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DFDS Expands To Strait Of Gibraltar As FRS Iberia/Maroc Acquisition Is Completed
DFDS has today completed the acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc that has a leading position on the Strait of Gibraltar short-sea ferry market connecting Spain and Morocco. The acquisition expands DFDS’ network to a region where growth in the coming …
Jan 10, 2024 / Curious
Peninsula Granted LNG Bunkering Operator License in Gibraltar
Peninsula, the leading independent global supplier of marine energy, has been granted an LNG Bunkering Operator License by the Government of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar Port Authority. The company recently announced the arrival of its purpose-built, …
Oct 11, 2023 / Curious
Shell completes Gibraltar's first cruise ship LNG bunkering
Energy major Shell has completed the first-ever LNG bunkering of a cruise ship in the Port of Gibraltar, with Silversea Cruises' Silver Nova, Tahir Faruqui of Shell Trading announced on LinkedIn on September 26. Faruqi stated that this operation was …
Sep 27, 2023 / Curious
DFDS expands ferry network to Strait of Gibraltar
DFDS has entered an agreement to acquire FRS Iberia/Maroc, a ferry market leader on the Strait of Gibraltar, expanding its Mediterranean route network to market expected to benefit from nearshoring of supply chains. DFDS entered into an agreement on …
Sep 18, 2023 / Curious
Video of cargo ship OS 35 carrying 250 tonnes of diesel colliding with tanker Adam LNG off Gibraltar – Oil Spill fears
Bulk carrier OS 35 collided with LNG tanker Adam LNG in the Port of Gibraltar on 29 August as it was manoeuvring to exit. Although the tanker only suffered minor damage, the OS 35 was making water at the bow and was directed to a location off Catalan …
Aug 30, 2022 / Accidents
First LNG bunkering completed in Gibraltar by Shell
The first LNG bunkering operation to be carried out in Gibraltar recently took place when the Shell chartered LNG bunker vessel Coral Methane supplied LNG to LOMONOSOV PROSPECT, an Aframax tanker operated by Sovcomflot. This welcome development is …
Mar 29, 2021 / Curious
AAL expands fleet with two more G-Class HL MPVS
AAL Shipping (AAL) is taking delivery of two additional ‘G-Class’ multipurpose heavy lift vessels, expanding its core fleet to 720,200 total deadweight (DWT). The Pacific Action and AAL Gladstone have both served in the AAL fleet in the past and …
Mar 9, 2021 / Vessels
HullWiper expands clean shipping in Gibraltar
HullWiper Ltd is expanding its operations in Gibraltar in partnership with global ship fuel conservation and underwater services provider SCAMP, with a second underwater hull cleaning unit that will be operational in the first quarter of 2020.About …
Dec 17, 2019 / Curious
Successful Test For New Port Ramp in Gibraltar
The Government continues with its contingency plans for a no deal Brexit in the event that we were to leave the European Union without an agreement.Early this (Monday) morning, the ferry which will run the route from Algeciras docked in Gibraltar in …
Oct 29, 2019 / Curious
Heroin Worth $148 million males U.K. Biggest Ever Seizure
UK authorities seized almost 1.3 tons of heroin with a street value of £120 million ($148 million) from a container ship, in the nation's largest ever bust involving the drug.Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Border Force found …
Sep 5, 2019 / Curious