May 15th, 20190A few weeks after the sinking of con-ro Grande America off the French coast due to a fire, another vessel in the fleet of Naples-based Grimaldi Group caught fire early this morning in the Mediterranean. The car carrier , while en route from Salerno to Valencia, was hit by a fire onboard when transiting off the island of...
April 30th, 20190European nations are determined to get ship emissions cut quicker than current timelines proposed by regulators and lobbyists. Following France’s proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for speed limits for shipping, Denmark, Germany and Spain have submitted a joint proposal ahead of next month’s Marine...
December 6th, 20180Barcelona City Council has joined calls to create an emission control area (ECA) in the Mediterranean to limit air pollution produced by ships. Both the governments of Italy and France are understood to be considering the ECA proposal too. Within Europe there are already ECAs in the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the English...
October 31st, 20182Firefighters rushed to the port of Barcelona this morning as a ferry operated by Italy’s Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) slammed into a gantry crane. The crane collapsed and fell on four containers, sparking a large fire that could be seen from many kilometres away. The was docking in very inclement weather with strong winds and heavy...
March 19th, 20180Containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is launching of a new rail freight service between Seville, Spain, and the Atlantic, beginning April 4. The service is expected to run daily between Seville’s inland maritime port – Puerto de Sevilla – and the port of Sines in Portugal, with a capacity of more than 100 teu per...
November 27th, 20170CEPSA from Spain have sold the 2004-built , a suezmax that notched up significant interest from buyers. Clarkson Research reports the Spanish company received around five bids for the South Korean built ship and in the end selected Greek owner Eurotankers’ $18.8m offer. “entiment is definitely on the rise for crude tonnage of this...
August 16th, 20174Salvors Resolve Marine have been called in to assist in controlling a fire onboard a Bibby Line bulker. Crew were evacuated on Monday off the which is carrying fertilizer and is now drifting to the south of the Canary Islands. The fire was first reported on Sunday onboard the UK-flagged vessel, but the ship was denied entry to Las...
August 15th, 20175Crew were evacuated yesterday off a fire-ridden bulk carrier carrying fertilizer off the Canary Islands. The fire was first reported on Sunday onboard the UK-flagged , owned by Bibby Line, but the ship was denied entry to Las Palmas. Yesterday morning the ship suffered a series of explosions and two Spanish search and rescue...
June 6th, 20170Shipping lines are having to reroute calls in the Mediterranean area as dockers in Spain yesterday kicked off a fortnight of intermittent strikes. The Spanish government, under pressure from the EU, has been trying to push through port reforms, something that dockworkers have protested against. Dockworkers will stop working every...
May 19th, 20170Spanish politicians passed a controversial port reform bill yesterday, at the behest of the European Union. The new law however has proven deeply unpopular with local dockworkers who have threatened a renewed wave of strikes. The decree aims to liberalise hiring in a sector strictly controlled by the unions who have called for four...
