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LPG tanker gas leak, locals evacuated, Elbe
High explosive propylene gas escaped from LPG tanker BOW GUARDIAN in the evening Oct 19 in Lower Saxony, Elbe. Situation was found to be so dangerous and explosion-threatening, that local residents...
View ArticleOil barge explosion and fire, Texas VIDEO
Barge No. 255 with some 19000 tons of crude oil, pushed by tug BUSTER BOUCHARD (coupling), suffered an explosion and fire at around 0430 LT Oct 20 some 3 nm off Port Aransas, Texas, Gulf of Mexico....
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Capesize bulk carrier refloated, Taiwan
Bulk carrier HARVEST SKY was refloated in the evening Oct 20 with high tide, salvage tug KOYO MARU (IMO 9162148) was contracted for salvage operation. No leak reported. HARVEST SKY as of 0700 UTC Oct...
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Zodiac’s container ship suspect in hit&run, India
Indian fishing boat Emmanuvel (Reg. No.TN15/MM/4426) was rammed by merchant ship at night Oct 11 some 45 nm off Beypore coast, India, Arabian sea. Half-sunk boat remained aflot, of 6 crew 2 were...
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Polish freighter aground in Swedish waters
General cargo vessel ESL AFRICA ran aground southwest of Oxelosund, Sweden, Baltic sea, at around 1830 UTC Oct 21, some 2 hours after departing from Norkkoping, Sweden, en route to Dakar Senegal. No...
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Captain of MSC GIANNINA missing at sea
According to yet unconfirmed information, container ship MSC GIANNINA reported missing Captain, most probably on Oct 19 in vicinity 13 53N 013 43E, Tyrrhenian sea, while en route from Gioia Tauro to...
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Russian reefer troubled in Biscay, heading for shelter
MRCC Etel was alerted at 1500 LT Oct 21 by distress message from reefer BALTIC PERFORMER, reporting cargo shift and ensuing portside list 12 degrees in rough weather, 103 nm west of Penmarch, Bay of...
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Russian cargo ship beached by typhoon in Fushiki, Japan
Typhoon Lan which battered Japan, tore off moorings Russian general cargo ship REAL in Fushiki port, Toyama, Honshu, Japan sea, early in the morning Oct 23. The ship was berthed at Fushiki with 19...
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Bulk carrier grounding, Greece
Bulk carrier ALI M reportedly ran aground or contacted bottom while approaching Igoumenitsa, Greece, at around 0700 UTC Oct 22. Vessel seems to be anchored near grounding site, with tug at her side,...
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Bulk carrier ALI M grounding Update
Oct 24 Update: As of 1700 UTC ALI M was still aground. She said to be in load, port traffic control is blamed for grounding – ALI M had to give way to ferries in dire straits, and strayed into...
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COSCO’s container ship accident, Taichung
Container ship FEIYUNHE allided with Pier No.10 constructions at Taichung port, Taiwan, in the evening Oct 23 while berthing, and sustained slight forecastle damages, such as dents and dented...
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Turkish bulk carrier collided with German heavy lift ship, Black sea
Bulk carrier MARAKI K collided with heavy lift ship MARIA on Constanta outer anchorage at around 0300 UTC Oct 25, both ships understood to be under way at the time of collision, maneuvering to anchor....
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Taiwanese fishing vessel burned out, 2 crew missing, Indian Ocean
Taiwanese longliner MING MAAN SHYANG 18 caught fire in the morning Oct 25 some 700 nm south of Reunion, Indian ocean. MRCC Reunion was alerted at 0500 LT by MRCC Taiwan. Longliner HUNG YI was the...
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Crude oil tanker ran aground on Western Scheldt, Netherlands
Aframax tanker MARIA BOTTIGLIERI ran aground on Western Scheldt up Vissingen abeam of Borssele, Netherlands, at around 1300 UTC Oct 26, while proceeding upstream, en route from USA to Antwerp. Tanker...
View ArticleFerry sailing with corpse hanging from her side
Passengers and crew of Indonesian ferry MADANI NUSANTARA were terrified when they spotted a corpse hanging on a rope fixed to a starboard ladder of the ship, which was at that time, on Oct 22,...
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Ferry grounding, Norway
Ferry KARLSOY ran aground shoerlt after 1100 UTC Oct 26, while en route from Vengsoy island to Belvika with 6 people on board. Ferry changed her course hard a port and ran onto southern tip of Vangsoy...
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Container ship troubled in Yangtze estuary
Container ship EASLINE SHANGHAI suffered mechanical failure and requested assistance on Oct 19 in Yangtze river estuary. MRCC Shanghai dispatched a SAR tug DONG HAI JIU 101 (IMO 9654816), which...
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Bulk carrier refloated, Greece
Oct 28 Update: Bulk carrier ALI M was refloated early in the morning Oct 27 with the help of a tug, and sailed to anchorage at Plataria bay under own power. Understood she’s at anchor, undergoing...
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Cargo ship disabled while transiting Kiel Canal, towed
General cargo vessel BEAUMOTION suffered engine failure on Oct 26, while transitin Kiel Canal in southern direction, at Flensburg area, blocking for some time all traffic. Vessel was moored at...
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Freighter troubled twice, Kiel Canal transit interrupted
General cargo vessel WILSON TYNE collided with the wall of southern lock in Brunsbuettel, while entering Kiel Canal on Oct 27. Both wall and vessel suffered some damages, said to be slight. Vessel...
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