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Japan extends $26m in grant aid to boost Djiboutian maritime security
Japan has extended grant aid worth nearly 3 billion yen (about $26 million) to Djibouti under the “Marine Security Capacity Improvement Plan”. Umio Otsuka, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Djibouti, concluded the arrangement with Djibouti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. The waters in…
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اليابان تنزل إلى المياه أول ناقلة وقود بحرية تعمل بالكهرباء
ذكرت بعض مواقع الإنترنت أن شركة (كى او ايه اندسترى كومبانى ) اليابانية أنزلت إلى المياه أول سفينة لنقل الوقود تعمل بالطاقة الكهربائية. وأشار بيان صادر عن الشركة إلى أن السفينة أنزلت إلى المياه خلال احتفالية خاصة اجريت في محافظة كاجاوا بجزيرة شيكوكو. ويبلغ طول سفينة (اساهى ) الجديدة 62…
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The WCO Environment Programme publishes a guide on Multilateral Environmental Agreements
The WCO Environment Programme has published the “Frontline Customs Officers’ Guide to Key Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)” on the Members’ website. The Guide, to be read in conjunction with the “Green Customs Guide on MEAs”, is intended to supply condensed information to frontline Customs officers on aspects related to key…
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IMO : Implementing electronic data exchange – new data model published
The latest version of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Data Model (version 3.11.0) has been published (read more here). This version includes a new Message Implementation Guide (MIG), providing practical guidance for implementing part of the IMO Compendium on Facilitation and Electronic Business. The IMO FAL MIG provides additional…
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Surveyor fell descending from anchored bulk carrier, died
Surveyor fell into the water and died on Dec 22 at outer anchorage off Payra port, Bangladesh, 65-year old surveyor boarded bulk carrier NERAIDA to survey cargo of coal, destined for a power plant. After he completed his work, he began descending to moored alongside bulk carrier lighter ship, which…
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Killing 83: Illegal Passenger Ship Sinks off the Coast of Madagascar
On Monday, a major accident was reported off the coast of Madagascar where a cargo ship loaded with passengers sank. Madagascar’s Maritime and River Ports Agency stated that Francia, a cargo vessel, illegally transported 150 passengers when the accident happened, and 83 people lost their lives. The ship, Francia, had…
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55 people test positive for Covid on US cruise ship
FLORIDA (AFP): Fifty-five people have tested positive for Covid-19 aboard a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship that set sail Saturday from the southeastern US state of Florida, the company said. The infections on the “Odyssey of the Seas” involved passengers and crew members, even though 95 percent of the people…
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How will Breakbulk Industries Fair in 2022 & Beyond?
With governments investing in domestic infrastructure to kickstart their economies and an array of new renewable energy sector projects in the pipeline, certain breakbulk industries are bouncing back post-pandemic. But with an imbalance in global tonnage demand and congestion hampering supply chains, we take a closer look at what’s in…
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ULSTEIN Announces Delivery of the ERRV Vessel Esvagt Heidi
‘ESVAGT HEIDI (formerly ‘Hermit Prosper’) was delivered from Ulstein Verft to ESVAGT on Friday 17 December 2021 at the agreed time and scope of delivery. The ship carried out a sea trial over the weekend and thereafter left for Ålesund to test the shore power connection. “ESVAGT is very satisfied…
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فيديو: تفاصيل حريق عبارة بنجلاديش اليوم الجمعة وعشرات الضحايا
لقي 32 شخصا على الأقل مصرعهم الجمعة عندما شبت النيران في عبّارة مزدحمة خلال عبورها أحد الأنهار في جنوب بنجلادش. وقال رئيس الشرطة المحلية موينول إسلام: “اشتعلت النيران في عبّارة أوبيجان 10 التي تتألف من ثلاثة طوابق وهي في منتصف النهر”. وأضاف إسلام: “انتشلنا 32 جثة، وقد ترتفع حصيلة القتلى”،…
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