Posts Tagged ‘maritime’

Block the Boat: End maritime arms transfer to Israel

Block the Boat: End maritime arms transfer to Israel BNC Statement Palestinian civil society urgently calls on governments to stop ships carrying weapons to Israel’s #GazaGenocide Military Embargo May 22, 2024 By:  Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Source Views: 0

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 155: Deadly aid drop and obstacles to a maritime corridor expose farcical humanitarian response to Gaza famine

Casualties: 30,960+ killed* and at least 72,524 wounded in the Gaza Strip. 424+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem** Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147. 587 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.*** *Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed this figure […]

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 154: Biden’s maritime aid corridor to Gaza slammed as ‘unrealistic’

Casualties: 30,878+ killed* and at least 72,402 wounded in the Gaza Strip. 424+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147. 587 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.* Key Developments: Israeli bombardments kill at least […]

Israel Threatens To Strike “Every Meter” Of Lebanon Amid Maritime Dispute

Gallant’s threats came just hours after the Lebanese army mobilized its naval forces in response to Israeli boats that violated Lebanese sovereignty on Tuesday.  Source Views: 0

Maritime projects worth nearly $100m inaugurated in southern Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash inaugurated 10 major maritime projects worth 42.951 trillion rials (about $99.886 million) in southern Hormozgan Province during a visit on Saturday, the portal of the country’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) reported. Source Views: 0

Capacity of Iran’s maritime fleet rises 190,000 tons in 2022: UNCTAD

TEHRAN – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in its latest Review of Maritime Transport report dubbed “Navigating Stormy Waters”, has said the capacity of Iran’s maritime fleet has increased by one percent or 190,000 tons in 2022. Source Views: 0

Libya accuses Greece of imposing ‘fait accompli’ on maritime border

Libya’s Tripoli-based government, on Wednesday, accused Greece of exploiting the Libyan crisis for imposing a fait accompli on their maritime border, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the Libyan Foreign Ministry decried Greece’s “irresponsible behaviour” of striking a deal with international companies to start research and exploration for oil and gas in the Libyan-Greek […]

PLUMMET: Maritime, rail and trucking demand DROPS sharply from pandemic era peak

(NaturalNews) (Natural News) Container imports, rail intermodal shipments and truckload demand have dropped sharply from their lofty peaks during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic era.The Inbound Ocean TEUs Index (IOTI), which measures container import bookings, is currently just six percent higher than in November 2019, after averaging 80 … [Read More…] Source Views: 0

US setting up maritime defence system in Middle East

The United States is working to build an "integrated" infrastructure for air and maritime defence in the Middle East, a US official said. The National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Brett McGurk, told the annual Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain yesterday that his country is focused on deterring "imminent threats" […]

The Full Story Behind Lebanon Maritime Borders: Lines and Gains (Videograph)

 November 3, 2022 Marwa Haidar Have you ever known that the story of Lebanon maritime borders started when an embattled premier offered major concessions because he wanted to “avoid tensions” with ‘Israel’ and Cyprus? Back then in 2007, former PM Fuad Siniora, who didn’t even bat an eyelid when hundreds of thousands of Lebanese took […]

Lebanon Signs Maritime Border Agreement With Israel, Provocation Until The End

Lebanon and Israel have concluded a maritime-border demarcation agreement, granting Lebanon the right to explore and extract natural gas from the Qana field prospect to its coast. The agreement may have averted not only a Lebanon-Israel war, but also tells us a lot about the strategic thinking of Lebanese Hezbollah and how it achieved granting […]

Schenker: Hezbollah Threats Enabled Lebanon to Obtain 100% of Maritime Requests

October 14, 2022 Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, indicated in an article published by WSJ that the final version of the US-brokered maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and the Zionist entity reflects that ‘Israel’ fell to Lebanon’s Bait-and-Switch game. Schenker explained that the Lebanese negotiators won the day […]

Israel PM slammed for not putting Lebanon maritime deal before Knesset for vote

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked yesterday slammed Prime Minister Yair Lapid after he announced that he will not put the maritime border agreement with Lebanon to a vote in the Knesset, Maariv newspaper reported. “Yair… The Knesset is not a list of Yesh Atid and you are the only ruler in it,” Shaked wrote on […]

Lebanon President: TotalEnergies could help Lebanon in maritime demarcation with Israel

Lebanon’s President, Michel Aoun, said on Tuesday that France-based oil and gas company, TotalEnergies, could help his country solve maritime demarcation issues with Israel, according to a post from the Presidency office on Twitter, Reuters reports. Aoun would make “contacts to help in this regard, will increase communications this month”, the office added. Lebanon and […]

Israeli Circles: Indirect Maritime Talks with Lebanon Ongoing under Pressure of Time Set by Hezbollah

August 3, 2022 Source: Al-Manar English Website The Zionist circles indicated that the indirect talks to demarcate the maritime borders with Lebanon are ongoing under the pressure of the time set by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah. Sayyed Nasrallah had set September as a deadline for either an agreement that gives Lebanon all its offshore […]

USA Threatens Lebanon: Accept Israel’s Conditions or You Won’t Be Able to Extract Maritime Gas for Decades

 July 20, 2022 Source: Websites Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib met on Wednesday with head of the American Task Force For Lebanon Edward Gabriel heading a delegation. After the meeting, Gabriel addressed the reporters, conveying an American threat to Lebanon. Gabriel considered that Lebanon has a small chance to extract its maritime gas […]

Unique Viking Shipyard Found Showing A “Maritime Cultural Landscape”

An archaeological investigation of maritime remains connected to the Viking Age town of Birka in Sweden carried out since August 2020 has revealed a “first of its kind” Viking shipyard. Birka, also known as the Viking City, was occupied in the 9th and 10th centuries. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology […]

PMO to facilitate providing maritime, port services

PMO to facilitate providing maritime, port services – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has been following a new strategy since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) to develop and facilitate port and maritime services in the country, the PMO announced in a report published on its website […]

Australian PM Warns Maritime Union It Will ‘Take Action’ in Ongoing Industrial Action If Needed

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) that the government will step in to intervene in the port strikes at Patrick Terminals if necessary. “Our government is also keeping a close watch on the potential for industrial action to disrupt economic activity, noting that industrial action at Patrick Terminals […]

Iran, Pakistan examine strengthening border, maritime cooperation

TEHRAN — In a virtual meeting, Iran’s Border Guard Commander and the director-general of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency have reviewed the latest developments related to bilateral cooperation in maritime and border management as well as conducting operations and patrols, IRNA reported on Friday. The virtual meeting was held in the presence of the delegations […]

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