The 100-metre vessel has a capacity of more than 1,000 metric tons of cargo per sail, and is expected to sail three times per week across the three ports Kisumu, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly built Kenyan sea vessel, MV Uhuru II, on Friday, commenced its maiden trip from …
Read More »Captain fully responsible for grounding of Ever Given in Suez Canal
Ismailia, Egypt | XINHUA | Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Sunday the captain of Ever Given was fully responsible for the grounding of the huge cargo vessel that blocked the canal for six days in March. “It is due to the captain’s repeated orders in a very …
Read More »Container ship stuck in Suez Canal finally refloated
Cairo, Egypt | XINHUA | The massive container ship Ever Given has been successfully refloated after being stranded in the Suez Canal for almost a week, Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Monday. “The vessel is en route to the port of Rotterdam,” and expected to arrive there on March …
Read More »‘Ghost’ fishing gear: the trash haunting ocean wildlife
ON BOARD THE ARCTIC SUNRISE, South Africa | AFP | Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an abandoned lobster cage covered in algae and other marine organisms. He pulled it up to the deck of the Arctic Sunrise, …
Read More »New passenger ship returns to Port Bell
By Patrick Kagenda It is good news for holiday makers and businessmen. A Tanzanian owned passenger vessel is plying the Port Bell ” Mwanza route weekly. Uganda last had a passenger vessel to Mwanza three years ago. That is because Ugandan owned ships MV Pamba and MV Kaawa have been …
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