Damaged and drifting Russian gas tanker under control – being tugged away to sea by Libyan efforts
Mar 24 Sami Zaptia

Damaged and drifting Russian gas tanker under control – being tugged away to sea by Libyan efforts

SZ-24/03/26 The damaged and drifting Russian (LNG) gas tanker within Libyan territorial waters, the Arctic Metagaz, has been brought under control by...

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Zuwara Naval Operations Force carries out two interceptions of migrant boats within 4 hours
Oct 1 Sami Zaptia

Zuwara Naval Operations Force carries out two interceptions of migrant boats within 4 hours

Zuwara Naval Operations Force, affiliated with the Tripoli based Ministry of Defence, reported yesterday that it had successfully carried out two cons...

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‘‘Mediterranean Conference on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea’’ to be held in Tripoli from 12 to 14 April
Jan 3 Sami Zaptia

‘‘Mediterranean Conference on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea’’ to be held in Tripoli from 12 to 14 April

Libya’s Tripoli based Ministry of Marine Resources will be hosting the ‘‘Mediterranean Conference on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Mediterran...

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Misrata Free Zone sets new record for container handling in November
Dec 3 Sami Zaptia

Misrata Free Zone sets new record for container handling in November

Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) announced Thursday that its port had set a new record for container handling in November. It reported that it had handled 60,0...

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Two Libyan naval vessels arrived in Malta to participate in ‘‘Dolphin 1’’ joint exercises
Jul 19 Sami Zaptia

Two Libyan naval vessels arrived in Malta to participate in ‘‘Dolphin 1’’ joint exercises

Libya’s Tripoli-based Interior Ministry announced Monday that two of its naval vessels and their crews arrived in Malta to participate in the Dolphin...

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Union of Chambers of Commerce and Libyan companies participate in Arab-Hellenic Maritime Conference in Athens
Jul 8 Sami Zaptia

Union of Chambers of Commerce and Libyan companies participate in Arab-Hellenic Maritime Conference in Athens

The President of the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Mohamed Al-Raied, attended the activities of the First Arab-Hell...

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Libya loses US$ 5 bn annually due to illegal Tuna fishing within its territorial waters
May 22 Sami Zaptia

Libya loses US$ 5 bn annually due to illegal Tuna fishing within its territorial waters

The Tuna fishing season in Libya is a neglected economic resource that is costing Libya around US$ 5 billion annually in potential lost revenues due t...

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Jan 22 Sami Zaptia

Insecurity, displacement and protection risks continued in Libya during 2020: OCHA

By Sami Zaptia.(OCHA).London, 22 January 2021: Reviewing the humanitarian situation in Libya during 2020, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humani...

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Oct 23 Sami Zaptia

Five Libyan illegal migrants missing at sea, 13 others rescued to Lampedusa

By Sami Zaptia.Five Libyans lost at sea illegally crossing the Mediterranean, another 13 were rescued to Lampedusa port (Photo: Mediterraneocronaca.it...

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Toddlers among 34 migrants to die in Mediterranean today
May 24 Nigel Ash

Toddlers among 34 migrants to die in Mediterranean today

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 24 May 2017:At least 34 migrants, many who were toddlers, died today 30 miles off the Libyan coast as a Spanish military plane...

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