Tag: Italy

On April 22, 2024, a ship collision occurred approximately 14 miles off Capo Passero on the southeastern tip of Sicily, near the ports of Syracuse and Catania.

During the European Environment Council, ministers from Italy, Greece, and Portugal expressed their concern on the impact of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) on maritime freight transport.

Spanish NGO Open Arms has been fined a 20-day administrative blockade and fine of up to €10,000 for carrying three back-to-back rescues in the Mediterranean Sea.

Police on the island of Malta, intercepted a merchant ship with 97 kilos of cocaine with a street value of over €11 million, that had just docked at the Malta Freeport in Marsaxlokk.

According to Paris MoU, M/V "BALKAN I" vessel was detained in port Oristano  (Italy) on 6 June 2023 and left the port on 17 June 2023, but failed to call at the repair yard in Tuzla (Turkey) as agreed.

On 12th July, Italian authorities said that Italy has impounded migrant rescue ship, Ocean Viking, citing safety procedure irregularities.

On 1st July, the master of an Italian product tanker saved the lives of 70 migrants adrift in the Mediterranean, transferred the people to the tanker and took them to Italy.

Italy’s Defense Minster is reporting that Italian Special Forces and the Coast Guard have regained control of a ro-ro, the Galata Seaways operated by DFDS Seaways, after reports that the crew had discovered stowaways.

Earlier this month, a Teekay Tanker conducted two back-to-back migrant rescues in the Mediterranean, then transited to an Italian port.

The European Commission approved, on April 3rd, a €450 million Italian scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen with the aim to foster the transition to a net-zero economy, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan.