Alma

A person has been found dead aboard the 'Alma', while it was berthed at the Ocean Quay in Copenhagen, where it arrived on Jan 2,2 2025. There wer eno indications of a criminal incident, the police said. The reefer was on its way from Klaipeda and transiting the Øresund, when it suddenly turned around at the island of Ven on the morning and headed towards Copenhagen. The ship departed again on the morning of Jan 3, headed to Skagen.

The cargo ship Alma carrying 2,000 tons of fin whale meat from Iceland arrived at its final destination, Osaka, Japan, this morning. The ship left Hafnarfjörður port, West Iceland, on March 20. It is not known how the ship got fuel or supplies along the way but it is thought that it stopped at Port Louis in Mauritius, ruv.is reports. The ship had planned to refuel at the port of Durban, South Africa, but skipped the port in light of protests over the ship’s whale meat cargo. Greenpeace asked the South African government not to accept the ship and to put pressure on other African port cities to do the same. Twenty-one thousand people signed a petition joining Greenpeace in its demands.

The "Alma" has been grounded in the harbor of Fáskrúðsfjörður, east Iceland, since early November. Now it is free to leave and the cargo is being transshipped. The "Alma" was towed to Fáskrúðsfjörður on Nov 9, 2011, after the vessel’s steering wheel fell off in the mouth of Hornafjörður, southeast Iceland, and was barred from leaving until the operator had provided collateral to cover the cost of rescue. An agreement has now been reached on collateral and "Alma"’s sister ship, "Green Lofoten", will progress with its cargo to St. Petersburg after the unshipping was completed on Nov 24. The "Alma" will be sent to a shipyard to repair the steering gear but it hasn’t been decided where it will take place.