August 30, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A salvage operation to recover Greek registered oil tanker “Sounion” stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants is expected to start in coming days barring any major upset, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday, according to Reuters.. “What was decided yesterday is …
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August 21, 2024
FEATURED, World
Greek-flagged tanker “Sounion” has being attacked by two small Houthis’ boats and struck by three projectiles in the Red Sea off Yemen on Wednesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. There were no casualties reported among the 25 crew members onboard, but the Greek-flagged vessel has lost the …
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January 19, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Τhe Greek member of the crew of oil tanker “St. Nicolas” seized by the Iranian Navy on January 11 was released and returned home on Friday afternoon. The 19-year-old training captain arrived at the Athens International airport in the company of the Greek ambassador in Tehran. “I feel very touched. …
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January 11, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An Greek-owned oil tanker was boarded in the Gulf of Oman by “unauthorized” people in military uniforms early on Thursday morning, an advisory group run by the British military and a private security firm warned. The seizure of the Marschall-Islands-flagged tanker St Nicholas with a crew of one Greek and …
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April 30, 2023
Economy
The US confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker in retaliation, according to a maritime security firm. As oil markets remain jittery, the cargo seizure is the latest escalation between …
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August 16, 2022
Politics, World
An Iranian-flagged tanker has retrieved an oil cargo which the United States had confiscated and is set to leave Greece, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The seizure from the Lana, formerly the Pegas, prompted Iranian forces in May to seize two Greek tankers in the Middle East …
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June 9, 2022
Greece, Politics
A Greek court on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the United States of part of a cargo of Iranian oil on Iranian-flagged tanker Lana off the Greek coast of Karystos in south Evia. The incident led to an angry response by Iran that seized …
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April 19, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
Greek authorities seized Russian-flagged tanker PEGAS citing reasons that the sanctions imposed by the European Union and the NATO on ships of Russian interests. The tanker was sailing off Karystos, south of the island of Evia. Only the 250-meter long tanker was seized but not its crude oil cargo. The …
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September 24, 2021
Refugees
Greece’s coast guard on Friday launched a search and rescue operation after a boat carrying around 150 people believed to be migrants ran into trouble off the country’s southwestern coast. The coast guard said a passing cargo ship raised the alarm after coming across the wooden boat, which was taking …
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December 21, 2020
Very Mix
A Maltese-flagged tanker on Monday issued a distress call, saying that it was floating adrift after a mechanical breakdown 1.5 nautical miles northwest of Cape Kafireas, Cavo D’ Oro, on the southeastern tip of the island of Evia in the Aegean Sea. . The tanker, which is without cargo, has …
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November 11, 2020
Very Mix
Four people died and one is missing after the collision of a Greek tanker with a Turkish fishing boat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The accident took place 15 nautical miles from Karatas, off the port of Adana in the Turkish South-West coast at 05:50 on Wednesday morning. Following the …
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July 31, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Sixteen members of Maltese-flagged crude oil tanker “Merbabu” have been tested positive to coronavirus on Thursday. The infections have been tested after a team of National Public Health Organization had boarded the tanker and carried out tests on the 25-member crew. According to marinetraffic, the tanker had left the port …
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August 24, 2019
Greece
An Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran has switched destination and is now heading to Turkey instead of southern Greece, data from real-time ship tracking website MarineTraffic showed on Saturday. The Adrian Darya, formerly called Grace 1, was released from detention off Gibraltar after …
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February 26, 2019
Video GRID
Breathtaking rescue of a Greek captain by a helicopter of the Portuguese Air Force in the sea of Azores amid 10-meter high waves. Oil tanker Minerva Gloria had to interrupt her voyage from Venezuela to Germany and headed for Azores, after the 47-year old Greek Captain had fallen seriously ill …
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November 13, 2018
Very Mix
There go 400 million euros under water and the captain’s career. The Norwegian frigate “KNM Helge Ingstad“ sank deeper in the water in the night from Monday to Tuesday, just days after its crew ignored warning signals by a Greek-owned tanker that a collision was imminent. The pictures made public by the …
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November 9, 2018
World
The crew on board of the Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad have ignored multiple warnings sent not only by the Greek-owned tanker Sola but also by maritime traffic authorities based at nearby Fedje, local media report. The frigate responded at least once to the warnings, claiming they “had control.” They …
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November 8, 2018
Economy
A race against time is underway in the North Sea with huge efforts to prevent a Norwegian frigate from sinking. A Greek-owned crude oil tanker collided with frigate KNM Helge Ingstad off Norway last night. Aerial footage of the KNM Helge Ingstad taken at various points today by #Norway Coastal …
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August 25, 2018
Very Mix
A Russian couple got on a inflatable dinghy and left the port of Novorossiysk for a short round of fishing in the Black Sea. Strong winds blew. drifted them the shore and got them into an unbelievable adventure. For five days, Nadezhda Achapkina, 35, and her husband Mikhail Alaverdyan, were sailing …
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August 24, 2018
Economy
Greek-owned tanker PANTELENA with a crew of 19 Georgian and Russian sailors that went missing for over a week in the Gulf of Guinea has been found off the coast of Congo, Tbilisi said on Friday. The reason for its disappearance remained unclear. The Pantelena, a Panamanian-flagged tanker owned by …
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August 21, 2018
Economy
A Greek-owned Panama-registered tanker has been reported as missing for a week now in a sea region off the west African state of Gabon, military sources in the region reported on Tuesday. According to the AFP, the Georgian government confirmed the incident, as 17 Georgian nationals serve aboard the missing …
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