Coast Guard discovered the ship at 5am displaying several suspicious signs and ordered the fishing vessel to stop for administrative inspections and found the illegal cargo.
Two ships involved were spotted by a MMEA patrol boat which suspected them for carrying out the STS activities at 32.1 nautical miles east of Tanjung...
Initial investigation found the ship, which had three members on board, to be transporting about 70,000 litres of diesel oil with no documents proving its legal...
Gard recommends ship operators and their masters trading to Israeli ports to carefully assess the risks involved in all port calls on a case-by-case basis.
Sanctions have been imposed on United Arab Emirates-based Lumber Marine and Turkiye-based Ice Pearl Navigation, which operated tankers carrying Russian cruise oil priced above USD 60...
Gard suggests equipment such as fenders, anchor chains, and hawse pipes should be physically blocked during STS/bunkering operations as they can provide a point of access...
It can be argued that these fuels represented by the tested samples may not meet the general requirements outlined in clause 5 of ISO8217, says CTI-Maritec.
Bunker demand has increased in Mozambique’s Nacala and Maputo ports as bunkering remains completely shut off in Algoa Bay, a source says.
South African Revenue Service has detained five bunker barges at the Algoa Bay anchorage by Port Elizabeth over alleged illegal bunker operations, according to sources.
Gabon P&I reports services at port are open but working slowly because of uncertainty around persons in charge; one of the first ships which was locked...
