Brief Update No 25/02 Date: 23 – Jan – 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided…
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez issued the following statement: “It is deeply saddening to follow the horrific reports of the casualties on the merchant vessel True Confidence, following an attack on the…
Introduction As we enter in to the third month of escalating conflict in Yemen this has prompted significant rerouting of vessels with far-reaching consequences for global trade and transport and…
John Faraclas of www.allaboutshipping.co.uk appeared again on the multi-facet issue of the Red Sea on Vergina TV’s Athens studio live from London with Stergios Kalogiros moderating the panel with two…
Oslo, Norway, 12 January 2024 Missile strikes by the US and UK against Houthi militia in Yemen has brought heightened tensions across the region with disruption to ocean freight shipping…
Red Sea crisis risks pushing up prices and threatens wider escalation of conflict Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’Inflationary risks are front and centre again, as…
Visa-on-Arrival extended 03 Oct 2022, IndonesiaThe Indonesian Government has extended Visa-on-Arrival (VOA) to nationals of 14 more countries. Read more » Sana’a Government instructs agents not to accept or attend oil/gas…
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged support for a UN-coordinated plan to address the oil spill risks from teh FSO SAFER, moored off Yemen. The plan calls for installing a…
FSO SAFER – Contingency Planning Workshops in Yemen As part of United Nations-coordinated efforts to address the risk of an oil spill from the FSO SAFER moored off the coast of Yemen,…
Hot Port News from GAC 02-Oct-2020 TEMPORARY ESTABLISHMENT OF ACOUSTIC MONITORS FOR DOLPHIN SURVEY Hong Kong INDUSTRIAL ACTION PAUSED Australia ROADS TO OIL PORTS BLOCKED Aden, Yemen OPL OPERATIONS SUSPENDED…
Hot Port News from GAC 28-Jul-2020 ELECTRONIC SERVICE FEES Suez Canal, Egypt SACRIFICE HOLIDAY Turkey EID AL-ADHA HOLIDAYS ANNOUNCED Yemen DEPLOYMENT OF UNDERWATER WAVE SENSORS Singapore SHUTDOWN ORDERED Punjab Province,…
Hot Port News from GAC 28-May-2020 UPDATED STATUS OF CREW CHANGES France CANCELLATION OF QUARANTINE FOR VESSELS CALLING AT SHIPYARDS Turkey VISAS FOR SIGNING-OFF CREW FROM OUTSIDE EU Belgium UPDATED…
Hot Port News from GAC 23-May-2020 WORLD HOLIDAYS: 24 MAY-6 JUNE 2020 Worldwide SUPPLY & DELIVERY OF SAND AT TUAS VIEW EXTENSION Singapore DELAYS IN CLEARANCE/DELIVERY OF SHIP SPARES BY…
Hot Port News from GAC 13-May-2020 REVISED CREW CHANGES FAQS India CREW CHANGES POSSIBLE AT SOME PORTS France WEATHER DETERIORATION FORECAST Bahamas HIGH WATER RESTRICTIONS RESCINDED Mississippi River, United States…
Hot Port News from GAC 30-Apr-2020 SCALE OF RATES TO INCREASE Paradip, India MARITIMESG TOGETHER PACKAGE FOR MARITIME COMPANIES, INDIVIDUALS AND SEAFARERS Singapore TEMPORARY RELIEF MEASURES Panama Canal, Panama TEMPORARY…
Hot Port News from GAC 26-Apr-2020 CURFEW AMENDMENT Sri Lanka SUSPENSION OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS EXTENDED Pakistan SELF-ADMINISTRATION DECLARED Aden, Yemen Curfew amendment Sunday, April 26, 2020, Sri Lanka Lifting and…
Hot Port News from GAC 17-Apr-2020 DRAFT ENHANCEMENT FOR MAY 2020 Paradip, India ADDITIONAL COVID-19 MEASURES ANNOUNCED Singapore ELEVATED SAFE DISTANCING MEASURES FOR PASSENGER CARRYING HARBOUR CRAFT Singapore PORTS STATUS…
Hot Port News from GAC 11-Apr-2020 WORLD HOLIDAYS: 12-25 APRIL 2020 Worldwide PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES FOR ARRIVING SHIPS Aden, Yemen PRIVATE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS BETWEEN KARACHI, LAHORE & ISLAMABAD Pakistan SELF-ISOLATION FOR…
Hot Port News from GAC 31-Mar-2020 MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SEAFARERS & SEAFARER’S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE Singapore COMPULSORY DISINFECTION Derince, Turkey COVID-19 MEASURES AT PORTS France CLOSURE EXTENDED Yemen UPDATED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS…
Hot Port News from GAC 15-Mar-2020 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES Yemen UK & IRELAND ADDED TO EUROPEAN TRAVEL BAN United States CLOSURE OF LAND AND AIR PORTS Libya SUSPENSION OF SHORE LEAVE…
Hot Port News from GAC 21-Jan-2020 DEMOLITION WORKS AT SOUTHERN TUAS BASIN Singapore CONSTRUCTION OF OUTFALLS AT THE FORMER KAI TAK RUNWAY Hong Kong GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESEARCH ENTERS NEXT PHASE…
Hot Port News from GAC 25-Nov-2019 PILOTAGE ALLOWANCE AMENDMENT Aden, Yemen DIGITAL BERTH ADVICE APPLICATION TRIAL Rotterdam, Netherlands WORKS OFF SOUTH OF MARINA EAST Singapore Pilotage allowance amendment Monday, November…
Hot Port News from GAC 20-Nov-2019 AMENDMENT OF PILOTAGE ALLOWANCE Aden, Yemen PORT OPS SUSPENDED DUE TO STRONG WINDS Dammam, Saudi Arabia Amendment of pilotage allowance Wednesday, November 20, 2019,…
Hot Port News from GAC 07-Nov-2019 AROUND THE ISLAND CANOE RACE Hong Kong POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT SIGNED Yemen CYCLONE MAY SKIP ODISHA, STILL SET TO INTENSIFY Bay of Bengal, India Around…
Hot Port News from GAC 28-Aug-2019 REMOVAL OF JETTY AND INSTALLATION OF MONO PILES Singapore VICTORY DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Turkey DORIAN NEARING VIRGIN ISLANDS & PUERTO RICO Virgin Islands &…