Tag: Argentina

Members of the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA), aboard the Coast Guard cutter 'Mantilla' fired upon a Chinese fishing vessel which was caught fishing illegally within the country's Exclusive Economic Zone, about 199 nautical miles from the San Jorge Gulf, and tried to collide with Mantilla.

The Chinese-flagged fishing vessel 'Zhongyuanyu 11' collided with the Spanish trawler 'Pesca Vaqueiro', some 16 km off southern Argentina, Friday, according to data provided by the Argentine Navy. The Chinese vessel sank as a result from the incident off Comodoro Rivadavia city, in the province of Chubut. 

Tango FLNG (floating LNG), previously known as the Caribbean FLNG, arrived in Argentina on early February. The gas unit voyaged from China onboard a heavy lift vessel. The floating LNG unit will remain in Argentina and produce LNG for export for the Argentinian energy company YPF over a 10-year period.

Terminal Zárate signed an agreement with Globalim, training solution provider, for two new crane simulators. The facility will be provided with a simulation platform with various configuration options, such as rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs), mobile harbour cranes, and ship pedestal cranes.

Thailand is the first country in Asia to accept the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), that protects the living and working conditions of fishers onboard vessels. The Convention has specific requirements related to work on board fishing vessels, including occupational safety and health, medical care at sea and ashore, rest periods, written work agreements, and social security protection.

Latest data from the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network’s (MACN) Anonymous Incident Reporting System reveals that corruption incidents in Argentina have decreased by more than 90%. This drop follows the development of a new regulatory framework with the National Service of Health and Agri-Food Quality (Senasa).

The Belgian company, EXMAR, announced that its Floating LNG Liquefaction Unit (FLNG) with the name Caribbean will be renamed Tango FLNG and it has already departed China with destination the port of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, for its liquefaction operations.

The seabed exploration company Ocean Infinity announced that it has located the missing Argentine Navy submarine 'ARA San Juan', exactly one year after it disappeared in the Atlantic ocean, along with its 44 crew. After two months of search, the company located the wreckage in a ravine in 920m of water, approximately 600 km east of Comodoro Rivadavia in the Atlantic Ocean.

Citing information from Argentinian P&I correspondents, Pandi Liquidadores S.R.L., the Swedish Club informed of new forms issued by the local custom authorities aimed at providing more certainty as to what items need to be declared upon arrival.

The International Transport Forum OECD issued a discussion paper analyzing key characteristics and challenges with respect to the Port of Buenos Aires, consisting the main cargo entry point for the province of Buenos Aires, where most of Argentina’s population, economic activity and manufacturing activity is concentrated.