by admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The M/V Ana Cecilia that was best known for making a landmark trip to Cuba in 2012, delivering humanitarian goods for the first time in 50 years, and then for being seized by US custom and border control agents for smuggling cocaine in 2015, has been sunk about a mile...
by admin | Apr 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
The roll-on, roll-off shipping market is in a relatively upbeat mood after emerging surprisingly unscathed from a year of tough economic and geopolitical challenges. The outlook for pure car carriers, however, is looking less rosy against a backdrop of rising supply...
by admin | Feb 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
A U.N. sanctioned North Korean shipping company continues to evade international sanctions. Ocean Maritime Management Company Limited (OMM) continues to operate by way of foreign flagged vessels, name and company name re-registrations and other means of deceptive...
by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Panama-flagged Turkish container ship, Whiskey Trio, has been detained and deemed unseaworthy after a report was filed by a sick crew member who was denied access to a medical professional. Upon inspection, Swedish authorities discovered explosives, rockets and...
by admin | Jan 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
After an inspection conducted in association with the Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) of Mexico in Manzanillo, 173 kilos of cocaine were found on board inside 3 black suitcases. The vessel had last called the port of Buenaventura, Colombia where the drugs...
by admin | Nov 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
United States federal investigators have called off the search for the M/V El Faro voyage data recorder. The U.S. flagged vessel sunk along with all 33 members of its crew in early October 2015 after experiencing engine failure on there way from Jacksonville, FL to...
by admin | Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Transport Minister Marc Garneau to liaise with other ministries to effectuate the ban of oil tankers. The ban would restrict oil tankers from transiting waters off the northern coast of British Columbia and...
by admin | Nov 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the bridge has finally been located from the US-flagged vessel, El Faro, that sank due to inclement weather related to Hurricane Joaquin last month. The vessels captain reported engine trouble while making its...
by admin | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Increased arrivals of larger vessels, continued water conservation measures, fog and maintenance efforts is to blame for delays in transiting the canal of up to 11 days according to The Panama Canal Authority. The congestion began late September with the arrival of a...
by admin | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
As the price of crude oil continues to plummet, Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister has announced planned tax cuts for oil companies drilling in some offshore areas in the Caribbean. Some contracts will receive a 25 percent reduction in income taxes and will...
