Tag: Libya

  • Unexpected cargo

    Migrants refuse to leave ship. Migrants rescued by cargo ship refuse to disembark at Libyan port MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Some 95 migrants picked up by a cargo ship off […]

  • Libya oil port protests

    More issues for Libyan supply. Tribe of slain Libya rebel commander protests at eastern oil port BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan tribesmen staged a demonstration at the eastern oil port […]

  • Black market oil

    The higher the barrel price, the higher the crime rate. Oil’s $133 Billion Black Market By Yale Global Oil is still the world’s leading energy source, with growing demand, a fluctuating […]

  • Libya kidnap pressure

    Move follows South Korea’s last week. PH Navy to send task group to Libya for kidnapped Filipinos MANILA- The Philippine Navy said Saturday it would deploy a task group to […]

  • 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 […]

  • Libya shuts oil ports

    Haftar handed control over to NOC in east of country. Four Libya oil ports closed amid corruption allegations Chris Stephen and Patrick Wintour Libya’s United Nations-backed National Oil Corporation (NOC) has closed […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • UN sanctions smugglers

    Militia leaders named on list. UN sanctions for people smugglers in Libya in global first The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions on six leaders of human trafficking networks operating […]

  • Migrant push in Med

    Improving weather conditions see more migrants attempt crossing. Nearly 1,500 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in two days ROME, ITALY: Around 1,500 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Thursday and Friday […]