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Maritime News
Pirates Kidnap Chinese Crewmembers From Fishing Vessel off Gabon
On Monday, armed pirates boarded a trawler off the coast of Gabon and kidnapped multiple foreign crewmembers, according to the…
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EU and UK sanction UAE-based operator of the Gabon and Comoros flags
The European Union and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Intershipping Services, a UAE-based company that operates the flag registries of…
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EU Sanctions Operator of the Comoros and Gabon Flag Registries
The European Union and the UK have sanctioned a UAE-based company that operates two different flag registries used by…
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Port News
Capesize tonne-mile uptick seen as Africa outmuscles Australia for iron ore
Iron ore exports out of Africa are set to be one of the great growth drivers of global seaborne trades…
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West Africa cape volumes spike
Guinea’s emergence as a source of great cargoes for the cape trades and China’s booming electric vehicle manufacturers is increasingly…
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African flags flying high in the dark fleet era
The remarkable rise of a number of African flags providing services to the so-called dark fleet shows no sign of…
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U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base Goes Aground off Gabon
Last week, the expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams ran aground just off Libreville, Gabon. The ship refloated…
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Report: Indian Class Withdrawn on Sanctioned Russian Tankers
Russian shipping interests continue to shuffle around the registry details of their large crude tankers in an apparent effort…
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BW Energy enters $150m sale and leaseback deal for Gabon platform
Oslo-listed BW Energy has executed a sale and leaseback agreement with China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing for the MaBoMo production facility…
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Fire on Perenco platform off Gabon leaves five dead and one missing
An incident on Perenco’s Becuna platform offshore Gabon has resulted in five worker fatalities with one worker still missing. An…
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