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The 'Guardamar Talía' rescued 129 people from a cayuco that had been sighted by a fishing boat on Nov 4 about 150 nautical miles south of the island El Hierro. In Lanzarote, The castaways were taken to La Restinga on Nov 5. The 'Guardamar Calíope' has rescued 220 people from four inflatable boats at the same time, and the 'Guardamar Urania' has recovered the bodies of two Moroccan men six nautical miles southest of Arrecife. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1853796892536176689

On Nov 5, the wind situation in the North of Lagoa dos Patos should change and make it possible for the 'Mount Taranaki' to navigate again with rising water levels, after the bulk carreier was stranded in the Itapuã channel, at the entrance to Guaíba, from Oct 31 until Nov 3, For now, the vessel remained moored in the anchorage area in pos. 30° 26' N 051° 04' W, waiting until continuing its journey to Porto Alegre. The grounding caused navigation problems, blocking the entry of at least one more ship, the Panamanian flagged 'EVA Shanghai', which was sailing right behind, and preventing the departure of the 'Inoi' from the port. If the situation did not change, a total of eight ships could be unable to navigate the waterway, according to projections from the lagoon's pilots. The ship's grounding was caused mainly by the lack of dredging of the Guaíba. The successive floods have worsened the situation. Report with photo: https://www.correiodopovo.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/cidades/ventos-no-gua%C3%ADba-podem-mudar-na-ter%C3%A7a-e-permitir-navega%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-navio-fundeado-no-canal-de-itapu%C3%A3-1.1549164

US-based McDermott International has received a contract to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Sohar LNG Bunkering Project in Oman. The project has an aim of establishing Oman as a regional LNG bunkering hub capable of supplying LNG as a fuel to marine vessels. Under the deal, awarded by Total Oman E&P Development B.V. in partnership with Oman Oil Company S.O.A.C., the scope of work during the FEED phase includes fully defining the onshore mid-scale LNG facilities and preparing a competitive tender for the engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning phase.

Maiden call by Marella Cruises in Kiel. In the early Tuesday morning (16th July) the cruise ship Marella Explorer (see also CruiseMapper) berthed in the port of Kiel with 2,000 mostly anglo-phone passengers on-board. The vessel follows an itinerary of 14 days leading it all across the Baltic Sea. It started in Newcastle on 13th July and will conclude its cruise in the same port on 27th July.

The 'Guardamar Talía' rescued 129 people from a cayuco that had been sighted by a fishing boat on Nov 4 about 150 nautical miles south of the island El Hierro. In Lanzarote, The castaways were taken to La Restinga on Nov 5. The 'Guardamar Calíope' has rescued 220 people from four inflatable boats at the same time, and the 'Guardamar Urania' has recovered the bodies of two Moroccan men six nautical miles southest of Arrecife. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1853796892536176689

Guests attending a Halloween party in the Royal Promenade aboard the 'Symphony of the Seas' on Ocz 31 at 10.30 p.m. had the festivities abruptly halted when the automatic sprinkles began going off. A fog machine in the promenade set the sprinkles off, sending guests to seek shelter near the shore excursion tablets adjacent to the Bionic Bar. The scene resembled a torrential downpour, with cascades of water creating a haze that made it impossible to see to the other side of the Promenade. Crew members awere trying to keep the equipment out of harm's way. On Nov 1 by 6 a,.m. the promenade was back in working order with a few fans left facing carpets. Report with photos: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/

Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell SE has finalized the sale of its stake in Odfjell Terminals Jiangyin (OTJ), China. The indirect 55% equity interest in OTJ has been sold by Odfjell Terminals Asia Holding to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) for a price of about USD 46 million.

All new ships for UK waters ordered from 2025 should be designed with zero-emission capable technologies, according to ambitious plans set out today by maritime minister Nusrat Ghani to cut pollution from the country’s maritime sector. The commitment is set out in the Clean Maritime Plan published today. The government is also looking at ways to incentivise the transition to zero-emission shipping and will consult on this next year. The plan also includes a £1m competition to find innovative ways to reduce maritime emissions and is published alongside a call for evidence to reduce emissions on UK waterways and domestic vessels.

arrived Chittagong Anchorage 04.11.24

The 'Razouk'', en route from Aliağa to Varna, suffered an engine failure in front of Karanlik Liman during the transit of the Dardanelles Strait in the night of Oct 7, 2024, at around 8 p.m. UTC. The ship got assistance by the tug 'Kurtarma 3' (IMO: 9335939). The ship was moored in pos. 40° 03' N 026° 19' E under the coordination of the Çanakkale VTS Center and the escort of a strait pilot, where it remained stationary as of Oct 9. Video: https://x.com/i/status/1843394730836598805

Middle East-India-Africa Express (MIAX) to start operations in October 2019 Hapag-Lloyd is expanding its African liner services and will offer its MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service starting in October 2019. It will include direct connections between the Arabian Gulf, India, Colombo (Sri Lanka), La Réunion, South Africa and West Africa.

South African state-run logistics company Transnet has suspended a number of employees for taking part in a lengthy go-slow campaign at the Ngqura Container Terminal in the Eastern Cape. The port said in a statement yesterday it had “suspended a number of employees at its Ngqura Container Terminal for engaging in an illegal industrial action.