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Car carrier major fire avoided, last year disaster lesson well taken, Ulsan,...
Fire erupted on cargo deck of car carrier PLATINUM RAY, berthed at Ulsan Korea, in the morning May 22, with 2163 cars on board, ready to be shipped to the USA. Fire fighters decided to activate CO2...
View ArticleChinese ferry fire, passengers were evacuated, Incheon, Korea
One of the containers on cargo deck of Chinese cargo/passenger ferry NEW GOLDEN BRIDGE VII caught fire in the evening May 27 at Incheon, Korea, when the ship was about to set sail, bound for Weihai,...
View ArticleTwo Russian Navy ships on fire, Barents sea VIDEO
On May 27 fire erupted on board of decommissioned Russian Navy landing ship MITROFAN MOSKALENKO and on board of decommissioned Russian Navy destroyer GREMYASHCHIY, docked at Ship Yard No.206,...
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4 containers from Neo-Panamax container ship collapsed onto pier, Genoa
4 stacked containers fell overboard from Neo-Panamax container ship MSC GAIA at Genoa, Italy, during container offloading in the afternoon May 29. Containers fell onto pier, luckily nobody was...
View ArticleLivestock carrier fire, Greece
Fire erupted on board of livestock carrier BOI BRANCO, berthed at Piraeus port, Greece, in the morning May 30. Tugs, boats, fire engines and teams were deployed in fire fighting. Fire was extinguished...
View ArticleUS MARAD car carrier fire, New Orleans
Fire erupted in engine room of car carrier CAPE KNOX, berthed at Poland Avenue pier, New Orleans, in the afternoon May 31. Fire Department was alerted at 1620 LT (UTC -5), fire engines were sent, by...
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Passenger ship ran aground, sank in Galapagos waters
Passenger ship GALAPAGOS MAJESTIC ran aground at Santiago island northern coast, Galapagos Archipelago, at around 0930 UTC May 31, with 26 people on board. Hull was breached in bow area, and despite...
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Bulk carrier disabled off Florida. Update: under tow again, now across Atlantic.
Jun 2 Update: Obviously, ship’s engine couldn’t be fixed in Freeport, the ship left port on May 29 on tow of anchor handling tug ALP DEFENDER (IMO 9737242), to be towed to Lisbon Portugal, ETA Jun 19....
View ArticleMaritime accidents monthly report May 2019
SUMMARYNotice: Principal idea and character of MB Daily is somewhat similar to Ambulance Emergency Service – MB priority is to find out about maritime accidents, involving merchant marine ships, ASAP....
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Cruise ship MSC OPERA struck Dutch river cruise ship, both damaged, Venice VIDEO
Cruise ship MSC OPERA at around 0830 LT Jun 2, on arrival to Venice Italy, collided with berthed river cruise ship RIVER COUNTESS in Guidecca Canal, damaging river cruise ship. Four tourists on RIVER...
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Cruise ship COSTA MEDITERRANEA lifeboats accident, Norway
Cruise ship COSTA MEDITERRANEA couldn’t hoist two her lifeboats back to their davits, while holding lifeboats exercise at Stavanger, Norway, on Jun 1. Floating crane had to be deployed to put...
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Cruise ship COLUMBUS interrupted cruise and returned to Netherlands
Cruise ship COLUMBUS reported hitting an unidentified submerged object on May 30 while leaving Amsterdam, bound for Norwegian Fjords with tourists on board. The ship was inspected by Port Authorities,...
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Cruise ship MSY WIND SPIRIT struck yachts, pier, after engines failure, South...
Cruise ship MSY WIND SPIRIT collided with pier on arrival to Uturoa, French Polynesia, at around 0730 LT Jun 1. Pier was damaged, cruise ship stern hit or contacted two or more yachts in harbor....
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Strange story of Panamax grounding in Columbia river
I was informed on GORGOYPIKOOS grounding in the morning Jun 3, reporting accident details to subscribers. In the evening Jun 3 I updated the news, reporting ship’s movements after refloating and...
View ArticleCargo ship sank off Sulawesi, 19 people missing
Cargo ship identified as KM LINTAS TIMUR sank in Banggai Laut Regency waters, eastern central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Molucca sea, in the afternoon Jun 4. 20 people reportedly were on board, 1 rescued,...
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Nitric acid mixed with ballast water, gas release in Kaohsiung Port
Yellow smoke began billowing from chemical tanker DAE WON, berthed at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in the morning LT Jun 5. Port Authorities said in a statement, that the gas was a chemical reaction of mixing...
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Cargo ship sinking in Cape Verde port salvaged by Spanish Navy
Jun 5: African general cargo ship LAURA CORLETT, berthed at Praia, Cape Verde, started to sink alongside pier, experiencing major water ingress. Spanish patrol ship SERVIOLA crew were visually alerted...
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Cargo ship collided with bridge in Salhusfjorden, Norway
General cargo ship FRAMEFJORD collided with Nordhordland Bridge, which crosses Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatoy in Hordaland, Norway, at around 0050 UTC Jun 6, while en route from Eikefet...
View ArticleFerry aground, hundreds of passengers evacuated, Sunda Strait
Ferry MUTIARA PERSADA 2 with hundreds of passengers on board reportedly ran aground off Rimau Balak island, on approaches to Bakaheni, west Sumatra, Sunda Strait, at around 0400 LT Jun 7, while en...
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Offshore tug collided with oil platform, personnel evacuated
Offshore supply tug SJOBORG collided with oil platform STATFJORD A early in the morning Jun 7 in North sea, said platform operator EQUINOR in official statement. According to Reuters citing EQUINOR,...
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