Jakarta: Creditors failed to vote in enough numbers to pass the restructuring plan for troubled Indonesian firm Berlian Laju Tankers (BLT) on Friday. However, since the vote was deemed close the supervising judge has called for a revote, likely to be held before the end of this week. “BLT will work with its secured…
Chemical tanker ‘MV Royal Grace’ unexpectedly sails out of pirate’s anchorage, then assisted by EUNAVFOR warship. The pirates had held the vessel after attacking it over a year earlier, on 2 March 2012 in the Gulf of Oman. Early in the morning of 8, March 2013, ESPS Mendez Nunez was conducting counter-piracy patrols 20…
The Coast Guard is continuing to respond to a sunken towing vessel in the Mississippi River near St. James, Friday. Mckinney Salvage and Heavy Lift are scheduled to arrive on scene tonight and commence salvage operations. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report around 2 a.m. Thursday that the 56-foot towing vessel…
One of two Pakistani engineers seized from a vessel by gunmen on Feb. 22 in southeastern Nigeria was rescued from the sea, with his colleague still missing, Petrostar Nigeria Ltd., their employer, said. Qasim Muhammed and Kaleem Ul Haq Usmani were in the vessel MT Leo, on its way from Lagos to the southeastern…