Tag: Egypt

Further to the recent announcement that several Arabic states have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, the ship traffic from and to Qatar was suspended by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. The Saudi Arabia Port Authority confirmed that no vessel will be allowed coming from or going to Qatar, regardless of the vessels’ flag or owners nationality.

The Japan P&I Club has issued circular regarding the change of the Egyptian local authorities' guidelines for the import of wheat, which enforces zero tolerance on wheat affected by the Ergot Fungus.

The UK P&I Club informs that problems with fender and berth claims in Egypt which were previously reported, still exist and reminds operators to take specific precautions in order to avoid such claims.

The Skuld P&I Club has issued advisory to recommend how to avoid fender damage claims in Egypt

The UK P&I Club informs that the problems with fender & berth damage claims in Egypt still exist

MOL)and El Baraka announced the formation of a joint venture company in Egypt

The Skuld P&I Club has issued news advisory on its website to inform operators whose vessel traversing the canal that construction work has been under way for the security aling the canal which remais under the protection of the Egyptian Armed Forces.

Flooding of engine room on February 2013 The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) has issued Marine Accident Report on EMMA Maersk flooding of engine room last February.On the evening of 1st February 2013, a severe leakage occured in the container ship EMMA Maesrk while the ship, loaded with general cargo in about 14,000 containers. was about to pass southbound through the Suez Canal.The leakage was caused by a mechanical break-down of a stern thruster situated at the aft part of the ship's shaft tunner whereby the shaft tunnel was flooded. The bulkhead between the shaft tunnel and the main engine room could not withstand the hydrostratic water pressure and eventually the main engine room was also flooded.The situatino became complicated because the ship had just initated a passage in a convoy through the Suez Canal. Loss of the ship's own propulsion, electric power, steerage and manoeuvrability could be foreseen and eventually occurred.The main technical sequence of events were a break-down of the forward stern thruster causing a major leakage into the shaft tunnel, a collapse of the watertight integrity of the bulkhead between the shaft tunnel and the engine room, primarily caused by non-effectivecable penetration sealings and some undesirable ...

Curfew hours affect vessels calling in Egypt

Ship collides with ferry, sinks in Egypt: Five crew members missing