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Kenya
- Indian
Ocean German navy hands Somali pirates to Kenya The
German navy handed over nine Somali pirates to Kenya after capturing
them when they tried to seize a freighter in the Gulf of Aden.
Kenya's maritime police chief Stanley Lemai said the Somalis will be
charged with piracy before a court in the Kenyan port town of
Mombasa.
China
-Fishery Port Construction to kick off in April A
Source
from the aquatic products department in China said that the first
terminal for the Central Fishery Port will be constructed in the next
month. When the port is built it will be the biggest modern
distribution, collection, and processing port for sea products in
Tianjin.
Ireland
- AtlanticWatchkeeper
asleep as cargo ship grounds
A
Cargo ship ran aground on the Irish Co Antrim coast after the
watchkeeper fell asleep in his seat, There was no dedicated lookout
on duty as the ship sailed on for more than three hours with no one
on board awake. It ended up on a gently sloping beach seven miles
north of Larne. Officials of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch
have already called on the organisation responsible for international
shipping standards to take action to deal with unacceptable levels of
fatigue involving crews working long hours.
London -WorldwideMission expects high demand amid crisis The
Mission to Seafarers is preparing for an increase in demand for its
services as the shipping industry plunges into one of the worst
crises for 30 years. A report in this quarters issue of the society’s
newspaper, Flying
Angel News reports that as
the credit crunch bites, chaplains of the international maritime
welfare agency are helping more seafarers. It says they face
increased isolation and anxiety as they look towards an uncertain
future on laid up ships far from home.
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