Yacht with 9 Brits burned down in Phuket waters, Thailand
Sailing yacht with 9 British tourists on board burned down in Phuket island waters, Thailand, in the afternoon Nov 3. British tourists, 5 men and 4 women, arrived to Phuket the day before and...
View ArticleTanker goes on rampage in Kaohsiung harbor
Tanker KINSHING struck two berthed ships at Kaohsiung harbor, Taiwan, in some 10 minutes, between 0850 and 0900 Taiwan time Nov 3, while trying to leave port. First target happened to be Japanese...
View ArticleContainer ship breached in collision, New Mangalore
Container ship X-PRESS BRAHMAPUTRA collided with pier while leaving New Mangalore Port, India, at around 0730 LT Nov 3. The ship sustained hull breach in portside stern area, several meters long. Fuel...
View ArticleWatch how 10,000-TEU container ship moorings broke off VIDEO
Container ship MSC AJACCIO broke off her moorings at Paranagua port, Brazil, hit by strong wind with up to 24 m/s gusts, at around 1520 LT Nov 4. The ship started drifting in harbor, was taken under...
View ArticleDredger ran onto dam, Netherlands
Dredger EEMSHORN ran onto dam Oosterscheldekering pillar, between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, Netherlands, at around 0400 UTC Nov 5, was freed at around 0610 UTC, no report on...
View ArticlePolish fishing boat sank in collision with container ship, Baltic sea
Container ship BEGONIA S collided with Polish charter fishing boat in the evening Nov 3 off Bornholm island, Baltic sea. Boat sank, 19 people on board, including 3 crew and 16 fishermen, were rescued...
View ArticleAcid spill from container ship, Leixoes
Formic acid leaked from one of the containers carried by container ship HSL PORTO at Leixoes port, Portugal, in the afternoon Nov 5. Details not clear – it wasn’t said if spill occurred on board of...
View ArticleContainer ship contacted bottom, damaged, Kattegat
Container ship MITO STRAIT contacted bottom at around 0430 UTC Nov 5 in Kattegat north of Aebelo island, Denmark, while en route from Hamburg to Frederica Denmark. The ship was brought to anchor near...
View ArticleDisabled Dutch cargo ship on tow, English Channel
General cargo ship LADY AMALIA suffered engine failure in English Channel south of Weymouth UK at around 1720 UTC Nov 5, while en route from Belfast to Erith, Thames river. Crew failed to fix problem...
View ArticleRussian Navy brand-new corvette towed through Dardanelles. Something wrong?
Brand new Russian Navy corvette VYSHNY VOLOCHEK was spotted transiting Dardanelles under tow of Russian Navy SAR tug PROFESSOR NIKOLAY MURU on Nov 6, in eastern direction, obviously heading for...
View ArticleContainers crashed on bunker tanker from MAERSK container ship
Three containers fell from container ship docked at Panama city on Nov 6, two crash on bunker tanker KOLLUM, moored alongside container ship and in the process of bunkering, and one container fell...
View ArticleNorwegian frigate damaged in collision with Greek Aframax tanker, crew...
Greek Aframax tanker SOLA TS collided with Norway Navy frigate HNOMS HELGE INGSTAD in the morning Nov 8, probably around 0300 UTC, in North sea north of Bergen, Norway. Laden tanker left Sture...
View ArticleFerry collided with diving boat, Canary Islands
Ferry ALBORAN collided with service diving boat TRAMES UNO in the afternoon Nov 8 while en route from Las Palmas to Santa Cruz, Canary Islands. Three people on board of diving boat were trwon...
View ArticleCargo ship sank in Okhotsk sea, 3 missing
EPIRB of general cargo ship ANATOLIY KRASHENINNIKOV was activated at 0810 Moscow time Nov 9 in Kambalnyy Bay, southwest Kamchatka, Okhost sea, north of First Kuril Strait. The ship sank, 10 crew were...
View Article3 crew died in cargo hold of Japanese timber carrier
Three crew of a general cargo ship APPOLO KITA were taken to hospital on Ishigaki island, Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov 9, after they lost consciousness while working at cargo hold. The ship...
View ArticleLNG tanker grounding, Crete
LNG tanker GASLOG SARATOGA in load ran aground while approaching Heraklion Crete, Greece, at 2020 UTC Nov 9, outside port’s breakwater. Small depths contours are very close to shore, tanker was as...
View ArticleBulk carrier on fire, crew abandoning the ship Update
Update 1600 UTC: All 22 crew evacuated and safe. Judging from photo, fire is in superstructure, maybe engine room. Bulk carrier is in ballast, she was to load coal at Bontang. Bulk carrier GOLDEN...
View Article2 crew died 1 hospitalized, again timber and toxic gas CORRECTION
Correction: 2 people killed by toxic gas weren’t crew members, they were dockers. The ship’s name confirmed as AMERICAN BULKER. Two crew of Panama-flagged freighter died from poisoning and one was...
View ArticleFinnlines’ ferry blackout in Finnish waters
Ferry FINNFELLOW at night Nov 13 suffered a blackout shortly after leaving Naantali, southwest Finland, west of Turku, with 136 passengers on board. The ship was anchored in Airisto passage at around...
View ArticleTragic accident on board of container ship, Dublin
FleetMon was informed on a mortal accident taken place on container ship FRANCOP, berthed at Dublin, Ireland, in the morning Nov 14:"There has been a fatality early hours of the morning 14.11.18 on...
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