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Container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS on fire in North Atlantic Jan 5 UPDATE
Jan 5 UPDATE: The ship is moving in the same direction in keep with western wind, tug SMIT NICOBAR (IMO 9322592) already approached YANTIAN EXPRESS. No other information available at the moment – we...
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Container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS fire Jan 6 UPDATE
Jan 6 UPDATE: On Jan 5 11 out of 23 crew were transferred from YANTIAN EXPRESS to salvage tug SMIT NICOBAR. Both ships moved generally, in southern direction, most probably in an attempt to find best...
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MAERSK container ship massive oil spill in Hong Kong
Massive oil spill from container ship MAERSK GATESHEAD occurred early in the morning Jan 6 in Hong Kong, at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal, where the ship docked in the afternoon Jan 5. Shortly after,...
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Freighter stuck in Kiel Canal, blocked traffic
General cargo ship LOUISE AUERBACH lost control and stuck into embankment at Suchsdorf, Kiel Canal, at around 1200 UTC Jan 6, shortly after leaving Holtenau locks. The ship blocked Canal traffic. Tugs...
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Container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS fire UPDATE all crew evacuated
Jan 6 evening UPDATE: On Jan 6 the rest of crew were transferred from YANTIAN EXPRESS to salvage tug SMIT NICOBAR. All 23 crew are now on board of SMIT NICOBAR, which is continuing firefighting in...
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Russian Master found dead in his cabin when his ship was transiting Dardanelles
Russian Master of general cargo ship CANOPUS, Capt. Valery Cerkezov, was found dead in his cabin at 1915 UTC Jan 6, when the ship was transiting Dardanelles in western direction, en route from...
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Cargo ship sank after collision with Japanese chip carrier, 1 dead
Wood chips carrier DAIO SOUTHERN CROSS collided with inland cargo ship NB-8836 at 0140 Vietnam time (UTC +7) Jan 7 off Ha Long, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin, shortly after leaving Cai Lan...
View ArticleTanker loaded with palm oil missing in Java sea
Product tanker NAMSE BANGDZOD on Jan 7 was declared missing, by Indonesian Maritime Authorities, since Dec 28. Tanker with 11 crew, loaded with palm oil, left Sampit, southern Kalimantan, bound for...
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Freighter loaded with coal sank in Black sea, 6 crew died
Turkish Coast Guard was alerted by distress message at 0810 Moscow time Jan 7, cargo ship VOLGO-BALT 214 was reported to be sinking in Black sea some 80 nm off Samsun, Turkey. The ship loaded with...
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Container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS fire UPDATE Jan 7
Some titbits allow us to assume, that containers with dangerous goods, most probably already on fire, were the main reason behind the decision to evacuate all the crew, though fire seems to be quite...
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Container ship disabled, under tow, North sea
Container ship ANNA G understood to suffer mechanical failure, went NUC at around 0830 UTC Jan 7 NW of Cuxhaven, while en route from Rotterdam to Husum Germany. Drifting ship was taken on tow by tug...
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Explosion, fire on tanker, 1 dead 3 missing, Hong Kong UPDATE Photos
UPDATE: There were 26 people on board, 22 were rescued, 1 found dead, 3 missing. Product tanker AULAC FORTUNE suffered explosion and fire in the morning Jan 8 at Lamma Island Anchorage, Hong Kong,...
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Container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS fire UPDATE Jan 8
Jan 8 1400 UTC position: Tugs SMIT NICOBAR and MAERSK MOBILISER nearby. Full chronology: https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/24729/container-ship-yantian-express-fire-north-atlantic/
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UPDATE: Tanker missing in Java sea turned into mystery
Jan 8 UPDATE: Indonesia still searching for missing tanker NAMSE BANGDZOD, but no trace yet found. Tanker’s AIS track on Marinetraffic.com is a mystery too, it disappeared after a hectic track, same...
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Ro-ro ship fire, Dardanelles
Ro-ro ship QEZBAN reported fire in engine room while transiting Dardanelles in eastern direction at 2230 LT (UTC +3) Jan 8, in Suluca – Lapseki area. A number of tugs and firefighting teams were sent...
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Car carrier SINCERITY ACE taken on tow
Car carrier SINCERITY ACE was taken on tow by tug KOYO MARU (IMO 9162148), towage commenced at 0200 UTC Jan 9, in position 24 43N 171 10E, 1720 nm off Japan, North Pacific. Heavily damaged car carrier...
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Chinese coaster sank after collision, 4 missing
Chinese coaster JIE HAI 189 sank just south of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, Hangzhou Bay, China, at around 2130 LT Jan 6, after collision with another vessel. Details of collision unknown. Of 5 people...
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NAVIBULGAR bulk carrier RILA to cross Atlantic on tow
Bulk carrier RILA left Salvador Anchorage on Jan 3 on tow of offshore tug TERASEA HAWK (IMO 9624598), to be towed to Gdynia Poland, ETA Feb 5. The ship was disabled on Dec 7 and started drifting off...
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13 containers from NSB Post-Panamax fell into water in Kaohsiung VIDEO
13 20’ containers fell overboard from container ship SEAMAX NEW HAVEN during cargo operations at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in the afternoon Jan 9. All 13 containers didn’t sink and remained afloat,...
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Container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS fire UPDATE Jan 10
HAPAG-LLOYD issued a statement on Jan 10: Container fire on the Yantian Express (voyage 108E) – Update 2 Further to our CustomerInfo of January 7, 2019 we would like to provide you with following...
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