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Lebanon extends the deadline for licensing offshore oil and gas fields until next March

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 1, 2024

The Lebanese Petroleum Administration announced on Monday that the energy ministry of Lebanon has extended until March 2019 the deadline for bids for offshore exploration rights. The government initially set a July 3, 2024 deadline for the bidding…

Officials from Turkey and Somalia are facilitating talks about a port deal.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 1, 2024

Four officials with knowledge of the situation say that the Turkey is now mediating between Somalia, Ethiopia and a port agreement Addis Ababa made with the Somaliland breakaway region earlier this year. Negotiations are the latest effort to repair diplomatic ties.

UKMTO reports that the vessel and crew are safe following an incident southwest of Yemen’s Al Mukha.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on June 30, 2024

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said that on Sunday, it received a report about an incident which occurred 13 nautical miles southwest from Yemen's Al Mukha. However, the vessel and crew were in good health. A UKMTO note stated that a merchant ship reported 12 small craft approaching it.

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