Shipping Trade and Transport News 22nd October 2015

Vessels

M.V. Solarte  (Africa)

Reefer attacked by pirates

The "Solarte" was attacked by pirates in position 03 55N 005 26E, 100 miles west of Port Harcourt on Oct 19, 2015, at 8.30 p.m. The vessel was en route to Port Harcourt from Cotonou Benin. The pirates hijacked four crew members, including two Lithuanians and two Ukrainians.

19 sailors were on board the ship, comprising three Ukrainians and 16 Lithuanians. The pirates stole ship’s cash, destroyed equipment and kidnapped four crewmembers before escaping.

Trade News 

EU, Kosovo to sign accord on closer ties 'soon

 

(BRUSSELS) - The European Union is moving nearer to signing an accord with Kosovo on improved ties which could open the way to eventual EU membership for the small Balkan country, EU sources said Tuesday.
"We will have a decision soon," one of the sources said of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement which was initialled by the two sides in mid-2014

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after years of tension between the two in the fallout from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

 

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EU set to greenlight FedEx/TNT Express tieup

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The European Union is expected to approve FedEx's 4.4-billion-euro ($4.8 billion) deal to buy Dutch rival TNT Express, a key tieup for the e-commerce delivery business, the companies said Tuesday.
Brussels opened an investigation in July citing concerns the deal would lead to higher prices for consumers who are increasingly buying online and getting packages delivered directly to them.
"The internal deadline of the European Commission for issuing a Statement of Objections would have expired on 23 October 2015, but FedEx and TNT have been informed by the European Commission that no Statement of Objections will be issued," they said in a statement.