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Small freighter grounded by storm, Philippines
General cargo ship JERLYN LILY ran aground at around 1200 LT Aug 12 in Legaspi City area, southeast Luzon, Philippines. The ship loaded with copra, with 18 crew on board, was reportedly, driven ashore...
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Tanker drifted onto bridge, heavy damages
A cargo ship drifted onto pedestrian bridge to Santay island, Guayaquil, Ecuador, in the evening Aug 11, inflicting heavy damages on bridge’s constructions. The ship wasn’t identified and isn’t...
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Tug with loaded barge in trouble, sheltered, Brazil
Push tug NORSUL RIO with barge NORSUL ran into trouble on Aug 11, after barge, loaded with 8000 tons of steel coils, developed heavy list, while en route from Portocel Brazil to Sao Francisco Do Sul,...
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Container ship MSC CHLOE lost 13 containers, 25 damaged
Container ship MSC CHLOE lost 13 40’ containers some 22 nm ESE of Durban, South Africa in vicinity 30 03S 031 26E, at around 2330 LT (UTC +2) Aug 7, said South African Maritime Safety Authority...
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Near miss in Bosphorus Strait after bulk carrier went NUC Video
Bulk carrier HAZAR went NUC after reportedly, steering failure, in the morning Aug 13 in Bosphorus, while transiting Strait in southern direction, en route from Constanta Romania to Livorno Italy,...
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Canadian freighter grounding confirmed, St. Lawrence
Aug 14 Update: Grounding confirmed – the ship veered off fairway after rudder failure, tugs are expected to arrive on the site on Aug 14. No leak reported, no news on damages. Aug 14 Update: No...
View ArticleContainer ship disabled, towed back to Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Aug 14 Update: On Aug 13 was towed back to Tenerife, reportedly with mechanical failure. As of afternoon Aug 14 was berthed in Tenerife, most probably under repairs. Aug 12: REPULSE BAY (ex-CRUX J),...
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Supertanker on fire, Gulf of Oman
Update: According to latest news, 3 crew are missing, 1 medevaced with burns. It is said, that that there was an explosion, which comes as no surprise, considering, that cargo tanks are empty – i.e....
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Dutch freighter collided with pier at Ceuta, damaged
General cargo ship MANISA CAMILLA struck with her bow Heliport pier while docking at Ceuta with assistance of two tugs, at around 1130 UTC Aug 14. Pier was damaged, the ship suffered portside bow...
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Turkish freighter fire, 1 crew died, ship under tow
Fire erupted on board of Turkish general cargo ship KARADENIZ 5 shortly after midnight LT (UTC +3) Aug 15, when the ship was abeam of Krapets, Bulgaria, north of Varna, en route from Romania to...
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Ferry sank in Indonesia, all 42 people on board lost or missing
Ferry KMP BANDENG sailed from Tobelo, North Maluku island, bound for Bitung, eastern North Sulawesi, Indonesia, in the evening LT Aug 14, with 24 passengers, 18 crew and 16 vehicles on board. At the...
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Cargo ship bound for France ran aground in White sea
General cargo ship MEKHANIK KOTTSOV with 3903 cubic meters of timber on board, bound for Saint-Malo, France, ran aground at 0006 Moscow time Aug 16 at Onega port entrance, northwest Russia, White sea,...
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Fire on board of Russian freighter, Arkhangelsk
Fire erupted in one of crew cabins of general cargo ship YAMAL IRBIS, docked at Ekonomia area of Arkhangelsk port, northwest Russia, White sea, at around 1530 Moscow time Aug 15. Several fire engines...
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Ferry aground, passengers evacuated, Greece
Ferry ANDROS JET with 46 passengers on board ran aground in Gavrio Harbor, Andros island, Greece, at around 0800 UTC Aug 17, while maneuvering in harbor. Passengers were taken to port, as of 1400 UTC...
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Tanker loaded with diesel oil aground, Russian Inner Waterways
Product tanker VOLGONEFT-165 with 4639 tons of diesel fuel on board ran aground in river Volga in Astrakhan Region area at around 1200 Moscow time Aug 18, while proceeding upstream en route from...
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Supertanker FRONT HAKATA Update towed to port
Aug 18: Disabled after fire VLCC was finally, towed to Tokyo Bay and moored, offloading to commence today. Not clear why did Japan Salvage tow tanker around for such a long time. Aug 11 Update: VLCC...
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Cargo ship aground Little Belt
General cargo ship DARWIN ran aground at around 14020 UTC Aug 18 in Little Belt south of Kolding Denmark while en route from Kiel to Kolding. No damages reported so far. As of 0400 UTC Aug 19 the ship...
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Cargo ship crew poisoned by fumigation, Ravenna
Four Albanian crew of a general cargo ship KRISTI I were taken to hospital at Ravenna, Italy, shortly after ship’s arrival on Aug 20, with poisoning symptoms. Poisoning believed to be caused by cargo...
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Supertanker FRONT HAKATA under tow, destination China, dodging typhoons
Aug 22: FRONT HAKATA is under tow since Aug 20, port of destination Zhoushan-Ningbo, East China sea, ETA Aug 30. It is not clear, whether tanker was offloaded during her 48-hours stay at Tokyo Bay....
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Five general cargo ships grounded by storm, Kaohsiung
Five general cargo ships were beached by storm early in the morning Aug 23 along Kaohsiung beaches, TAI CANG HU 1 and AN LI 669 are aground to the south of Kaohsiung entrance, and SHUN HONG (IMO...
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