When the East Express arrived in the port of Misrata on Jan 18, 2022, the crew thought it would unload its cargo of sugar and then depart. But port authorities declared the sugar unfit for consumption, and detained the ship. This legal obstacle prevented the delivery of the vessel to a trader in Libya, forcing the owner company - Mina Shipping Ltd. - to abandon it, with 11 crew members still on board: ten Syrians and one Egyptian who have been stuck there for two years.
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LAS PALMAS
As appears on the agenda of the call, the general meeting of shareholders of the Armas Trasmediterránea Group will give its approval on Feb 14, 2024, to the sale of the “Las Palmas de Gran Canaria”, which since 2007 has regularly linked Almería with Nador, Oran and Ghazaouet, in addition to the Strait lines. It is one of the ships of the Fleet Plan of the presidency of Luis Delso.
MY AMADEA
The U.S. government is spending more than $7 million a year to maintain the 'Amadea' which it seized from a Russian oligarch in 2022 and urged a judge to let it auction the vessel. Authorities in Fiji seized the yacht under a warrant alleging it was owned by Suleiman Kerimov, who has been placed under sanctions by the United States. Efforts to auction the yacht were being challenged by Eduard Khudainatov, who claimed he owns the yacht and says it cannot be forfeited because he has not been hit with sanctions. U.S. prosecutors stated that the excessive maintenance bill justified an auction.