Law Enforcement – NOAA identifies 7 Nations for Illegal Fishing Activities – September 2023
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has identified seven nations and entities for their illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in its 2023 report congress. Two of those nations were also cited for issues relating to forced labor, and two were identified for issues related to shark catch. The biennial report, titled 2023 Report to Congress […]
Dredging – Van Oord’s vessel STORNES has set a new world record – May 2023
The 1868 founded Royal Van Oord, a Dutch maritime contracting company that specializes in dredging, land reclamation and constructing man made islands is claiming a new water depth record for subsea rock installation. The 2011 Chinese built flexible fallpipe vessel STORNES perfomed these works in 1,364 m of water for Woodside’s Sangomar field development, 100 km offshore Senegal’s capital […]
Bunkering – Tugboat WAF 3 – 10.04.2021
On Saturday 10th April, 2021 the 1977 built tugboat WAF 3 called for bunkers coming from Catania, Sicily on her way to Dakar, Senegal with ETA on Wednesday 12th May. Originally she arrived on Friday 9th April around 1127 hrs but had to wait for instructions outside territorial waters (otw). She was built in Italy by Bacino […]
Cable Laying News – ILE D’OUESSANT latest acquisition for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs in Malta – 21.10.2020
On Wednesday 21st October, 2020 at 0749 hrs the latest acquisition for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, France the 2011 built cable layer ILE D’OUESSANT entered Grand Harbour, Malta for the first time after coming from Dakar Anchorage, Senegal. She was built in China by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry at Wuhan in 2011 as the TOISA WARRIOR for […]
Former Military – CORMORANO II
One of the former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Equity Class Patrol Craft was spotted on her hull hard at Mazara Del Vallo, Sicily back to 10th April, 2014 now called as CORMORANO II. She was built in 1970 at New Orleans, USA by Equitable Construction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as NOAA 1256 […]
Casualties – BOURBON RHODE confirmed sunk in Atlantic Ocean with three rescued – 29.09.2019
Search crews located an overturned fast rescue craft believed to be from the tug BOURBON RHODE late Saturday, Bourbon has confirmed. The craft was first located by N43RF a Lockheed WP-3D Orion NOAA Hurricane Center aircraft. And again confirmed by Falcon 50 belonging to the French Navy deployed from Dakar, Senegal. A commercial vessel participating in the operation […]
Senegal Detained Italian Grimaldi’s ro/ro ship Dakar High Court on Aug 8th warranted detentions of Italian ro/ro ship GRANDE NIGERIA, as a security until damage cost is paid. On July 29th GRANDE NIGERIA broke off her moorings at Dakar port, and collided with berthed ferry DIAMBOGNE, which is serving Dakar-Ziguinchor route. DIAMBOGNE suffered severe damages […]
