An activist group based in Malta identified a bulker loaded with coal from Colombia destined to Israel and is demanding government action against this, as the flag state of the vessel.
Also, the Colombian government is demanding action and saying it would use its naval forces to stop future shipments.
The Greek-owned bulker Fortune, registered in Malta, left Puerto Drummond. The 182,620 DWT ship was constructed in 2016 and is now in the middle of the Atlantic and is sailing towards Israel.
It is roughly at a 10-day distance from Israel, but the groups on both sides of the Atlantic are protesting its support of Israel.
The situation came to the forefront after Colombia’s Mining Union filed a complaint. In 2024, the Colombian President Gustavo Petro barred ships of coal and trade with Israel due to its conflict with Gaza.
Colombia’s Minister of Labor, Antonio Sanguino, received the complaint and called for an investigation.
He wrote online that the shipment was a challenge to
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