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Timor-Leste joins rapidly growing market of fake registries taking in sanctioned tonnage
Lloyd's List
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TIMOR-LESTE has become the target location of the latest fake flag operation registering sanctioned ships via an entirely fraudulent shipping registry. Lloyd’s List has tracked at least eight ships that have started using the fake Timor-Leste flag...
Non-oil exports jump 78% amid data gap concerns
Punch
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July 4, 2025
Nigeria’s non-oil export value in the first quarter of 2025 was N3.17tn, extending an upward streak since Q4 2023. Stakeholders laud this performance, but they are bothered that data gaps continue to plague the sector’s assessment and tame the...
2 crew members charged over oil tanker collision near Pedra Branca that killed 1
Channel News Asia
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July 2, 2025
SINGAPORE: Two crew members on a Singapore-registered oil tanker have been charged over a collision that killed a man on the other vessel and badly injured another. The Singapore-registered ship Hafnia Nile collided with the Ceres I, registered...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Indian National Charged in Singapore Over Fatal Ship Collision
Pune Mirror
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July 2, 2025
An Indian national has been charged in a Singapore court under the Merchant Shipping Act in connection with a fatal collision between two vessels last year, which left one man dead and another seriously injured. Soosai Antony Vainer, 35, served as...
Russian missile strike on Odesa port infrastructure kills two, Ukraine says
The Straits Times
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July 3, 2025
KYIV - A Russian airstrike on key Ukrainian export infrastructure in the southern Black Sea port city of Odesa killed two people and wounded six more, including two foreigners, Ukrainian officials said on July 3. About 90 per cent of all Ukrainian...
Indian national charged in Singapore over collision of two ships
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 2, 2025
An Indian national was charged in a Singapore court on Wednesday under the Merchant Shipping Act over a collision of two vessels a year ago in which one man was killed and another was badly injured. Soosai Antony Vainer, 35, and a Sri Lankan,...
Russia kills two people, wounds six more in Odesa port with Iskander – dpty PM
Interfax Ukraine
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July 3, 2025
On Thursday afternoon, Russia struck the Odesa seaport with an Iskander missile, which hit the area of one of the berths and killed two people, said Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction, Minister for Communities and Territories Development...
Russian missile strike on Odesa port kills 2: Kyiv
BDNews24
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A Russian airstrike on key Ukrainian export infrastructure in the southern Black Sea port city of Odesa killed two people and wounded six more, including two foreigners, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. About 90% of all Ukrainian exports are...
Russian missile strike on Odesa port infrastructure kills two, Kyiv says
KFGO - North Dakota
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July 3, 2025
KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian airstrike on key Ukrainian export infrastructure in the southern Black Sea port city of Odesa killed two people and wounded six more, including two foreigners, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. About 90% of all...
MPA Charges Hafnia Nile Crew Members for 2024 Tanker Collision
SeaNews
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July 3, 2025
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has charged two crew members of Hafnia Nile, an oil tanker, for the fatal 2024 collision with Ceres I. The incident occurred on the morning of July 19, 2024, when the Singapore-registered Hafnia...
MPA Charges Two Crew Members Over 2024 Tanker Collision
Ship & Bunker
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July 3, 2025
Two crew members of the Hafnia Nile face charges over a fatal tanker collision off Singapore in July 2024. File Image / Pixabay The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has filed charges against two crew members of the Singapore-flagged...
Singapore files charges over last year’s fatal tanker collision
Splash 247
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July 3, 2025
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has filed formal charges stemming from the deadly 2024 collision involving the Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile and the shadow tanker Ceres I, an incident that drew international attention for both...
Singapore Charges Two from Hafnia Nile with Causing Fatal Tanker Collision
The Maritime Executive
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The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has filed charges related to the fatal 2024 incident involving the Hafnia Nile and the tanker Ceres I. The two individuals, one from India and one from Sri Lanka, who were the navigational officer and...
Two men charged over fatal accident between two ships near Pedra Branca island
The Straits Times
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July 2, 2025
SINGAPORE – Two men are facing charges over a fatal accident between two ships, the Hafnia Nile and the Ceres I, near Pedra Branca on July 19, 2024. The Straits Times had earlier reported that the ships caught fire and 36 crew members from both...
Fake flags flow through Baltic as an uneasy stand-off continues
Lloyd's List
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AS DANISH prime minister Mette Frederiksen was taking over the rotating EU presidency on Tuesday, vowing to make security her top priority, a fraudulently flagged tanker loaded with Russian crude was heading towards Danish waters. The now routine...
How far Nigeria don reach to change Donald Trump ban bifor di 60 days deadline?
GhanaWeb
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July 1, 2025
Recently, President Donald Trump administration don announce say dem go soon enforce rules wey go block citizens from Nigeria, Ghana and 34 oda nations from entering di United States, even if dem get valid visa or to stay back afta di 60 days...
TotalEnergies Hires Shearwater for 3D Survey in Africa
Offshore Engineer News
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June 26, 2025
Jun 26, 2025 (Credit: Shearwater Geoservices) Shearwater Geoservices has secured a 3D marine seismic acquisition contract by TotalEnergies in Sao Tome & Principe on the STP-02 Block. The two-month exploration survey off the coast of Western Africa...
Sierra Leone Stakes Next Oil Frontier Claim
Oil Price
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June 30, 2025
African countries have recently started making more and more headlines with their plans to develop local oil and gas reserves despite strong opposition from foreign environmentalist organisations and international lenders. The latest to join the...
US company and Angola Telecom sign investment agreement valued at 170 million
Ver Angola
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A press release from the US embassy in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe states that an agreement was signed between the US company Cybastion and Angolan company Angola Telecom for a joint investment of 170 million dollars to modernise Angola's...