Stena Bulk’s tanker Stena Polaris, with a cargo of 44,000 tons of naphtha, is sailing from the Gulf of Finland via the North-East Passage to South Korea – a route that passes through Arctic waters – in a 31-day voyage. The Stena Polaris left Russian Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland on 17 September
Read moreAN Indonesian search-and-rescue launch was en route to rescue about 100 asylum-seekers from a smuggling boat in distress off southwest Java. The rescue vessel was expected to reach the fishing boat, adrift and leaking in medium seas in the southern Sunda Strait, late last night. An oil tanker, Baltic Galaxy, stood by the distressed
Read moreThe owner of the oil tanker driven away from a protestor-controlled port by the Libyan navy said on 7th January that its vessel had beren sailing in international waters, and denied it was involved in trying to smuggle crude oil out of the country. Istanbul-based shipping firm Palmali, which owns a small fleet of
Read moreThe owner of the oil tanker driven away from a protestor-controlled port by the Libyan navy said on 7th January that its vessel had beren sailing in international waters, and denied it was involved in trying to smuggle crude oil out of the country. Istanbul-based shipping firm Palmali, which owns a small fleet of
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