Tag: Brazil

The shipping industry is experiencing increased drug smuggling incidents in Brazil as reported by Standard Club's local correspondents Proinde and Brazil P&I.

The Britannia Club informs that its correspondents advise that the Brazilian Navy is carrying out navigation tests for a draft of 11.90 meters in the Grande do Curuá Channel, at Barra Norte.

The National Health Surveillance Agency recommended the definitive suspension of the cruise season in Brazil, due to the Covid-19 spread.

According to CDC, the COVID-19 pandemic has reached every vessel in the actively-operating U.S. cruise fleet. 

Cruise ship companies in Brazil will suspend most operations until Jan. 21, following several offshore outbreaks of the coronavirus.

Brazilian national health agency Anvisa called  the public to avoid cruise ships for at least the beginning of 2022.

BIMCO informs about the crew change restrictions in Brazil, after receiving information from Williams Report.

Standard's Club correspondents in Nigeria advise that there have been several ships arrested there following findings of drugs during discharge operations.

Brazil moves forward with its assertions that a “Greek flag oil tanker” was responsible for a massive oil spill that washed up on more than 1,500 miles of coastline, and ended up costing $47.7 million to clean up in 2019 and 2020.

Ship-to-ship (STS) operations tranfers in Brazil have never been regulated, but from 1 December 2021, a new regulation by the National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ) governs such operations.