 tugs of Damen’s recently launched 3212 model and 5 units of the well-known…
The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) had two successful navigational trials to test the port access and turning basins for 15,500 TEU vessels last week. The first trial was on the Eleonora Maersk arriving from the Suez Canal’s North Bound Convoy, with a draft of 14.9 meters she berthed alongside before safely re-joining the…
Dutch warship HNLMS Rotterdam, on the morning of 11 Oct, put an end to the activities of a group of suspected pirates from Somalia. The suspected pirates and their boat were taken on board the Rotterdam pending further decision. The search for the pirate action group began the previous afternoon when the Spanish fishing…