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Indian Ocean: Durban Maritime Mobile Net Revived
The Durban Maritime Mobile Net (South Africa) has been revived by a group of highly experienced yachtsmen/ham radio operator’s who were part of ...
Published 3 years ago
Panama Canal: Small Boat Transits to Resume Tomorrow
Panama Canal transits for small vessels (under 65ft) are to resume on 9 April. Everyone on board (including 4 line handlers) must have Ministry of ...
Published 3 years ago
Caribbean Marine Associations Helping Cruisers
Marine associations in Antigua, Grenada and Trinidad, started efforts in April, 2020 to open their borders for cruising boats needing safe refuge for ...
Published 3 years ago
South Pacific,Coral Sea: Tropical Cyclone Harold
Tropical Cyclone Harold left a trail of damage through the Solomon Islands, intensifying into a Category 5 cyclone as it slowly raged through ...
Published 3 years ago
Maldives: Clearance Fee Reductions Appear to be on Hold
In an effort to become more cruiser friendly, the Maldives archipelago in the Indian Ocean was set to substantially reduce clearance costs from 1st ...
Published 3 years ago
Connecting cruisers in the time of Covid 19
Cruisers contemplating crossing the Atlantic back to Europe or remaining in the Caribbean or US East Coast will now have access to OCC Facebook ...
Published 3 years ago