Anwaar Afriqya: Libyan rebels take tanker to Tobruk

Anwaar Afriqya The Libyan state-owned shipping line General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) says that one of its tankers, the Anwaar Afriqya, has been hijacked by group of armed rebels and diverted to the port of Tobruk near the border with Egypt, where it is now berthed.

The company says that tanker is carrying a cargo of 23,800 tons of gasoline and has a crew of 22.

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Vessel's name: Anwaar Afriqya Last updated: Feb 09, 2011
Ex-name(s): Maersk Ramsey IMO number: 9275268
Flag: Libya Call sign: 5AMU
Port of Registry: Tripoli Summer DWT: 29999 MT
Type of vessel: Oil Tanker Built: Aug 20, 2004
Type of hull: Double Hull Owner: Libyan Product Carrier Ltd
Class Society: Lloyds Register Operator: General National Maritime Transport Company

Evita: increased speed, fired flares at pirates

UAE-owned MV Evita IMO 7533202, Sierra Leone-flagged, was able to evade pirate attack by adopting industry recommended 'best management practices'; increasing its speed and firing flares to warn them off. The product tanker came under attack 500 km north-west of the Seychelles by three suspected pirate skiffs.

UAE's new Baynunah Corvettes are a derivative of CMN's BR70 70m corvette design, The vessels are slated to be the largest steel-hulled vessels using water jets for propulsion. Delivery to the UAE Navy is scheduled for 2010.

UBT Ocean: east of Haradere

UBT Ocean hijacked on March 5, chemical tanker, Marshall Island flagged , is now reported in the vicinity off the pirate stronghold east of Haradere.

Brovig, engaged in most trades, crude, oils and products, chemical tankers,
Th. Brøvig Group was founded in 1889 by Tharald Brøvigs great-grandfather Gunder Christian Brøvig and has followed the development from sail through steam up to the modern fleet. Throughout more than a century the company has sailed through rough weather and calm seas in a world shifting in world trade and politics. The Group has been engaged in most trades, crude, oils and products, chemical tankers, dry cargo bulk, fruit, live stock and container vessels. It also established a liner service between USA and Mexico. This line was operated by Brøvig for three decades. Eventually this line was sold to the Mexican state. Throughout the years the company has operated as time-charterer for both tank and dry cargo tonnage. During the late 1970’s the shipping business world wide suffered from overcapacity and decreased demand for transport. During this period several old vessels were sold and some new vessels came into the fleet. In the early 1980’s the Norwegian K/S system was reintroduced, and this led to a giant investment by Norwegian shipowners, mostly in second hand tonnage. This was also the case with Th. Brøvig. These new investments, however turned out to be very expensive, and the company suffered heavy losses due to very high operational costs and falling freightmarkets. It finally was decided to cut losses and the vessels were sold, the last one in 1992. The Group was restructured by Tharald Brøvig in 1992 as the sole owner of the Group. The Groups activities have from then been diversified in venture and shipping where venture has been the main activity.

Arctic Sea: asking ransom?

The Finnish company that operates the vessel filed an official crime report with police in Finland who passed it on to Swedish police. Ransom demanded?
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Mitsui OSK Marshall Islands-flag

THE Marshall Islands Registry expects to have 3m gt of Japanese-owned tonnage by the end of the year through business won from Mitsui OSK Lines.
Japanese shipowners have committed 35 vessels totaling 1.5 million gross tons to the Marshall Islands flag in 2009. In total, Asian shipowners will contribute some 2.8 million gross tons in 2009 with 750,000 gross tons from Korea and 500,000 gross tons from China.

The Marshall Islands fleet has grown by 30 percent a year, on average, for the last five years and has been the world s fourth largest registry since 2005. As of 30 April 2009, the Marshall Islands fleet comprised more than 2000 vessels at 49.2 million gross tons and is expected to surpass the 50 million gross ton mark by year s end.

Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) became the first major shipowner in Japan, in '06, to register a vessel with the Marshall Islands Maritime Registry. Vessel was the Opal Express, a 28,850gt product tanker newbuilding from the Iwagi Zosen shipyard in Japan.