Fishing – Italian stern trawlers ANTARTIDE and MEDINEA released from Libya – 17.12.2020

On Thursday 17th December, 2020 the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte together with Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio visited LNA General Commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar including visit to the Libya National Army Headquaters in Ar Rajmah , East of Libya which is located 27 km east of Benghazi. One of the most important issues […]
Research/Survey Vessel – OGS EXPLORA

The research vessel OGS EXPLORA is the only ocean research vessel with a capacity owned by a public entity currently existing in Italy. Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale ( OGS) acquired her in 1989. She was built in 1973 by Elsflether Werft A.G., Germany as EXPLORA with German flag and 72.62 m as length overall. Amongst […]
Casualties – North Korean trawler sunk after colliding with Japanese Patrol Craft – 07.10.2019

Officials in Tokyo have confirmed the successful rescue of 60 people who had ended up in the water after a Japanese patrol vessel and a North Korean fishing boat collided off Ishikawa prefecture on Monday, October 7. The incident between the Japan Fisheries Agency vessel OKUNI and the unnamed North Korean trawler occurred at around […]