Gaza-Israel War – Maritime Aid Corridor – OPEN ARMS left Cyprus – 12.03.2024
Most of Gaza’s people are now internally displaced, and there are severe bottlenecks in aid deliveries at land border checkpoints with Gaza has been under an Israeli navy blockade since 2007, when Hamas took control of the enclave. There have been few direct sea arrivals since then. The daily number of aid trucks entering Gaza […]
Gaza-Israel War – Cruise ship CROWN IRIS with 1,300 evacuees from Israel to Cyprus – 13.10.2023
Following the 2023 Yom Kippur attack by Hamas on Southern Israel on Saturday 7th October around 1,300 souls arrived in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday 13th October from Haifa, Israel, on board the cruise ship CROWN IRIS. The passengers were able to fly home on planes from Larnaca Airport if they desired mostly German citizens wanting […]
Naval News – HMS Duncan D 37 deployed to Operation Sea Guardian in the Mediterranean Sea – 21.06.2019
The Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan D 37 left Cartagena, Spain of which she was there on Wednesday 12th June coming from Larnaca, Cyprus of which she took part in a Cypriot humanitarian exercise to take part in Operation Sea Guardian and conducting NATO security patrols in the Mediterranean. The aim of the […]
Ships at Haifa, Israel in Week 9 of 2018. The following movements are covered by a friend at Haifa, Israel – Tuesday 27th February, 2018. The 2012 built VUT flag PSV MONTET TIDE dropped anchors outside port limits coming from Larnaca, Cyprus. Also the 2005 built 225m long pipelayer AUDACIA arrived off Harbour from Cadiz. […]