Up to a thousand ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo will be targeted for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections across the Mediterranean Sea in the coming eight weeks by an army of inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), seafarers’ unions and port authorities.
Read moreGard informs that it has been notified of a number of cases of actual liquefaction/dynamic separation of iron ore fines loaded from Sierra Leone.
Read moreWest P&I Club issued an alert focusing on the dangers of carrying iron ore fines from Pepel, Sierra Leone.
Read moreThe International Group Clubs reminds operators of the risks arising from the carriage of mineral ores from certain jurisdictions.
Read moreFrom 1 September 2021, ship owners and operators calling at ports in Sierra Leone risk penalties of up to USD 15,000 if they carry fuel with a sulphur content exceeding 0.5%, as BIMCO urged.
Read moreSkuld addresses the liquefaction risks of iron ore shipments in Sierra Leone
Read moreSierra Leone removes nine Iranian vessels from shipping register
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