News

Following the shooting of the leader of the Movement of People Party yesterday morning (25 July 2013), a general strike has been announced today in Tunisia.

We are pleased to advise that Budd’s services are now available in Indonesia. This new Budd Group office works in close collaboration with Mr Van Hong Dang of Budd Vietnam.

As long-established Club Correspondents in West Africa, we were particularly interested to read the International Maritime Bureau’s July Piracy Report (see link below).

On the occasion of President Obama’s visit to Dakar, Budd Senegal advises that all roads leading to the town centre will be closed to traffic from midday on Wednesday, 26 June 2013 to midday on Friday, 28 June 2013.

Following our bulletin of 1 March, our local office advises that our Guinea staff will be working from home today (2 May) due to a further protest march in Conakry which may result in violent incidents.

​Mario Camara of Budd’s Guinea office advises that government opposition recently announced a series of demonstrations and « Dead City Days » in Conakry.

The first two-day protest took place on 18 and 19 February 2013.

As of today (20/02/13), Abidjan will be host to an Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Seminar/Workshop on Integrated Maritime Security in conjunction with the African Centre for Strategy Studies and the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).

Following a recent increase in claims arising from alleged damage to steel cargoes, our Tunis office wishes to alert the Clubs and their Members to the dangers of issuing clean on board bills of lading for steel.