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Europe
Spain to auction off drug running vessel
Spanish authorities have put the general cargo vessel up for auction. The ship was detained a year ago in Malaga,…
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Europe
‘Abhorent’: InterManager slams Prestige master’s jail sentence ruling
InterManager has joined growing calls to reverse a court decision that jailed a tanker captain this week. The shipmanagement organisation…
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Crew evacuated from listing Cido roro
22 crewmembers from the Cido-controlled roro were rescued by Spanish Search & Rescue helicopters on Tuesday evening. In a statement,…
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Europe
Spanish shipyard financing scheme ruled legal
Spain’s shipyards have been given a huge fillip with Europe’s second-highest court yesterday green lighting a Spanish tax lease scheme…
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Europe
APM Terminals picks up remaining shares to complete $1bn Grup Maritim takeover
APM Terminals has reached agreement to purchase the remaining 39% of Grup Maritim from minority shareholders to complete a $1bn…
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Containers
Maersk containership spills fuel off Barcelona
An oil spill was reported from a Maersk containership yesterday, the 2,240 teu Nele Maersk (30,194 dwt, built 2000), around 140km…
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Europe
PYPSA wins $12m Pemex deal
Spanish engineering firm Grupo Profesional Planeacion y Proyectos, has signed a $12 million-plus deal with Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex…
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Europe
Quarantined tanker gets all-clear after seafarer dies of infectious disease
Port authorities have given the all-clear to a tanker quarantined in Spain after its chef died from an unidentified “infectious…
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Europe
Seafarer dead from unknown ‘infectious disease’ onboard product tanker
A seafarer has died of an unidentified “infectious, viral disease” onboard a product tanker currently under quarantine at El Ferrol,…
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Europe
Navantia to build four suezmax tankers for Ibaizabal
Spain’s Navantia shipyard has agreed to build four 156,000-dwt suezmax tankers for Ondimar Transportes Marítimos, a subsidiary of the Ibaizabal…
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Environment
Queensway Navigation tanker causes bitumen spill in Spain
Spanish authorities are demanding that Greece’s Queensway Navigation pay for a bitumen spill from one of its product tankers at…
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