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Arson at Libyan pipeline causes fire, no significant damage – NOC

August 20, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / General Energy News / 0 comments

Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) said arson caused a fire next to a station on Libya’s Wafa-Mellitah gas pipeline that was extinguished on Thursday without causing significant damage. The NOC said in a statement the arson was carried out with rocket-propelled grenades, gasoline and burnt car tyres by “unknown criminals”. The pipeline connects Wafa field, […]

Green Shipping: Toward a Clean Future

August 17, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments

Photo: SMM The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced its targets of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping in half by the year 2050, and to make ships entirely CO2-neutral before 2100. But long before that, the so-called sulphur cap will take effect: From 2020 all oceangoing ships must run on fuel that contains […]

Kenya to Revive National Shipping Line in Partnership With MSC

August 16, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments

Ungureanu Catalina Oana / Shutterstock Kenya plans to revive a state-owned shipping line with the help of the Mediterranean Shipping Co., President Uhuru Kenyatta said. The Kenya National Shipping Line, which was established in 1987 and stagnated after years of mismanagement, is “expected to once again become an active participant in international seaborne trade, which […]

TEMA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS 3RD BI-MONTHLY MEETING

August 15, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments

The Tema Chamber of Commerce has held its 3rd Bi Monthly Meeting to discuss the re-introduction of the Cargo Tracking Notes (CTN) and ways to surmount challenges confronting the modern entrepreneur. The Tema Chamber of Commerce uses its Bi-Monthly Meetings to address challenges, its members face in their operations. This time, issues discussed included the […]

MSC Containership Loses 13 Containers Overboard Off South Africa

August 14, 2018 / by Adelaide Atakora / Safety / 0 comments

The South African Maritime Safety Authority has issued an urgent warning to vessels east of South Africa to be on the lookout for cargo containers that reportedly fell from a containership off the coast of Durban a week ago. According to SAMSA, a total 13 containers were reportedly lost overboard from the MSC Chloe on […]

SAMSA: MSC Boxship Loses 13 Containers off Durban, South Africa

August 13, 2018 / by Adelaide Atakora / Safety / 0 comments

A containership operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has reportedly lost a number of containers while sailing between Port Elizabeth and Durban, South Africa. As informed, a total of thirteen containers fell off the 9,411 TEU boxship MSC Chloe while the vessel was some 22 nautical miles off Durban in the evening hours of August […]

Port of Antwerp Hit by Fire

August 13, 2018 / by Adelaide Atakora / Safety / 0 comments

A smoldering fire erupted in a consignment of 5,000 tonnes of nickel oxide in a warehouse at the Port of Antwerp on August 11, causing the port authority to evacuate seagoing vessels in the vicinity. The fire broke out on Saturday evening in a 6,000 m² warehouse on the Emdenweg, Leopold Dok, Antwerp’s bulk terminal, […]

China Seeks Feedback on Use of LNG as Marine Fuel

August 13, 2018 / by Adelaide Atakora / Environment / 0 comments

The Chinese Transport Ministry is seeking feedback from the country’s key maritime and shipping players on the advancement of the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as marine fuel. The ministry addressed the letter seeking comments to shipping companies, port and maritime authorities as well as oil companies, asking them to submit their opinions on […]

World’s First Ocean Going Solar Powered Superyacht Set to be Unveiled

August 10, 2018 / by Kuukua Bentil / Environment, Technology / 0 comments

Swiss company SolarImpact Yacht AG has announced plans to debut its new project. What is believed to be the world’s first ocean-going solar superyacht, which has been in the research phase for five years, is now ready to be unveiled to the world. The 23.7-metre (78-foot) vessel, designed by Marlena Ratajska, draws power from a […]

Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire Meet Over ITLOS Ruling Implementation

August 10, 2018 / by Kuukua Bentil / Law and Policy / 0 comments

Ghana and Cote d’ Ivoire on Thursday started a two-day consultative meeting in Accra to deliberate on outstanding issues holding up the implementation of the ruling by the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the maritime boundary dispute between the two countries. The 16-member implementation committee of Ghana, […]

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