Russian and Chinese cargo ships collided in Shanghai waters
Russian cargo ship AMUR collided with Chinese cargo ship XIN LIN HAI 6 at around 1600 UTC Sep 28 while leaving Shanghai in Yangtze estuary, and was brought to anchor near grounding site. Later the...
View ArticleTanker and container ship with the same name ERATO collision, Greece
Bunker tanker ERATO collided with anchored container ship ERATO in Piraeus Anchorage in the afternoon Sep 29, understood while mooring alongside for bunkering. Both ships sustained slight damages, but...
View ArticleLighter sank being hit by bulk carrier Update
Sep 30: According to latest local updates, NEW LEGACY was contacted or struck by bulk carrier DENSA TIGER, which was also undergoing cargo operation with lighter or lighters alongside. Under the...
View ArticleTyphoon Trami beached cargo ship, Kawasaki Video
General cargo ship MARINA was pushed by passing typhoon Trami on breakwater of Kawasaki port, Greater Tokyo, at around 0200 Tokyo time Oct 1, and as of 1400 Tokyo time, was still aground. 12 crew left...
View ArticleCement carrier disabled, waiting for tug, Aegean sea
Cement carrier SIRIOS CEMENT IV suffered mechanical failure and started to drift in Aegean sea northeast of Tinos island at around 0300 UTC Oct 1. vessel is ballasting from Haifa to Volos, mainland...
View ArticleFerry REGINA SEAWAYS accident under control, ferry under way
Ferry REGINA SEAWAYS suffered an unclear kind of trouble in engine room in Baltcis sea while en route from Kiel to Klaipeda Lithuania, being southeast of Bornholm, at around 1340 LT Oct 2. What...
View ArticleCargo ship distressed in the middle of the Atlantic
Cargo ship ALTA requested assistance on Oct 1 in position 24 13N 043 48W, in the middle of the Atlantic, some 1500 nm west of African coast, 1100 nm east of Caribbean. The ship is disabled since Sep...
View ArticleContainer ship abandoned, adrift Update sank, Taiwan
Oct 3 Update: YING HAI sank in the morning Oct 3 in position 22 45N 119 10E, south of Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait. Navigational warning issued, on floating containers danger to...
View ArticleCargo ship and tanker seriously damaged in collision, river Don
Product tanker GLORIA and cargo ship VOLGO-DON 147 collided on river Don near Bagaevskaya village, assumedly at night Oct 2. Ships were moving in opposite directions, tanker was sailing upstream (most...
View ArticleGhost ship sank, Myanmar
Container ship SAM RATULANGI, which on Aug 27 drifted ashore some 7 nm off Thongwa, Gulf of Mataban, Myanmar, while being under tow to a shipbreaking yard, sank, said Myanmar Maritime Authorities on...
View ArticleDisabled container ship taken on tow, Baltic sea
Oct 4: Taken on tow by tug ATLANTIS (IMO 9660932) in the morning Oct 4 according to track, port of destination unknown, as of 0600 UTC caravan heading NW off the coast. Oct 3 Alert: IDUNA, IMO...
View ArticleTaiwanese coaster damaged in hit and run
General cargo ship SAM BO II collided with unidentified cargo ship, at around 0530 LT Oct 5 south of Penghu island’s Lungmen Harbor. SAM BO II sustained serious damages in portside bow area, including...
View ArticleGeneral cargo ship aground in Swedish waters
General cargo ship GRIFTBOR ran aground shortly after leaving Hargshamn, Sweden, at around 2330 UTC Oct 5, while en route to Stockholm. At 0730 UTC Oct 6 vessel was still aground with tug at her side....
View ArticleFish factory disabled in Japan sea
Fish factory ALTAIR was disabled in the morning Oct 7 in northern Japan sea, while under way to Primorye, Russia, Japan sea. According to MRCC Moscow report, fishing vessel was to be taken on tow by...
View ArticleFerry struck container ship and remained stuck to avoid disaster, France
Container ship CSL VIRGINIA, which was anchored north of Cap Corse, northern Corsica peninsula, France, Tyrrhenian sea, since late September, was struck by Tunisian ferry ULYSSE, which was en route...
View ArticleCargo ship sank after collision with fishing vessel, China
Cargo ship CHANG SHENG 3 collided with fishing boat in Zhoushan waters, east of Ningbo, China, East China sea, at around 1500 LT Oct 6. Fishing boat struck cargo ship portside in cargo holds area,...
View ArticleContainer ship accident in Manchester Channel
Container ship RMS VERITAS reportedly allided with canal structure in Manchester Ship Channel early in the morning Oct 7, while approaching Irlam, Manchester. There was a dense fog at the time of an...
View ArticleTanker disabled by fire, towed to New York
Asphalt tanker FENG HUANG AO suffered fire in engine room in the morning Oct 5 off Nantucket island, New England, USA, while en route Antwerp to New York with cargo of asphalt, said USCG on Oct 8....
View ArticleUpdate: Ferry struck container ship off the coast of island of Corsica
In the early morning of October 7, 2018, a ferry collided with a container ship in the Ligurian Sea off the coast of the French island of Corsica. A 20-kilometer oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea...
View ArticleExplosion and fire on bunker tanker, S-Petersburg
Boiler exploded in engine room of bunker tanker KEILA, moored alongside reefer BALTIC PEARL, which is docked at S-Petersburg port, Russia, at 0730 Moscow time Oct 9. Explosion was followed by fire in...
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