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Oil leak at Ko Sichang Oil Terminal
Oil leak occurred at night Nov 2 during loading operation of tanker ACS 38 at Ko Sichang Oil Terminal, Sri Racha, Gulf of Thailand. Hose or pipe busted, some 20 tons of heavy oil leaked into water,...
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Tanker grounding, North Carolina USA
Chemical tanker SWAN BISCAY ran aground at around 1230 LT Nov 4 at Southport, North Carolina, USA, after propulsion failure. Tanker was en route from Wilmington N.C. to Savannah. She was refloated...
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Typhoon Damrey damaged 8 cargo ships, 2 ships sank, 2 crew died, 11 missing
Nov 5 Update: 2 cargo ships confirmed sank, one being bulk carrier HA TRUNG 98. First news Nov 4 (for subscribers only): Typhoon Damrey hits south and central Vietnam coast on Nov 4, damaging and...
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Iranian 5000-TEU container ship crashed into island, Hong Kong, residents...
Iranian container ship TOUSKA ran aground at around 1315 UTC Nov 5, the ship literally crashed into eastern tip of Magazine island, South Horizon, Hong Kong. Residents of South Horizon were alerted by...
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Capesize bulk carrier HARVEST SKY troubled again and drifted back to Taiwan
Capesize bulk carrier HARVEST SKY after refloating was towed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for offloading her cargo of coal. Vessel sustained some serious propulsion failure, requesting repairs, and remained...
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Ferry high and dry at Georgetown, Pinag
Waves brought by storm mounted ferry PULAU PINANG on a pier at Georgetown, Pinang Island, Malaysia, on Nov 5. Port authorities expected ferry to hit water again in the afternoon Nov 5 with high tide....
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General cargo ship NAM KHANH 26 sank, crew rescued
Typhoon Damrey devastation Update Nov 6: General cargo ship NAM KHANH 26 sank being battered by rough seas, 11 crew rescued after dramatic ordeal, by Vietnamese SAR. Oil leaks reported in disaster...
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8 ships sank, biggest maritime disaster in Vietnam history
Nov 6 Update: according to officials, 8 cargo ships said to sank, 25 crew still missing, 4 or 10 reported dead. Some 18 SAR, Navy and CG ships and boats deployed in SAR, searching for survivors....
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Egyptian container ship troubled in Dardanelles Update
Nov 7 Update: As of 0300 LT Nov 7, vessel was still at anchor. Nov 6 News: Container ship AMIRA EMAN at around 0800 LT Nov 6 suffered mechanical failure in Dardanelles, proceeding in eastern...
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Hopper dredger sank in Malacca Strait, 18 crew safe
Hopper dredger JBB YU HANG 258 sank in the evening Nov 5 7 nm off Parit Jawa, Malaysia, Malacca Strait, halfway between Port Dickson and Singapore, while en route to Singapore. Details unknown, 18...
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General cargo vessel ran onto embankment in Kiel Canal
General cargo vessel RMS RUHRORT ran onto Kiel Canal embankment near Fisherhutte at around 0200 LT Nov 7, while transiting Canal in western direction, en route from Finland to UK. Steering control was...
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Bulgarian freighter collided with dam at Venice Lagoon, breached
General cargo ship ALTENAVI collided with dam under construction in Venice Lagoon while leaving Marghera port, Venice, at around 0900 UTC Nov 7. The ship was in ballast, after offloading cargo of...
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Vietnam devastation - typhoon not the only culprit
Port of Quy Nhon is said to be blocked by numerous ships which sank during typhoon Damrey passage on Nov 4. Most of them rest on bottom, partially above waterline, some on even keel, some listed. In...
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Disaster avoided thanks to tankers’ Captains and port authorities, La Coruna,...
Aframax tanker EAGLE TURIN and product tanker SICHEM HAWK had to leave Repsol oil terminal at La Coruna, Spain, in emergency, after their mooring lines started to break up one after another after...
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Oil rig fire Update
UPDATE: Fire erupted on Enchilada platform at Garden Banks 129. Two workers were injured and taken to Galveston by helicopter, 46 workers went into life boat, were picked up by offshore tug C-LIBERTY...
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Cruise ship MS REGATTA limped back to Honolulu after blackout
Cruise ship MS REGATTA, according to Cruise Law News, suffered a blackout after generators breakdown early in the morning Nov 8, shortly after leaving Honolilu, en route to Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii....
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Bulk carrier collided with river boat, 1 missing, Shanghai
Bulk carrier BAO DI LONG 9 lost onctrol and collided with river boat in Huangpu river in Shanghai area, while proceeding downstream. River boat with 3 people on board sank, 2 were rescued, 1 went...
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Russian freighter disabled in La Perouse Strait
General cargo vessel PORT MAY suffered engine failure in the afternoon Nov 7 abeam of Cape Crillon, southernmost tip of Sakhalin Island, La Perouse Strait, while passing Strait in eastern direction,...
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Fishing vessel struck tanker off Jeju
Panama-flagged tanker collided with Korean 96-ton fishing vessel some 10 nm southeast of Seogwipo, Jeju island, Korea. Fishing vessel managed to get to Seogwipo, tanker resumed sailing to Busan....
View ArticleJapanese fishing vessel on fire, drifting off Micronesia
Tuna purse seiner TENOH MARU NO.7 reported on fire, drifting in 02 50N 161 56E, Pacific ocean, 180 nm south of Kosrae Island, Federated States of Micronesia. Fate of crew unknown, most probably all...
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