Gemini carriers cut back port calls on challenging southern India trade
Southern India’s ocean trade continues to be a challenging market for both Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, ...
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By Mike Wackett
On 28 April 2015, while transiting the Strait of Hormuz en route from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Jebel Ali (UAE) and in international waters, the vessel Maersk Tigris was approached and seized by Iranian patrol boats. The time-charter vessel was deployed on Maersk Line’s ME3 service (Black Sea Persian Gulf). The vessel was escorted towards Bandar Abbas in Iran by Iranian patrol boats.
The crew is safe and under the circumstances in good spirits. Rickmers Shipmanagement and Maersk are ...
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April 30, 2015 at 1:07 pmNo reason to do this…..just excuse!!