Tag: Ghana

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 20:47 UTC

  Law of the Sea tribunal will decide Argentina/Ghana case on December 15

  

  The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea announced that the decision on the case involving the Argentine Navy frigate ARA Libertad retained in Ghana will be made public next 15 December. On Thursday both sides made their case in a several hours hearing at the seat of the tribunal in Hamburg.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 23:11 UTC

  ARA Libertad can’t be impounded according to IMO, says Ambassador Castro

  

  The International Maritime Organization (IMO) certified that the ARA Libertad frigate is a military vessel, therefore, it can not be impounded, Argentina's ambassador to the UK, Alicia Castro, reported.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 19:35 UTC

  The Chicago Tribune on the bonds dispute: ‘Cry for yourself, Argentina’

  

  The Chicago Tribune, one of the leading Midwest US newspapers has been following closely the dispute in New York courts between the Argentine government and investment funds that are demanding full payment of sovereign bonds.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 07:38 UTC

  Hamburg tribunal confirms hearings on ARA Libertad impounded at Ghana port

  

  The Law of the Sea Tribunal in Hamburg confirmed the oral hearings’ date for 29 and 30 November referred to the Argentine vessel ARA Libertad impounded and retained in Ghana since 2 October, with a previous day of consultations with both litigants on 28 November.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 20:01 UTC

  Ghana rejects Argentine plea to drop case of impounded frigate ARA Libertad

  

  Ghana rejected on Wednesday Argentina’s plea for Accra City’s Commercial Tribunal to drop the case that kept the ARA Libertad navy training frigate impounded at Tema port since October 2nd.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 05:59 UTC

  ARA Libertad case to be discussed by Argentina and Ghana November 29/30

  

  Argentina announced on Friday that the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea proposed November 29 and 30 as the days to hold the hearings between Argentina and Ghana over the seizure of the ARA Libertad Frigate at Ghana's Tema Port.

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 00:07 UTC

  Argentine deadline to Ghana for release of ARA Libertad

  

  Argentina warned on Monday that if by Tuesday Ghana does not release the retained Navy frigate ARA Libertad it will file a claim before the UN Law of the Sea International Tribunal in Germany.