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Yemen urges int’l support for UN plan to avert looming oil tanker disaster

The Siasat Daily 02 Jun 2023
UN ship arrives at site of decaying oil tanker off Yemen’s coast ... On Tuesday, the engineering ship “Ndeavor” sailing from Djibouti arrived at the location of the deteriorating oil tanker, the UN office in Yemen confirmed in a statement. It said that the ship would start ...
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Yemen urges int'l support for UN plan to avert looming oil tanker disaster

Xinhua 01 Jun 2023
On Tuesday, the engineering ship "Ndeavor" sailing from Djibouti arrived at the location of the deteriorating oil tanker, the UN office in Yemen confirmed in a statement. It said that the ship would start working soon to make the super oil tanker safer before the crude oil extraction process begins ... ■ ... .
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UN vessel arrives at moored oil tanker off Yemeni coast for rescue preparation

People Daily 31 May 2023
The UN office in Yemen said in a statement that the ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor," had arrived from the east African country of Djibouti across the Red Sea to make the first preparations for an emergency rescue plan. The statement said the ship would start working ...
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UN-Backed Salvage Team Arrives at FSO Safer off Yemen

The Maritime Executive 30 May 2023
Boskalis and the team from SMIT reported that they departed Djibouti along with UN representatives on May 29 to begin an operation that has been estimated will take more than seven weeks ... The Ndeavor had recently been in Djibouti after passing through the Suez Canal ... The Nautica (307,000 dwt) is currently waiting in Djibouti.
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Saw Mill Road Girl Scouts in North Bellmore send cookies overseas

LI Herald 21 May 2023
Other Girl Scouts from different troops also attended the event. The girls’ donated over 100 cookie boxes, and a truck was loaded at the event with some of their donations, to be shipped to a military base in Djibouti, Africa ... The way the troops collected so many cookies for the donation was simple, Arianna explained ... ....
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The ocean paradise that could become the battlefield of a New Cold War: MARK ALMOND ...

The Daily Mail 20 May 2023
At the heart of this rivalry is the remote Chagos Archipelago ... MARK ALMOND ... Their warplanes can reach vital shipping channels, trade routes and even potential Chinese bases everywhere from Djibouti to Pakistan ... MARK ALMOND ... Djibouti, a micro-state on the East African coast, already hosts three military bases – owned by France, China and the USA ... .
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A Sri Lankan port worker holds a Chinese national flag to welcome Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 as it arrives in Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022
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China and India Compete for Influence in the Indian Ocean

The Maritime Executive 18 May 2023
China’s establishment of a military base in Djibouti and the Sri Lankan authorities allowing a Chinese military surveillance ship to dock at Hambantota port have exacerbated these concerns.
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China's brazen ambitions in Indian Ocean decoded

DNA India 08 May 2023
It’s widely perceived that the establishment and subsequent expansion such as transformation of Djibouti as a complete naval base; the docking of satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port; extended deployment of surveillance ship ...
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As India buys more Russian crude, obscure shipping firm makes it big

Indian Express 07 May 2023
AN INDIAN SHIPPING company with an ageing fleet of oil tankers has suddenly emerged as a centerpiece in Russia\u2019s oil trade with India and other countries ... \u201cSt Kitts & Nevis, along with Cameroon, Gabon, Palau, Djibouti and the Cook Islands, are the dominant, smaller (ship) registries covering the dark fleet.
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Tanker with history of moving Iranian oil catches fire off Malaysia

Splash24/7 02 May 2023
The 1997-built Pablo, a ship which has changed hands three times in the last couple of years, issued a distress call yesterday afternoon after a blaze was detected ... In October last year the Djibouti-registered Young Yong ran aground off the Riau Islands In Indonesia, a ship which had been sanctioned by the US for its alleged links to Iran.
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What countries are doing to extract citizens from conflict-torn Sudan

Mail Guardian South Africa 02 May 2023
Some evacuees have been airlifted from Khartoum and taken to Djibouti, Jordan and Cyprus. Others have driven to Port Sudan, 850km away, and then boarded ships to Saudi Arabia or headed by road to Egypt and Ethiopia ... A Spanish military plane with 100 passengers, 30 of them Spanish, left on Sunday for Djibouti, Madrid said.
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U.S. planning to send a consular team to Sudan to assist fleeing Americans

Yahoo Daily News 26 Apr 2023
An unknown number of officials will check documents and get evacuees on to flights or ships out of Sudan ... The State Department has asked the military for logistical support to move the fly away team, which is currently in Djibouti working to complete the necessary paperwork, to the Port of Sudan, according to a Defense Department official.
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Yacht missing near coast of Yemen

Gulf Daily News 25 Apr 2023
... happened to the pleasure yacht named 30 Minutes which its owner said was heading to Djibouti to be sent onwards by ship to Dubai.
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Russian blames piracy in missing yacht

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 25 Apr 2023
However, the Houthis did not immediately acknowledge taking the vessel and details about the ship remain scarce ... The vessel then disappeared, not reaching Djibouti, where it had been scheduled to arrive, he said ... On Sunday, the Russian Embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a statement saying that "radio contact was lost with the ship.".
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At a glance: What is happening in Sudan?

RTE 25 Apr 2023
Some evacuees have been airlifted from Khartoum and taken to Djibouti, Jordan and Cyprus. Other have driven to Port Sudan and boarded ships to Saudi Arabia or headed by road to Egypt and Ethiopia. The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs sent a team to the nearby country of Djibouti ...

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