Tag: Libyan ports

While all Libyan ports, except for Sirte, are reported to be operational for internationally trading ships, Gard Club recommends assessing all port calls on a case-by-case basis and ensuring appropriate protective measures are incorporated into ship security plans.

North P&I Club's correspondents Gargoum Group Co and Shtewi Legal & Pandi Services provided updates on port and terminal status in Libya.

Following the current volatile conditions in Libya, North’s Libyan correspondent Gargoum Group Co informed that on 15 March 2021 the Libyan Navy lifted restrictions placed on Turkish flagged ships.

Amid the current volatile conditions in Libya, North P&I Club issued an update to inform shipowners, operators and individuals about the port and terminal status in the region.

All Libyan ports, except for the ports of Derna and Sirte, are reported to be operational. However, the fluid military conditions in the country could change the situation at short notice, so all port calls should be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Following the conditions that exist in Libya's capital, Tripoli, North P&I Club advises operators to be closely in touch with their local agent in order to obtain the most up-to-date and reliable information.

Due to highly volatile situation in Libya, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) issued Ship Security Advisory to provide to vessels that have decided to enter Libyan territorial waters or call at a Libyan port.

Following the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord decided to close all air and sea ports, as it has declared the situation as a state of emergency.

According to Reuters, on 18 February all the vessels operating at the Tripoli Port were forced to evacuate the area as its is said that the Eastern Libyan forces shelled a terminal. In fact, all the offloading operations were cancelled, following the explosion of an LPG tanker discharging in the port.

Following the theories that Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) ordered to cut the oil exports in the central and eastern regions, several major oil companies had no choice but to stop their operations.