Tag: British vessels

• Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 20:02 UTC

  Fish and chips: “The unscrupulous British” had eaten Russian fish for 68 years, says leading ally of Putin

  

  No more fish and chips from Russian waters? A 1956 agreement that allowed British boats to fish in the Barents Sea has been ripped up, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and London, and the last batch of sanctions imposed on Russia and autocrat Putin criminals by UK.

• Saturday, December 6th 2014 - 04:15 UTC

  Chile consulted Argentina before allowing HMS Dragon to dock in Valparaiso

  

  Chilean foreign minister Jorge Burgos revealed this week that the presence of HMS Dragon in Valparaiso was authorized after having consulted with Argentina, and underlined that Chile strictly abides with what was agreed regarding the passage of British vessels through Chilean waters.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 05:49 UTC

  Westminster addressed Spain's Guardia Civil 'dangerous and provocative' actions in Gibraltar waters

  

  British Labor MP Jim Dobbin has filed an early day motion calling on the House of Commons to condemn the actions of the Spanish Guardia Civil crew that led to “an armed stand-off” with Royal Navy vessels in Gibraltar waters last week.

• Monday, August 13th 2012 - 22:21 UTC

  Limited effect for the Falklands of Argentina’s latest ban on Red Ensign vessels

  

  The Buenos Aires Province Senate on 2 August passed a law last week banning British flagged vessels associated with activities in Falkland Islands waters from calling at Argentina’s largest ports.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 05:13 UTC

  Argentine maritime workers ratify ‘random blockade’ of British vessels

  

  The Argentine Confederation of Transportation Workers (CATT) ratified on Wednesday that it would randomly block British ships from docking on Argentine ports, in response to the UK’s refusal to negotiate the Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty.