One crew dead one hospitalized on board of US tanker, Santa Barbara
Product tanker LINUS P interrupted her voyage from Long Beach to Astoria, USA, and called Santa Barbara anchorage, requesting medical assistance early in the morning Nov 24. Two crew fell into cargo...
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Container ship sank after collision, dozens of containers lost, Shanghai. Update
Nov 27 Update, correction: Container ship name is HUA YUAN 9999, not HUAYUAN999 as was reported on Nov 26. Cargo ship name is PUHUI1. Collision took place in Taicang area, near Shanghai Channel...
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Capesize bulk carrier grounding, Australia
Bulk carrier MARIA G.O. laden with coal ran aground on East Banks south of Facing Island, Gladstone, Australia, at around 2300 UTC Nov 26, shortly after leaving Gladstone. The ship was refloated about...
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Ro-ro ship grounding, Finland
Ro-ro cargo ship BORE BANK ran aground in front of Mussalo harbor, Finland, southwest of Kotka, at around 0820 UTC Nov 27, while approaching harbor. The ship was refloated in less than half an hour...
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Cruise ship NORWEGIAN ESCAPE engine room accident, 2 crew injured
Cruise ship NORWEGIAN ESCAPE reported accident in engine room, in which two Filipino crew suffered second-degree burns, and requested medical assistance, in the afternoon Nov 26, some 20 nm off North...
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Most powerful in the world icebreaker on fire, Russia VIDEO
Fire erupted in technical compartments of icebreaker VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN under construction at Admiralty Shipyard, S-Petersburg, Russia, at around 1900 Moscow time Nov 27. Some 300 sq meters of...
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Cargo ship aground, Humber river UK
General cargo ship PEAK OSLO, ran aground at around 2040 UTC Nov 27 on Humber river in Faxfleet area UK, proceeding upstream to Flixborough port. Vessel said to be in load, was still aground as of...
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Bulk carriers collided in Black sea
Seasonal regular storm brought by northern winds battered Novorossiysk, Russia, Black sea, on Nov 29. Most of the ships left port and either anchored, or moved around, to wait for storm to pass. Bulk...
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Laker MISSISAGI on tow, approaching Sarnia, Lake Huron
Laker MISSISAGI suffered engine failure on Nov 27 in upper Lake Huron, understood was anchored, on Nov 29 was taken on tow to be towed to Sarnia lower Huron, as of 0630 UTC Nov 30 caravan was...
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Propeller entangled in chain, both ships damaged, Kerch Strait Anchorage
General cargo ship LADY MARIA while maneuvering in southern anchorage of Kerch Strait entangled her propeller in stb anchor chain of anchored general cargo ship AZOV CONCORD, at 0027 Moscow time Nov...
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Iranian cargo ship dragged anchor, drifted to shore, Caspian sea
General cargo ship KASRA-1 dragged anchor on Nov 30 or Dec 1 and started to drift towards shoreline at Makhachkala port, Dagestan, Russia, Caspian sea. Reportedly drift was stopped, probably by...
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Ferry on fire, 145 evacuated 3 missing, Java sea
Ferry KM GERBANG SAMUDRA I caught fire early in the morning Dec 2 5 hours after leaving Surabaya, Java, bound for Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, in vicinity 06 35S 112 54E, Java sea, some 35 nm north of...
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Barge with wheat aground, Azov sea
Pusher tug PAL 3 lost control of coupled barge SHILAYNYAY, loaded with 3750 tons of wheat, in Azov sea in Point Kamenniy area, east of Kerch Strait, on Dec 1, while en route from Azov port to Kavkaz...
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Norwegian freighter under tow, Baltic sea
General cargo ship KRYSSHOLM was troubled since Nov 30 in Baltic sea southwest of Bornholm island, while en route from Frederiksvaerk Denmark to Kaliningrad. The ship limped to northeast tip of...
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Tug lost 4 barges, one sank north of Boston, Massachusetts
Coast Guard Sector Boston Report: The captain of tug boat BIG JAKE notified the Coast Guard at approximately 0930 LT on Dec 2 that two of five barges they were towing had broken free and were adrift,...
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Fire in freighter engine room, Arkhangelsk
Fire erupted in engine room of general cargo ship INZHENER TRUBIN, berthed at Arkhangelsk port, Russia, White sea, at 2120 Moscow time Dec 3. Crew sealed engine room and activated CO2 system, 6...
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Ferry disabled off Corsica, problem fixed, resumed voyage
Ro-ro cargo ferry EUROFERRY MALTA suffered engine failure and started to drift at around 0100 UTC Dec 4 west of northern Corsica’s Calvi, while en route from Porto Torres to Genoa, Italy. The ship...
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GRIMALDI cargo ferry interrupted voyage, Sardinia
Ro-ro cargo ship EUROCARGO NAPOLI suffered mechanical problem shortly after leaving Olbia, Sardinia, bound for Cagliari, in the morning Dec 4. The ship reported to authorities and asked for anchorage...
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Captain medevac, 1 rescue team died, Captain said to be dead also
General cargo ship WSTAR issued distress signal in the afternoon Dec 5 reporting Captain (of Indonesian nationality) unconscious, mouth foam, and requesting immediate medical assistance. Freighter was...
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Cruise ship SILVER SPIRIT mishap at Key West
Cruise ship SILVER SPIRIT damaged cruise ship mooring dolphin at Mallory Square, Key West, Florida, on Nov 28 while leaving the port:“The t-shaped berthing platform, called a breasting dolphin, was...
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