Tag: Republic of Congo

In a significant milestone, the Republic of the Congo celebrated the commencement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production with the first shipment.

Eni has successfully introduced gas into the Tango Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility off the coast of the Republic of Congo.

AD Ports Group, announced that it signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Government of the Republic of the Congo for managing and operating the multipurpose New East Mole Terminal in Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo.  

Eni announced that is has inaugurated the Congo LNG, the country’s first natural gas liquefaction project and one of Eni’s supply diversification initiatives.

Pirates boarded the 13,700-dwt product carrier Monjasa Reformer on Saturday night 260 kilometers off the coast of Pointe Noir, Republic of the Congo.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director General accepted the Emergency Committee’s proposal and on the 17 July 2019, declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern.

Recently the 2,500-TEU capacity Safmarine Nuba called at the Matadi Gateway Terminal, opened new opportunities to new shipping system benefits for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The call took place at the end of January. The call marked the first call by a gearless containership and the first by a vessel with a capacity as high as 2,500 TEUs.

On January 19, a product tanker was attacked while in Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast. The armed robbery that took place, resulted to the robbers escaping the vessel with stolen ship's stores. According to IBM between the Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo the robbery incidents more than doubled in 2018.

The tanker Anuket Amber was bunkering the LPG tanker BW Frigg when pirates attacked both ships west of Pointe Noire, Congo. BW Frigg managed to escape, but the pirates took the crew of the Anuket Amber as hostages. The Gulf of Guinea accounts for 57 of the 156 reported piracy incidents.

Armed pirates boarded and hijacked an offshore supply vessel, about 68 nautical miles west of Pointe Noire, Congo, on October 29, IMB reported. Four crewmembers were kidnapped, while one member is reportedly injured. Bridge equipment was damaged during the attack.