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| 66 passengers onboard Mumbai-Goa cruise ship test positive for Covid |
After one crew member aboard the cruise ship tested positive for Covid, the samples of over 2000 passengers and crew members on the ship were tested and 66 have tested Covid-19 positive. On Sunday, a medical team in PPE kits went on board to conduct an RT-PCR test of all 2,016 people, including passengers and crew members onboard... -India Today
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| Cargo ship delivers ice-coated cars to Russia |
Dozens of cars were delivered to the Russian port of Vladivostok caked in ice from several centimetres to half a metre. The delivery came as a surprise to local residents and turned the harbour into a popular photo spot. En route to Russia, the Japanese ’Sun Rio’ cargo carrier experienced temperatures at around -19C with high winds at sea. Waves splashed onto the deck of the cargo ship and froze the cars... -RTE
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| Suez Canal Toll Increase to Boost Revenue By $400 Million |
The chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabieh told Arabiya TV on Monday that the 6% increase in canal fees starting in February will boost annual revenue by $400 million, Reuters reported. During the interview, Rabieh also said the SCA plans to offer financial incentives for ships that follow environmentally friendly standards, Egyptian daily paper El Watan reported... -gCaptain
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| India: Foreign crew confined to ships |
The Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) is confining crews and officials to ships coming from abroad in view of the scare over the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant of the Coronavirus. On an average, five ships arrive at the port with cargo from various countries. “We are not allowing any crew member or official to enter the port premises. They are being confined to their vessels till the handling is completed... -Deccan Chronicle
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| Passengers leave COVID-hit cruise ship after 5 days stuck in Lisbon |
Disconsolate passengers stuck on a cruise ship moored in Lisbon’s port for five days due to a COVID-19 outbreak began disembarking early on Monday, focused on clearing the final hurdle of a negative test before boarding homebound flights. The AIDAnova, carrying 2,844 passengers and 1,353 crew, had docked in Portugal’s capital on Wednesday... -Reuters
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| Asia’s Giant Free-Trade Agreement Enters Into Force |
January 1, 2021 saw the ushering in of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest multilateral trade agreement. The RCEP covers 15 states, including 10 ASEAN members, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. Their combined population is about 2.3 billion people, about 30 percent of the world total, with an overall GDP of $28.5 trillion... -The Maritime Executive
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| NASA Supported Study Confirms Southern Ocean Is Absorbing Carbon |
NASA’s Earth Science News Team— New observations from research aircraft indicate that the Southern Ocean absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases, confirming that it is a strong carbon sink and an important buffer for the effects of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions... -gCaptain
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| Fuel Problems Force Containership to Divert for Emergency Repairs |
A South Korean containership was forced to turn around in the Pacific and seek a port of refuge after reportedly suffering an engine problem that is being blamed on a fuel problem. SM Line’s SM Busan, a 6622 TEU containership, arrived in Victoria, Canada where officials are reporting the vessel may spend up to a month undergoing repairs... -The Maritime Executive
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| Construction Begins at DP World’s $1.1 Billion Port in Senegal |
Senegal President Macky Sall on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port being developed by Dubai’s state-owned port operator DP World at Ndayane, around 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital Dakar. DP World Dakar, a joint venture between the Dubai-based logistics provider and the Port Authority of Dakar (PAD), is the biggest private investment in the West African country, Sall said... -Maritime Professional
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| FMC investigates Wan Hai over detention charges |
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is investigating Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines for possible violations of 46 U.S.C. § 41102(c) with respect to charges relating to container returns. The FMC contends that Wan Hai invoiced a customer at least 21 times in the spring of 2021 for detention charges when the carrier “either offered no return locations, the designated terminal was not accepting the containers’ chassis, or appointments were unavailable for the subject containers,”... -Splash 247
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| Greek ROV Company Finds Lost WWII Submarine Off Mykonos |
A research team headed up by Greek explorer Kostas Thoctarides has discovered the wreck of an Italian WWII submarine off the coast of Mykonos. The submarine Jantina was a 1932-built Argonauta-class attack sub, a diesel-electric design of about 650 tonnes displacement. On July 5, 1941, she was under way on a surface transit from the Greek island of Leros when she was attacked by a British submarine,.. -The Maritime Executive
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| Suez Canal revenues hit $6.3bn in 2021 vs $5.6bn in 2020 |
Revenue from Egypt’s Suez Canal hit a record $6.3 billion last year. It was an increase of nearly 13 per cent compared with $5.6bn in 2020, the canal authority said. The vital waterway, through which at least 10 per cent of global trade passes, also posted record cargo volumes in 2021... -The National
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| IAF man says his sailor son was killed, rubbishes suicide claim; files complaint against shipping firm |
An Indian Air Force officer has filed a police complaint in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, against a Hong Kong-headquartered shipping company for allegedly lying about the cause of his sailor-son’s death on board one of its vessels. Gyanendra Singh Malik, a junior warrant officer in the IAF, told TOI that Anglo-Eastern, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, claimed his son, Shivam Malik, had committed suicide, but the postmortem conducted in India made it clear that “he was murdered”... -Times of India
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| Houthis Seize UAE-Flagged Cargo Ship off Yemen |
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen hijacked a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo vessel which it said was engaged in “hostile acts” but which the Saudis said was carrying hospital equipment. The ship was heading to the Saudi port of Jizan, just north of Yemen, from the Yemeni Red Sea island of Socotra when it was attacked just before midnight on Sunday,.. -gCaptain
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| Almost every cruise ship reports COVID-19 cases onboard, despite precautions |
Almost every cruise ship operating in U.S. waters reported recent COVID-19 cases among passengers or crew, despite extensive precautions to guard against the spread of the virus — including vaccination, testing and face-covering requirements. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now is advising people to avoid cruising, even if they are fully vaccinated... -Florida Today
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| Brazilian Health Agency Warns Against Cruise Ship Travel |
Brazilian health agency Anvisa on Sunday warned passengers against boarding cruise ships operating along the Brazilian coast after outbreaks of COVID-19 affecting crew and customers, according to a statement on its website. The move follows a call for the “immediate temporary interruption of the cruise ship season in Brazil” as they pose a risk to public health... -gCaptain
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| Russian icebreaker escorts ship convoy to Antarctic station |
Navigation through icy waters of the polar regions is a difficult task that requires crew members to be prepared for this challenging work. The coming years are expected to see more ice cover melting, opening up new sea routes for ships and changing the international trade and shipping picture... -Offshore Energy
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