Category: Shipping

Migration and flight: Riding the rudder blade

The news about refugees being picked up by sea is becoming increasingly spectacular. What was recently "only" an eleven-day journey from Nigeria to La Palma/Tenerife was survived by four stowaways on the rudder blade of a Liberian freighter/tanker after 5,000 nautical miles in mid-July! The as yet unnamed ship had set sail from Lagos/Nigeria at the end of June and had been travelling for thirteen days before Brazilian federal police discovered the four men without papers and verifiable identity in poor physical condition under the stern. After necessary medical observation, they are expected to be brought back to Nigeria shortly - probably by plane! Stowaways on the rudder blade or in the...

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Sea piracy is alive and well in the Gulf of Guinea

From an ICC Hamburg press release on the first half-year report 2023 The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has expressed concern about the renewed increase in reported incidents in the waters of the Gulf of Guinea and the Singapore Strait in its 2023 half-year report. The ICC's International Maritime Bureau recorded a total of 65 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the first half of 2023 - an increase on the 58 attacks in the same period in 2022. Violence continues Of the 65 reported incidents, 57 ships were boarded, four were attempted to be attacked, two were...

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Dangers of a "shadow fleet"

Akteure aus der Schifffahrtsbranche äußern sich besorgt über die zunehmende Gefahr, die von einer größer werdenden „Schattenflotte“ ausgeht: Tankschiffe, mit denen Öl und Ölprodukte aus Ländern wie Russland, Iran oder Venezuela transportiert wird, um damit Sanktionen zu umgehen. Sie verweisen darauf, dass diese unter Billigflaggen fahrenden Schiffe kaum Sicherheitsstandards einhielten, häufig ohne angemessene Versicherung oder Aufsicht betrieben und nur minimalen oder [ds_preview]gar keinen Sicherheitskontrollen unterzogen würden. Nichts Gutes ... außer man tut es! Singapurs Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) ist für die Erfüllung der Verpflichtungen aus den SOLAS- und SAR-Übereinkommen in der Seenotrettungsregion Singapur (MSRR) verantwortlich. Die Behörde hatte eine Warnung an alle Eigner und Betreiber von Schiffen herausgegeben, die den Hafen von Singapur anlaufen wollen, die Anforderungen der internationalen Vorschriften zu erfüllen. Mit der vollumfänglichen Wiederaufnahme ihrer Inspektionsprogramme im Rahmen der Hafenstaatkontrollen (PSC) musste MPA Singapur seit Anfang 2022 auch eine dramatische Zunahme von Beanstandungen feststellen. Zu PSC siehe Europa: Moderne Schifffahrtsregulierung. Gemäß Jahresbericht 2022 hatten 30 Schiffe die Sicherheitskontrollen und Inspektionen durch Singapur nicht bestanden - so viele wie insgesamt in den zehn Jahren zuvor! Allein im April 2023 seien bereits neun Schiffe beschlagnahmt worden. Der Fall „Lefkada“ Zu den im letzten Monat festgesetzten Schiffen gehörte der unter der Flagge Gabuns fahrende Rohöltanker „Lefkada“ (ca. 105.000 Tonnen), der von der Reederei Gatik Ship Management (GSM) betrieben wird. Die indische Reederei wird mit russischem Ölhandel in Verbindung gebracht....

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"Gorch Fock" back from the 175th training voyage

In the 175th anniversary year of the German Navy, the "Gorch Fock" completes its 175th training voyage abroad On Friday, 7 July 2023 at 10 a.m., the sail training ship "Gorch Fock" is expected back at the Kiel-Wik naval base. This marks the end of the 175th training voyage abroad, which took the ship and crew back to Kiel via Spain (La Coruna and Cadiz), Portugal (Funchal on Madeira, Ponta Delgada on the Azores) and Ireland (Dublin). The German Navy is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year. The German Navy's sail training ship was not in its home port of Kiel for the German Navy's birthday on 14 June and also missed Kiel Week. But now, after around four months, the three-masted barque...

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Crew member of the "Bonn" needs help

When the Bonn arrived, it was announced that a mate from the "Bonn" had fallen seriously ill. As reported by the Wilhelmshavener Zeitung, which exclusively accompanied the arrival with naval editor Michael Halama, the navy has already taken action. "Unfortunately, there is always unpleasant news on sea voyages," says Lieutenant Captain Daniel A., press officer of the "Bonn". "During our stay in Souda Bay on Crete, a sick crew member was flown back to Germany: Diagnosed with leukaemia." DKMS (see below) knows that every twelve minutes someone in Germany receives this terrible diagnosis of blood cancer, and every 27 seconds worldwide. Many patients cannot survive without a life-saving stem cell donation.

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