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1 day ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
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1 day ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
An Iranian court has fined and sentenced 34 seafarers from two overseas tankers as its crackdown against fuel smuggling continues. Press TV reported that the crew members were jailed for five years. The head of the Iranian Judiciary’s local branch in Hormozgan, Mojtaba Ghahramani, said the seafarers were arrested after their two foreign-flagged tankers were seized in recent weeks near the Iranian island of Bu Musa.
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1 day ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
A product tanker has been boarded by a pirate gang in the first such attack in Nigerian waters since 2021. Maritime security companies reported the unnamed Marshall Islands-flagged ship was targeted by four assailants in a small black skiff on Monday evening, 104 nautical miles southwest of Brass. They approached at a speed of 25 knots, according to Africa Risk Compliance (ARC).
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2 days ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
Venezuela is asking for tankers to return crude cargoes after revoking permission for US oil major Chevron to load oil. Oil consultancy Kpler said it had received reports that national oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has already taken back one aframax cargo. PDVSA pulled Chevron's authorisation earlier in April, despite the US government allowing the licence to be extended to 27 May.
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3 days ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
Canada's Coast Guard said tar balls have been found near where an MSC Mediterranean Shippng Co feedermax boxship remains grounded after two months. The 2,478-teu MSC Baltic III (built 2003) got stuck in the middle of February off Cedar Cover. The Coast Guard said that last week, while conducting a scheduled shoreline survey, a small tar ball was found on a beach near the site. The next day, two additional tar balls were located on the beach.
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3 days ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
TradeWinds is part of DN Media Group AS. From November 1st DN Media Group is responsible for controlling your data on TradeWinds. We use your data to ensure you have a secure and enjoyable user experience when visiting our site. You can read more about how we handle your information in our privacy policy. DN Media Group is the leading news provider in the shipping, seafood, and energy industries, with a number of English- and Norwegian-language news publications across a variety of sectors.
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1 week ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
Two crew members have died and nine remain missing after a dredger capsized off the Philippines. The accident involving the 20,400-dwt hopper ship Honghai 16 (built 2012) took place in waters off Rizal in the province of Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The PCG immediately launched a search and rescue operation.
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1 week ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
TradeWinds is part of DN Media Group AS. From November 1st DN Media Group is responsible for controlling your data on TradeWinds. We use your data to ensure you have a secure and enjoyable user experience when visiting our site. You can read more about how we handle your information in our privacy policy. DN Media Group is the leading news provider in the shipping, seafood, and energy industries, with a number of English- and Norwegian-language news publications across a variety of sectors.
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1 week ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
A German court is to decide whether to free a sanctioned tanker arrested after a rescue operation in the Baltic Sea. Reuters cited the country’s finance ministry as saying a request by an unidentified plaintiff had been made to release the 152,000-dwt Eventin (built 2006). The vessel is carrying a Russian crude cargo worth about $30m. The Panama-flagged ship was held in March after being adrift in the Baltic. The tanker was sanctioned by the European Union in February.
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1 week ago | 
tradewindsnews.com | Gary Dixon
Illegal drugs have been found on an Arkas Line container ship for the second time in five months. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza said it had seized more than 2,000 kg of cocaine from the 2,586-teu Mersin Express (built 2017) in what was called “an important anti-drug operation”. The date of the raid was not released, but Clarksons data showed the ship in the port for over four days from 20 March.
