Tag: ARA Libertad

• Thursday, November 15th 2012 - 02:20 UTC

  Argentina takes Ghana to the Law of the Sea Tribunal over the retained frigate

  

  The Argentine government, as anticipated on Wednesday formally reported Ghana before the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, in a bid to try to recuperate the ship that has been detained in Tema port since October 2. Argentina also announced it will demand compensation for the ‘illicit action’ losses.

• Thursday, November 15th 2012 - 02:16 UTC

  Contacts with Ghana navy help restore water and power supply to ARA Libertad

  

  Ghana port authorities, GPHA, on Wednesday re-established water and power supply to the Argentine Navy flagship ARA Libertad retained in Tema, according to naval sources from Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2012 - 07:11 UTC

  Ghana port officials deny water supply until the Argentine frigate relocates

  

  Ghana authorities have denied the supply of water to the Argentine Navy flagship ARA Libertad impounded and retained in the port of Tema since 2 October and which refuses relocation to a less active pier despite a court order.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 07:44 UTC

  Ghana will insist in relocating Argentine frigate with a new court order

  

  Ghana’s government is expected to submit a petition on Monday to cut all water, electricity and fuel supply to Argentina’s navy training ARA Libertad frigate after armed sailors prevented an operation led by local port authorities, GPHA, who wanted to relocate the ship to another berth, spokesmen of Tema Port said.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 07:40 UTC

  International unions’ group calls for a speedy resolution of the Argentina/Ghana impasse

  

  The Vice President of International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), has called for a timely resolution of the stalemate leading to the seizure of the Argentina Naval frigate ARA Libertad in Ghana.

• Saturday, November 10th 2012 - 06:12 UTC

  Argentine president criticizes lack of political leadership to present alternative model

  

  Reacting to Thursday massive protest against the government which convened hundreds of thousands of Argentines in the country and overseas, President Cristina Fernandez said that the real problem is the lack of a political leadership that can represent an alternative model to that which has been so successful for the majority of Argentines.

• Saturday, November 10th 2012 - 02:20 UTC

  Argentine armed sailors prevent Ghana port officials from moving ARA Libertad

  

  Armed sailors on board the detained Argentine ARA Libertad frigate in Ghana threatened to open fire on Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) officials, if they attempted to move the ship from berth 11 to berth six, at the Tema Port, according to reports of “The Chronicle” local newspaper.

• Friday, November 9th 2012 - 06:34 UTC

  Judge Griesa summons new hearing on case of hedge funds holding Argentine bonds

  

  US Judge Thomas Griesa summoned a new hearing at New York Court over the case of investment funds against Argentina. The judge agreed with both parts a hearing on Friday to define the following steps after the US Appeals Court ruling issued on October 26.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Argentina to appeal Ghana court decision to move ‘Libertad’ from commercial port

  

  A Ghanaian court authorized on Monday to have Argentina’s ARA Libertad navy training frigate, impounded over a lawsuit filed by a US based fund, removed from Tema’s commercial port to another local pier in order to liberate space that’s crucial for the in and out of cargo liners.

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 13:02 UTC

  Argentina calls on G20 for global action against ‘predatory’ actions from ‘vulture funds’

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino called for developed countries to set limits to ‘vulture funds’ and credit rating agencies as “promoters of the global crisis,” as he addressed the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Mexico on Sunday.