Tag: Mexico

On February 28th, vessel MV LEONIDAS (IMO: 9696474), managed by Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd, while proceeding to Port Veracruz, Mexico, received a mayday call from the fishing boat “Benjamin” by VHF.

Mexico plans to build an LNG export hub worth between $4 billion and $5 billion in the Gulf of Mexico that will help serve European demand, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

The Global Maritime Forum published the new P4G-Getting to Zero Coalition report “Shipping’s energy transition: strategic opportunities in Mexico”, exploring the potential for Mexico to accelerate and to benefit from international maritime decarbonization.

Earlier in June, robbers stole 20 containers of gold and silver ore, TVs and electronics from a container storage yard in Manzanillo, Mexico as authorities in Colima informed.

At least five more countries now support aligning the IMO’s climate goals with the Paris Agreement. These are: The Cook Islands, Mexico, Myanmar, Colombia and Malaysia.

With abundant renewable energy potential and access to busy shipping routes, Mexico is perfectly placed to build a valuable zero carbon shipping fuels sector, as study suggests.

Five workers were killed and six injured in Sunday's fire on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico operated by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) that cut about a quarter of Mexico's oil production.

The Carnival Panorama is the first cruise ship to depart from California in 17 months amid Covid-19.

The International Group of P&I Clubs, ICS, BIMCO and InterManager have drawn attention to recent ship detentions and crew arrests in Mexico, especially in light of a case where illegal narcotics were found onboard and the vessel and crew were detained. 

The Global Wind Energy Council and The Global Solar Council, jointly called Mexico to urgently restore the country’s transition away from expensive and polluting fossil fuels, and reset the course to a sustainable future based on competitive, clean renewable energy.