Category: Shipping

Seabird of the year 2024: the red-throated diver

Seabird of the year 2024: the red-throated diver

Gepostet von | 14 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

Every year since 2014, the "Jordsand Association for the Protection of Seabirds and Nature" from Ahrensburg (Stormarn district) has chosen a seabird species that exemplifies a particular problem. In 2024, it is the red-throated diver, which, like many other seabirds, is particularly threatened by the numerous wind turbines in the sea. Red List The red-throated diver is the smallest representative of the loon species and is listed as critically endangered as a migratory bird species in Germany. The intensive expansion of offshore wind power over the past ten years has been a "serious burden" for the red-throated diver, as it has to avoid wind farm areas within a radius of around ten kilometres...

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Piracy at sea: ICC IMB reports further increase in 2023 annual report

Piracy at sea: ICC IMB reports further increase in 2023 annual report

Gepostet von | 11 Jan 2024 | , , | 1

From a press release by the Berlin office of the International Maritime Bureau of the ICC. On 11 January 2024, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in London published its 2023 Annual Report on Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea, recording an increase in incidents (120) compared to the previous year (115). 105 ships were boarded, nine attacks were attempted, four ships were hijacked and two ships were fired upon. The IMB warns in particular of the increasing danger to ship crews: The number of crew members taken hostage or kidnapped rose from 41 to 73 and from 2 to 14 respectively. A further ten crew members were...

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Russia fails to be re-elected to the IMO Council

Russia fails to be re-elected to the IMO Council

Gepostet von | 11 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), based in London, is responsible for regulating the safety of international shipping and preventing pollution and comprises 176 member states. Russia has been a member since 1958 and has always been re-elected to the IMO Council. Last year, for the first time, Russia did not receive enough votes for re-election to the UN Maritime Organisation's Governing Body after Ukraine, which did not stand for election, pushed for Russia to be excluded. In a televised address to the IMO assembly, the Ukrainian president said that Russia had no place in the International Maritime Organisation or its governing bodies, because no one...

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Update: Bosphorus remains closed to warring parties

Update: Bosphorus remains closed to warring parties

Gepostet von | 10 Jan 2024 | , , , , | 0

Ukraine will not be able to participate in the mine clearance operation agreed between the Black Sea navies of Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria. As expected, Turkey has told its NATO allies that it will not allow the two minehunting units (M108 HMS "Grimsby" and M112 HMS "Shoreham") handed over to Ukraine by the UK to transit its waters through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits. Turkey is referring to the Montreux Convention, which regulates transit even in times of war. Although the agreement excludes ships returning to their home harbours, neither Russia nor Ukraine have had any intention of allowing ships to pass through the...

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Military coalition against the Houthi in Yemen grows

Military coalition against the Houthi in Yemen grows

Gepostet von | 9 Jan 2024 | , , , , | 0

Other nations have joined the coalition with the United States to send a final warning to the Houthi militant faction in Yemen, which has attacked shipping in the Red Sea several dozen times since November 2023. In addition to the USA, the co-signatories now include Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Bahrain, one of America's closest allies in the Middle East, is the only nation in the region to have joined the declaration. Bahrain is home to the US 5th Fleet. The coalition warned that the attacks were "illegal, unacceptable and deeply destabilising"...

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