Cruise ship CARNIVAL VICTORY power loss, Caribbean
Cruise ship CARNIVAL VICTORY suffered a blackout in the afternoon Feb 28, reported Cruise Law News, citing passengers social media posts. The ship is on a 4 days Caribbean cruise, she suffered power...
View ArticleDisabled bulk carrier towed to Vigo
Bulk carrier YANGTZE OASIS suffered mechanical failure on Feb 28 off Vigo, northwest Spain, Atlantic, while en route from Italy to Bilbao, Bay of Biscay. Bulk carrier was taken on tow by SAR tug MARIA...
View ArticleDisabled tanker anchored at Lavrio, Greece
Tanker WILA suffered mechanical failure in the afternoon Feb 28 in Aegean sea south of Makronissos island, Greece, while sailing in NE direction, en route from Curacao to unnamed Greek port. The ship...
View ArticleThai Navy Auxiliary tanker collided with Korean tanker, Gulf of Siam
Royal Thai Navy Command on Mar 1 issued a statement describing the details of a collision between Thai Navy water supply tanker HTMS CHUANG and Korean tanker DONGYANG CHEMI, which occurred in the...
View ArticleBig container ships collision in Busan, serious damages
Panamax container ship SAFMARINE NOKWANDA struck Neopanamax container ship TIANJIN while berthing at Busan Container Terminal at around 0800 LT Mar 2. SAFMARINE NOKWANDA struck TIANJIN stern,...
View ArticleTwo ferries aground, passengers safe, South East Asia
Ferry MILAGROSA J TRES Philippines: Ferry MILAGROSA J TRES with 107 passengers on board ran aground off Bisucay Island in Cuyo, Palawan on Mar 1, the Philippine Coast Guard said. MILAGROSA J TRES was...
View ArticleRussian freighter emergency call, Greece
General cargo ship AMUR 2507 on Mar 2 suffered mechanical failure in Steno Kafirea area, Greece, Aegean sea, and interrupted her voyage, having to call Karistos Bay Anchorage, Greece. The ship made it...
View ArticleIranian cargo ship aground, Russia
Iranian cargo ship SEPANO on Mar 3 with 4900 ton of grain on board ran aground in Volga-Caspian sea Canal in Astrakhan area. no damages, no leak reported. The ship is en route from Astrakhan Russia to...
View ArticleFuel spill at Port aux Basques, Newfoundland
Fuel leaked from bunker tanker NORTH ATLANTIC KAIROS, docked at Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Cabot Strait, on Mar 3. Tanker and sheen around were fenced off by booms, cleansing should be under way....
View Article Swedish Navy assault craft grounding, 7 injured
Swedish Navy fast assault craft CB90 ran aground with 18 troops and crew on board ran aground on Ladna island, Stockholm Archipelago, at around 1140 LT Mar 5. Seven people were injured, two of them...
View ArticleTragic accident on ENI rig and supply ship, 1 died 2 injured, Italy
Crane collapsed on ENI’s platform Barbara F, located in Adriatic sea some 30 nm off Alcona coast, Italy, at around 0745 LT Mar 5. Crane broke from platform structure while hoisting gas cylinder, and...
View ArticleContainer ship containers collapse, loss, Eastern US Coast
Container ship HELSINKI BRIDGE berthed at Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, on Mar 6, a week behind schedule. The ship went into trouble on the way from Boston to Wilmington on Feb 27, several...
View ArticleTurkish freighter disabled shortly after transiting Dardanelles
General cargo ship NAZ 1 suffered engine failure, veered off course and started to drift on Dardanelles approaches in Marmara sea, after Straits transit, at around 1640 UTC Mar 7, being en route from...
View ArticleCapesize bulk carrier disabled in the middle of South Atlantic, week’s drift
Capesize bulk carrier PACIFIC QUEEN left Porto Do Acu Brazil on Feb 23, bound for Singapore. The ship was disabled and started to drift on Feb 28, roughly halfway between Brazil and Cape Town, South...
View ArticleSaudi tanker collided with Taiwan Navy frigate, Taiwan
Saudi tanker NCC SAMA contacted berthed Taiwanese Navy Knox-class frigate NING YANG (FF-938) at around 0130 LT Mar 9 on arrival to Keelung Port, Taiwan, while maneuvering in harbor. Frigate sustained...
View ArticleDutch inland cargo ship sank, 1 missing
Inland cargo CARDIUM sank on Western Scheldt neat Vlissingen in the afternoon Mar 9, being en route to Vlissingen with cargo of sand and 2 crew on board. Reportedly, there was massive water ingress...
View ArticleTanker crew electrocuted, medevaced, South China sea
Product tanker PENYUAN reqested medical assistance to electrocuted Filipino crew in the afternoon Mar 9, while en route from Ho Chi Minh Vietnam to Guangzhou China. The ship was some 50 nm off Nha...
View ArticleFerry VOLCAN DE TAMASITE contacted pier in Las Palmas
Ferry VOLCAN DE TAMASITE struck pier at La Luz, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, in the afternoon Mar 9, while trying to dock in adverse weather conditions. The ship reportedly, contacted pier ramp, and...
View ArticleGRIMALDI’s ro-ro ship on fire, abandoned, 27 crew rescued
GRIMALDI’s ro-ro cargo ship GRANDE AMERICA reported fire on board at around 1900 UTC Mar 10 in Biscay Bay some 140 nm southwest of Penmarch, Finistere, France, while en route from Germany to Morocco....
View ArticleBulk carriers collided in Panama Canal Video
Bulk carrier IOLAS contacted by her portside bulk carrier SE NICKY starboard, at around 1000 LT (UTC -5) Mar 11 in front of Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal. Both ships were transiting Canal in...
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