Coast Guard – Guardia Costiera CP 265 in Spain for Frontex Joint Operation Poseidon – December 2020
On Wednesday 16th December, 2020 the Italian Coast Guard (Guardia Costiera) 200/S class patrol craft CP 265 who is normally based at Vibo Valentia in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea was berthed at the Spanish port of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands. Arrived from the Spanish port of Almeria, under the […]
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 […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – 180 rescued migrants quarantined on board ropax off Palermo – 19.04.2020
Italy has refused to take in saved migrants due to the coronavirus pandemic disease, saying that the outbreak has killed over 23,000 people, meant it could no longer be considered a port of safety. 34 migrants rescued by Spanish NGO rescue vessel AITA MARI were transferred on Sunday to the 180 metre ropax RAFFAELE RUBATTINO […]
AFM – 76 Migrants brought to Malta by P 62 – 22.11.2019
On Friday 22nd November, 2019 – The Offshore Patrol Vessel P 62 with 76 migrants onboard, including two toddlers under the age of five years old disembarked at Haywharf Base around 1115 hrs. On Twitter, the humanitarian NGO Alarm Phone said that on Thursday they were alerted that a boat fleeing Libya was in distress, […]
Sold to breakers – CMA CGM VERDI – 08.08.2019
On Thursday 8th August 2019 it was announced that the South Korean built container ship CMA CGM VERDI was sold to breakers for an undisclosed price to U.A.E based Simatech Shipping. She was built in 2004 in South Korea by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries at Geoje with 277 m as length; 40 m beam […]
Illegal Immigration – FRONTEX caught fishing vessel smuggling people – June 2019.
Last week, a FRONTEX aircraft detected a suspicious fishing trawler towing a smaller boat. The boat was empty, but something caught the attention of the agency’s experts. Frontex kept observing the boat for several hours, and all of a sudden people started to emerge from below the deck. At one time a smuggler jumped on […]
Illegal Immigration – Sea-Watch launches European Mission – November 2018
Together with the Spanish organization Proactiva Open Arms and the Italian partner project Mediterranea, SEA-WATCH 3 said it has returned to the SAR Area off Libya. Previously, the ship had been detained in Malta for almost four months. The fleet of three ships from three countries – OPEN ARMS,MARE JONIO and SEA-WATCH 3 which is […]
Naval News – Italian Navy Ship ITS CAPRERA involved in smuggling cigarettes
An Italian naval vessel was used to smuggle crates of cigarettes while returning from a mission to stop migrants from travelling from Libya to Europe, the navy confirmed on Wednesday September 19th 2018 after revelations in the press. The Gorgona Class Transport Ship (named as Moto Trasporto Costiero – MTC) ITS CAPRERA A 5349 had aboard […]
GOLFO AZZURRO SAGA – Enters Pozzallo – 09.08.2017 A Spanish Rescue Vessel with Panama (PAN) Flag with three rescued migrants from Libyan waters onboard was finally allowed Wednesday to dock in Sicily after a diplomatic spat between Italy and Malta left her in limbo. She was granted entry at Pozzallo Port, Sicily after reporting a […]
