Our correspondent Vega & Co - Marine Risk and Insurance Solutions has provided the following update regarding Argentinian visa applications.
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Please kindly note that, as per new resolution issued by the Argentinian government, all transit, working & temporary visa applications from the following countries have been cancelled until further notice due to the outbreak of the COVID '19:
• People Republic of China
• Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• Islamic Republic of Iran
• Japan
• United States of America
• United Kingdom
• EU countries
The Argentinian Consulates located on those countries will not issue any working/transit and, specially, crew visas.
All electronic visas from mentioned countries will also be suspended until further notice.
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If you have any questions please get in touch with your usual Club contact.
Sixteenth Ocean GMBH & Co KG (“16th Ocean”), a subsidiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), entered into a shipbuilding contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (Hyundai) for the construction of a container carrier by Hyundai and its purchase by the IRISL subsidiary. 16th Ocean entered into a loan agreement with three lenders, including Societe Generale (SocGen), to finance the construction and the purchase of the vessel.
Global warming has increased the potential for commercial shipping as the Arctic ice progressively melts. Canada maintains that the Passage is part of its internal waters and that no right of innocent passage exists within it, whereas the United States of America believes the Passage is an international strait where the right of transit passage exists.
As part of the Club’s 150th Anniversary celebrations, a Golf Day was held for the Korean shipping community on Thursday 13th June 2019 at Sky72 Golf Course in Incheon, South Korea.
