Tag: Italy
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Standoff Ends As Italian Police Arrest Migrant-Rescue Ship Captain
June 29: The Sea-Watch 3 charity ship carrying dozens of migrants rescued off Libya forced its way into the Italian port of Lampedusa on Friday night after a lengthy standoff, […]
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Protests Against Large Cruise Ships in Venice, Following Accident
June 08: Approximately 5,000 residents of the northern Italian city of Venice on Saturday protested against the presence of cruise ships in the busy Giudecca Canal, following a ship accident […]
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Port Workers in Genoa Continue to Block Saudi Vessel Carrying Weapons in Protest of War in Yemen
May 20: Further to similar protests at Le Havre Port in France on May 09, Italian unions have refused to load cargo onto a Saudi ship carrying weapons, in protest […]
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NATO looks at USVs
NATO looks to tech solutions. Thirteen Allies to cooperate on the introduction of Maritime Unmanned Systems At our Summit in Brussels in July, NATO leaders endorsed the implementation of NATO’s […]
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Operation Neptune underway
Four suspects detained in the first week of operation. Morocco Joins Interpol-Led Counter-Terrorism Operation ‘Neptune’ By Tarek Bazza Interpol announced Friday it has deployed agents in Mediterranean seaports in eight […]
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Migrants threaten rescuers
Mutiny on the Vos Thalassa OSV. Mutinous migrants threaten to kill Italian crew after rescue Tom Kington, Rome | David Charter, Berlin African migrants threatened to kill the crew of an Italian […]
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Med, migrants and merchant ships
Shipping’s concerns over Italy’s migrant stance. Migrant crisis may pose threats to Med shipping By Julia Louppova The migrant crisis continues in Europe and the shipping industry is getting increasingly worried […]
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Maersk ship migrant rescue
Italy’s hardline stance causes issues. Maersk Boxship Delayed due to EU Migration Debate The container ship Alexander Maersk has been delayed off Sicily with 113 maritime migrants aboard as Europe’s debate over […]
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Migrants blocked
Migrant rescue vessel caught in political spat. Italy’s Matteo Salvini shuts ports to migrant rescue ship A rescue ship carrying 629 migrants is stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy’s new […]
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More Med deaths
Recent weather conditions have seen thousands attempt crossing. Tunisia boat capsizes killing dozens of migrants At least 48 migrants died after their boat capsized off the eastern coast of Tunisia, […]
