Greek capesize ANANGEL COURAGE sunk Chinese fishing vessel off Senkaku islands
Greek capesize bulk carrier ANANGEL COURAGE collided with Chinese fishing vessel at around 0530 Tokyo time Aug 11 some 35 nm northwest of Diaoyu island, Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, East China...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily August 11
August 10 - 11 Accidents• General cargo vessel hard aground in Malacca Strait• Greek capesize ANANGEL COURAGE sunk Chinese fishing vessel off Senkaku islands• Container ship E.R. CALAIS damaged in...
View ArticleContainer ship CONMAR AVENUE troubled in Kiel Canal
Container ship CONMAR AVENUE suffered rudder failure at 0130 LT Aug 11 in Kiel Canal near Levensau bridge, while transiting Canal in eastern direction, en route from Hamburg to Kronshtadt...
View ArticleYacht GORA aground, Peipsoi island, Greece
Turkish-flagged 33-meters yacht GORA in the evening Aug 10 ran aground in Lipsi port area, Leipsoi island, Greece, Aegean sea. There are 16 people on board, including tourists. Several attempts to...
View ArticleSORMOVSKIY 3057 grounding, S-Petersburg
General cargo vessel SORMOVSKIY 3057 in the evening Aug 11 touched bottom and ran aground at buoys 37-38 area on Petersburg Sea Canal, while leaving S-Petersburg with 2590 steel rolls on board, bound...
View ArticlePassenger ship MED STAR on fire
Fire started on board of passenger ro-ro ship MED STAR in the evening Aug 9, vessel was docked in Tripoli, preparing to set sail, bound for Turkish port. Fire engulfed vessel, crew and firefighting...
View ArticleOne died and three poisoned on board of CAPTAIN TSAREV, Brest
One worker died and three were poisoned by CO2 fumes on board of container ship CAPTAIN TSAREV, which is being dismantled at Brest port, France, on Aug 12. Preliminary investigation found, that fire...
View ArticleChief Engineer of GOLDENSTAR badly wounded, medevaced
Bulk carrier GOLDENSTAR on Aug 11 contacted Indian Coast Guard and requested medical assistance, reporting that Chief Engineer, Filipino, was badly injured while working in engine room, apparently in...
View ArticleContainer ship MSC ELSA 3 damaged in collision on Hodeidah anchorage, Yemen
Container ship MSC ELSA 3 collided with bulk carrier KATINA on Hodeidah anchorage, Yemen, Red Sea, on Aug 10, reported ROB PERKINS #lloydscasualty. No information on KATINA damages, while forecastle...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily August 13
August 12 - 13 Accidents• Passenger ship MED STAR on fire• SORMOVSKIY 3057 grounding, S-Petersburg• General cargo vessel hard aground in Malacca Strait: UPDATE• FAIRCHEM FILLY suspect in pollution•...
View ArticleCargo landing craft SIRENA aground, Caribbean
Cargo landing craft SIRENA ran aground on northern coast of St. Eustatius Island, Caribbean Netherlands, at around 2350 LT Aug 11, while en route from Port of Galisbay, French St. Martin, to...
View ArticleBulk carrier ROSCO PALM double grounding, Columbia river
USCG reported, that bulk carrier ROSCO PALM ran aground at 1949 LT Aug 11 on the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Washington. Vessel was proceeding down the river en route from Kalama to Chiba, Japan....
View ArticleFire caused panic on board of ferry MOBY ZAZA, Nice
Panic erupted among passengers on board of ferry MOBY ZAZA after fire broke out in engine room, and vessel’s funnel was clouded in thick fumes of smoke, at around 1930 LT Aug 13. Ferry at that time...
View ArticleTrawler PROFESSOR PROBATOV disabled, adrift
Trawler PROFESSOR PROBATOV suffered engine failure in Terpenia Bay (Gulf of Patience), southeast Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk sea, south of Cape of Terpenia (Patience), reportedly on Aug 14 or late Aug...
View ArticleFerry VASTERVIK banned from next sailing to Brindisi
Ferry VASTERVIK suffered mechanical failure on arrival to Corfu from Igoumenitsa early in the morning Aug 14. Vessel had 319 passengers and more than 50 vehicles on board, next sailing to Brindisi was...
View ArticleGeneral cargo vessel TOKAY AKAR grounded by storm, Samsun, Black sea
General cargo vessel TOKAY AKAR was pushed aground on breakwater rocks of Samsun Fishery Port, Samsun, Turkey, Black sea. Vessel understood to be anchored on Samsun anchorage, in ballast, probably in...
View ArticleBALAT troubled in Dardanelles
General cargo vessel BALAT suffered mechanical failure on Aug 14 at around 1530 UTC in front of Gokcali, Dardanelles, while transiting the Strait in northern direction, an route from Aliaga Turkey to...
View Article Greek bulkers ALEXANDROS THEO and EPHESUS III collided off Bosphorus
Greek bulk carriers ALEXANDROS THEO and EPHESUS III collided on outer Istanbul anchorage, Ahikapi road, at 2138 LT Aug 14, after passing Bosphorus in southern direction. According to available...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily August 16
August 15 - 16 Accidents• General cargo vessel aground, East China sea• BALAT troubled in Dardanelles• Greek bulkers ALEXANDROS THEO and EPHESUS III collided off Bosphorus Interested may contact Mr....
View ArticleUkrainian freighter troubled in Bosphorus
General cargo vessel VOLODIMYR SHARKOV suffered mechanical failure in Bosphorus Strait in the morning Aug 16, shortly after entering Bsphorus from Marmara sea, en route to Kherson Ukraine. Vessel was...
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