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Sailors of various nationalities report panic and are requesting evacuation from ships near where missiles and drones are falling. There are reports that food supplies are beginning to run low in some cases.
The conflict in Iran has generated a significant impact on global trade, where the cost of maritime transport has increased to 340 million euros per day. Rui D'Orey, vice-president of the Association of Shipping Agents of Portugal, explains what may be at stake.
On a day marked by the latest expletive peppered social media post from the leader of the free world, Arab media channel Al Jazeera reported that a Portuguese-flagged oil tanker The post Iran grants ‘Portuguese flagged vessel’ passage through Strait of Hormuz appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Since the beginning of the offensive by Israel and the United States against Iran, the country has threatened and attacked ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
From container ships to oil and LPG tankers, there are several vessels flying the Portuguese flag awaiting the normalisation of maritime transport in the Persian Gulf.
Insecurity has led to a sharp decline in ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Among the many oil tankers that have not risked passage so far is a Portuguese-flagged ship, which took on oil from Saudi Aramco days before the Ras Tanura refinery was targeted by Iranian drones.
The vice‑president of the Figueira da Foz port community says that, without maritime rescue assets, Portugal projects an image of insecurity to major European shipowners.
Reading between the lines there is a degree of bad feeling connected with the drama of stricken cargo ship Eikborg, outside Figueira da Foz harbour. Yesterday, Paulo Mariano – the The post Norwegian tug scrambles to save stricken cargo ship appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The tugboat is due to arrive at the location of the freighter on Tuesday night.
On board the Eikborg are six crew members and 3,300 tonnes of paper pulp, originating from the Celb pulp mill.
The Figueira da Foz bar has been closed to all shipping since 14:00.
The cargo vessel has no steering control, no rudder and is adrift while awaiting tugs.
The cargo ship Eikborg, flying the flag of the Netherlands, has lost steering control and its rudder and is adrift, proceeding astern to try to hold position. The vessel is awaiting tugs.
