arrived Chittagong Anchorage 07.09.24
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CARTHAGE
A 65-year-old man who suffered a heart attack on board the 'Carthage' was rescued by the Cagliari Coast Guard during the night of Sep 10, 2024, while the ship wasd sailing on the Tunis-Genoa route. He felt ill when the ship was about 40 miles south of Cape Carbonara. The captain raised the alarm, and the Nemo Aw139 helicopter of the Decimomannu Coast Guard was sent to the scene. Hoisting the man was not easy due to the strong Mistral wind of about 45 knots, the rough sea of force 5-6 and the night. After he was winched on board the helicopter, he was taken to the Brotzu Hospital in Cagliari.
Sydney
Australia’s biggest port operator DP World is telling dock workers that 200 jobs will be made redundant in Sydney and Melbourne as the company grapples with stalled union negotiations and growing commercial pressures. DP World Australia’s chief operating officer Andrew Adam told The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald that the company had no choice but to shed 200 staff – 100 in Melbourne (on top of 50 stevedores who will leave the business this week) and 100 in Sydney. About 1800 stevedores work at the company. “It’s a decision not taken lightly, but we’ve lost volume and market share since last year,” Mr Adam said.
Manzanillo
The Mexican government is upgrading the Port of Manzanillo, one of the country’s main Pacific Ocean ports, with four new terminals. The terminals will include a specialized container facility with capacity to handle 1.75 million TEUs per year, another for agricultural bulk, one more for mineral bulk and one specialized for hydrocarbons.
SOUNION
After the abandoned towing attempt of the 'Sounion', the private companies responsible for the salvage operation have concluded that the conditions were not met to conduct the operation and that it was not safe to proceed, the EU’s Operation Aspides mission said on Sep 10. Alternative solutions are now being explored by the private companies. Assets of the EU mission have been engaged in protecting the tugs involved. Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC taken on the afternoon showed the 'Sounion' still ablaze. The Houthi terrorists targeted two other oil tankers traveling through the Red Sea on Sep 9. The Houthis have suggested they'll allow a salvage operation to take place, but critics say they have used the threat of an environmental disaster previously involving another oil tanker off Yemen to extract concessions from the international community.
Tanger-Med
Nippon Express France, S.A.S. (hereinafter, “NEF”), a subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., has opened a Tanger Med Logistics Center in the Moroccan port of Tanger Med, and this Center began operations on Wednesday, June 26, as NEF’s second location in Morocco.
Sohar
US-based McDermott International has received a contract to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Sohar LNG Bunkering Project in Oman. The project has an aim of establishing Oman as a regional LNG bunkering hub capable of supplying LNG as a fuel to marine vessels. Under the deal, awarded by Total Oman E&P Development B.V. in partnership with Oman Oil Company S.O.A.C., the scope of work during the FEED phase includes fully defining the onshore mid-scale LNG facilities and preparing a competitive tender for the engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning phase.
SUZHOUHAO
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Basrah Offshore Oil Terminal
July 16: A fire at Iraq’s southern Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halted crude loading operations on Tuesday but was put out and loading resumed, Iraqi oil officials said. The fire occurred in a residential section of the terminal accommodating workers and did not directly damage oil infrastructure, a port official and sources in the Basra Oil Company said. “Fire erupted at around 5 am (0200 GMT) and it was put out in two hours. We had to halt crude loading operations for three hours for safety issues,” said a port official who was speaking from the Basra port. Basra port has restored full operations with no stoppage at the oil exports jetties, said a statement from the state-run Basra Oil Company. Four workers suffered minor injuries, it added.
Jiangyin
Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell SE has finalized the sale of its stake in Odfjell Terminals Jiangyin (OTJ), China. The indirect 55% equity interest in OTJ has been sold by Odfjell Terminals Asia Holding to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) for a price of about USD 46 million.