Tag: Montevideo port

Monday, March 5th 2012 - 06:10 UTC
Mercosur countries to agree on a common protocol for vessels from the Falklands

Mercosur country members are scheduled to hold a meeting in Rio do Janeiro to agree on a common protocol for all vessels originating in the Falkland Islands and calling at regional ports, announced Uruguay’s Defence minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro.
Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:24 UTC
Korean fishing vessel catches fire in Montevideo: two dead, two seriously injured

Uruguayan fire brigades finally managed Sunday afternoon to control and extinguish the fire that broke out in a Korean fishing vessel early Saturday morning which was fully loaded with fuel and ready to depart for Antarctica, reported the Uruguayan Navy PR department.
Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 05:14 UTC
Mujica says presence of Prince William in Malvinas is not a ‘nice’ gesture

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that the presence of Prince William, heir to the British Crown, in the Malvinas Islands is a gesture “not at all nice” and called for the dispute with Argentina not to become military because it’s no good for anybody, least for the region.
Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:03 UTC
Caribbean states join Mercosur in barring Falklands’ flagged vessels from their ports

Several Caribbean states and Nicaragua announced this weakened they will bar from their ports any vessel flying the Malvinas flag, according to a release from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:16 UTC
UK warns Argentina on cutting off the air link of Falklands with South America

Britain warned Argentina against cutting off an air link to the Falklands as part of an economic blockade of the Islands, reports the Evening Standard. Buenos Aires is threatening to stop a weekly flight from Punta Arenas in Chile to Port Stanley by refusing permission for it to use Argentine airspace.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 15:42 UTC
UK tells Mercosur it will resist any attempts to coerce the Falklands

The British government said it would resist any attempts to coerce the Falkland Islands through economic or other pressures, and revealed it is holding ‘productive discussions’ with Uruguay, Chile and Brazil to ensure trade and commercial links between the Islands and South America are not compromised by political declarations.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 05:31 UTC
HMS Protector ‘complies with all requirements’ to operate from Montevideo

Uruguay authorized the Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector into Montevideo because it complies with normal procedure in spite of the fact that its next port of call is Stanley in Falklands/Malvinas.
Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:36 UTC
Uruguay suggests changing to the red ensign for Falklands’ vessels to operate in Montevideo

No changes are needed in current legislation to bar vessels flying the Malvinas flag from entering Uruguayan ports, but Uruguay also speculates that if the vessels change to the English flag there will be no problems, according to a report from the Foreign Affairs ministry.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 11:21 UTC
Falklands’ flagged vessels: Spanish fishermen call on Madrid to fight Argentine blackmail

The President of the Spanish Association of Marine Fishing Officers (Aetinape), José Manuel Muniz, has asked the new Spanish government to get involved and act against the pressure placed on Falklands-flagged vessels by the Argentines, according to an article in the Galician newspaper Faro de Vigo, which examined the Spanish reaction to the ban on the entry of Falklands flagged vessels to Mercosur ports.
Friday, December 23rd 2011 - 21:25 UTC
Falklands’ flagged vessels conflict: Almagro and Hague agree they remain in disagreement

Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro spoke Friday on the phone with Foreign secretary William Hague for the first time since the Falklands/Malvinas’ flagged vessels controversy, but both sides apparently could only agree that the situation remains stalled according to brief statements