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The 'Rio de Janeiro Express' was among the vessels, which fishermen in Valparaíso and San Antonio blocked in protest on March 27, 2025. The vessel was scheduled to dock after 1:00 p.m. at berth No. 3, operated by the Terminal Pacífico Sur (TPS)."They won't enter. May the government, once and for all, help us," the protesters stated during the fishermen's protest against the fractionation law. The fishermen stated: “Right now, we, the fishermen of Valparaíso, Quintero, Horcón, Portales, Membrillo, San Pedro, etc., are halting the traffic of merchant vessels,” they stated. They also directly challenged the Executive Branch. These protests are taking place within the framework of the legislative discussion on the “Subdivision Law.” In response, the Chilean Navy, specifically the Valparaíso Port Captaincy,were in the process of regularizing this blockade. Meanwhile, the undocking of the container ship 'Maersk Bintan' from berth No. 1, also managed by TPS, was scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m., but this was delayed too. No other vessel was expected to call at the port until March 28 at 8:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the three berths operated by Terminal Portuario Valparaíso (TPV) were occupied by the reefer' Italia Stream', the bulk carrier 'Ocean Jasmina', and the cruise ship 'SH Vega'. The former will remain moored until March 30, and the latter until April 1, while the third was scheduled to depart on March 27 at 6:00 p.m. Artisanal fishermen were also blocking the Port of San Antonio by sea with more than 20 vessels. The protest measure prevents ships from entering or leaving. Reports with photo and video: https://www.adnradio.cl/2025/03/27/pescadores-artesanales-en-valparaiso-y-san-antonio-cierran-paso-a-buques-carguero-como-protesta-no-van-a-entrar/ https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-valparaiso/2025/03/27/ley-de-fraccionamiento-pescadores-protestan-y-bloquean-acceso-a-caleta-portales-y-el-membrillo.shtml https://portalportuario.cl/pescadores-artesanales-bloquean-ingreso-de-portacontenedores-al-puerto-de-valpaiso/

Greenpeace conducted two protests, trying to hinder two LNG carriers from the USA and Russia, respectively, urging the EU to expedite their phasing out of Russian fuels, as well as to denounce fossil fuels altogether. On March 27, 2025, eight Greenpeace volunteers temporarily blocked the 'Marvel Swallow' on its way to Zeebrugge, en route from Louisiana, with a shipment of LNG. The group launched out of their mothership, the 'Arctic Sunrise', and encircled the Marvel Swallow, displaying banners having the likenesses of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in addition to slogans such as “Their gas your cash.” Greenpeace claimed that they were conducting the protest to remind the EU that their reliance on fossil fuels was fostering geopolitical instability and hurting households due to skyrocketing fuel prices. The 'Marvel Swallow' managed to dock in Zeebrugge later that same day. Already on March 26, a prrotest was carried out against the 'Fedor Litke', en route from Sabetta in Russia. The goal behind these protests was to stop fuel carriers from transferring fuel to the EU. Greenpeace is urging the EU to completely phase out fossil gas by the year 2035. Photos: https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJV9UE_5?_gl=1*1jty749*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY3MjQ0ODE0LjE3NDMxNTM2MjQ.*_ga_94MRTN8HG4*MTc0MzE1MzYyNC4xLjAuMTc0MzE1MzYyNC4wLjAuMTk0MTExNTI1MQ..

Tatiana Soroka, the former wife of the Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov, has dropped a negligence claim against her former law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, which cited a failure to seize the 'Luna' during divorce proceedings. This marks the latest installment in a decade of an acrimonious legal struggle that began when Tatiana Soroka issued a financial relief petition against her husband, the former Russian senator Farkhad Akhmedov, in 2013. Soroka would officially file for divorce 2016, with London's High Court awarding her a record-breaking £453 million settlement. The negligence claim against Payne Hicks Beach, first filed in 2023, alleged that the lawyer and her firm did not provide the correct advice when Soroka asked them to explore options to have the 'Luna' ­impounded, while she was docked in Miami. The vessel remained there from Jan to March 2017, during which time Soroka hired secondary counsel in the US to discuss the possibility of seizure. Soroka claimed that she asked Payne Hicks Beach to reconsider whether she might be able to enforce the financial remedy order against the yacht. However the firm argued that Soroka had explicitly stated she was not interested in impounding the Luna, and that her stance remained unchanged. The firm had pledged to "vigorously defend" the claim. Now that the case has been dropped, the Russian must cover both the lawyers' costs and her own legal expenses. The 'Luna' was recently implicated in another high-profile case involving a decade-long tax evasion scheme led by Roman Abramovich.

Greenpeace conducted two protests, trying to hinder two LNG carriers from the USA and Russia, respectively, urging the EU to expedite their phasing out of Russian fuels, as well as to denounce fossil fuels altogether. On March 27, 2025, eight Greenpeace volunteers temporarily blocked the 'Marvel Swallow' on its way to Zebruuge en route from Louisiana with a shipment of LNG. The group launched out of their mothership, the 'Arctic Sunrise', and encircled the Marvel Swallow, displaying banners having the likenesses of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in addition to slogans such as “Their gas your cash.” Greenpeace claimed that they were conducting the protest to remind the EU that their reliance on fossil fuels was fostering geopolitical instability and hurting households due to skyrocketing fuel prices. The 'Marvel Swallow' managed to dock in Zeebrugge later that same day. Already on March 26, a prrotest was carried out against the 'Fedor Litke', en route from Sabetta in Russia. The goal behind these protests was to stop fuel carriers from transferring fuel to the EU. Greenpeace is urging the EU to completely phase out fossil gas by the year 2035. Photos: https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJV9UE_5?_gl=1*1jty749*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY3MjQ0ODE0LjE3NDMxNTM2MjQ.*_ga_94MRTN8HG4*MTc0MzE1MzYyNC4xLjAuMTc0MzE1MzYyNC4wLjAuMTk0MTExNTI1MQ..

The 'Alfred', serving on the route Troon - Brodick, required to carry out sea trials after previous overhaul works on March 27. As a consequence, the scheduled departures from Troon at 1.35 p.m. and from Brodick at 3.45 p.m. had to be cancelled. The service was resumed with the sailing from Troon at 6 p.m.