I have previously reported on this blog (here) on the dispute between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the one hand and Spain on the other hand concerning the arrest and detention the M/V Louisa and its tender, the Gemini III. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea gave its order on provisional measures today (23 December 2010). In a pretty insipid Order, the Tribunal refused to indicate the provisional measures which had been requested by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Whilst deciding that it did have prima facie jurisdiction over the dispute, the Tribunal held that “the circumstances, as they now present themselves to the Tribunal, are not such as to require the exercise of its powers to prescribe provisional measures under article 290, paragraph 1, of the Convention.”