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Container ship NICA I refloated after being aground for 7 weeks
Container ship NICA I was refloated early in the morning Sep 3 and as of 0330 UTC Sep 3 is underway, sailing to Port Klang. Vessel was aground for some 7 weeks. Details of salvage unknown. First news:...
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Tour boat KURT-C disaster, Antalya
Tour boat KURT-C sank some 2 nm off Antalya Marina, vessel reported water ingress at 1715 LT Sep 3, at 1730 vessel sank. There were 84 people on board, all end up in water wearing life vests. 82 were...
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Cruise ship CARNIVAL LEGEND heavy list incident
Cruise ship CARNIVAL LEGEND suffered mechanical malfunction on Aug 29 at around 1830 LT, while approaching Victoria port, B.C. According to witness information published in Cruise Law News, and...
View ArticleUkrainian Navy auxiliary ship DONBASS fire, Odessa
Ukrainian Navy auxiliary ship DONBASS, docked in Odessa port, Ukraine, suffered fire during the night Sep 4. Fire started at around 0430 LT, and was extinguished by 0730 LT, no injures reported. No...
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LPG tanker ENERGEIA troubled in Eleusis, Greece
Propeller of LPG tanker ENERGEIA was damaged in the afternoon Sep 3, when vessel unmoored from petroleum terminal in Eleusis port, Greece, and started to move to bay anchorage. Vessel was brought to...
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SAFFET BEY hard aground, Greece
Ro-ro cargo vessel SAFFET BEY ran aground, reportedly while sailing at full speed, at Lacedaemonia coast, southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, shortly before midnight Sep 3. Vessel is hard...
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TERNVIND vs. LANGENESS, Kiel Canal
Product tanker TERNVIND collided with container ship LANGENESS in Rade bridge area, Kiel Canal, at around 1800 LT Sep 4. Both vessels were transiting Canal in northern direction, TERNVIND tried to...
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NAVION ANGLIA rescue boat fell from 20 meters height, 2 crew injured
Rescue boat of a crude oil tanker NAVION ANGLIA, anchored off Stavanger Norway since Aug 22, fell from 20 meters height while hoisting, with two crew in it, in the morning Sep 5. Both seamen were...
View ArticleTIAN FENG 3 cargo fire, Japan
Fire erupted in cargo holds of a Chinese general cargo vessel TIAN FENG 3, docked at Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan, at around 0330 Tokyo time Sep 6. Vessel was loading scrap, some...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily September 06
September 05 - 06 Accidents• MEHMET UNLU bloody drama: UPDATE and photos• TIAN FENG 3 cargo fire, Japan • Bulk carrier suffered fire in engine room, CO2 activated, Pacific• TERNVIND vs. LANGENESS,...
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Aframax AFRAMAX RIVER fire and spill, Houston
At around midnight Sep 6 pilot on board of crude oil tanker AFRAMAX RIVER reported to Houston-Galveston sector Coast Guard fire on board, after hull was punctured by unidentified object in bunker tank...
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Chemical tanker EKO 5 troubled in Aegean sea
Chemical tanker EKO 5 suffered steering failure early in the morning Sep 6 in Aegean sea west of Kythnosisland, Greece, while en route from Aspropyrgos to Heraklion, Crete. Vessel was to be taken on...
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September 06 - 07 Accidents• Mysterious accident with specialized cargo ship in the Atlantic• Chemical tanker EKO 5 troubled in Aegean sea• Aframax AFRAMAX RIVER fire and spill, Houston • SEA LORD...
View ArticleVOLGO DON 133 lost propeller
General cargo vessel VOLGO DON 133 lost left propeller and part of shaft on 2975 kilometer mark river Don, Russian Inner Waterways, in the afternoon Sep 6, while ballasting from Kavkaz port to Buzan...
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WILSON CORPACH grounding, Wales
General cargo vessel WILSON CORPACH ran aground on a sandbank below Briton Bridge, Neath river, South Wales, at around 0100 UTC Sep 7, while sailing down the river with cargo of steel, bound for...
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Ferry SNAV SARDEGNA troubled, Med
Ferry SNAV SARDEGNA suffered engine malfunction in the afternoon Sep 6 while en route from Tangier to Genoa via Barcelona in Mediterranean, south of Cartagena, with 800 passengers and 250 vehicles on...
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FV SHUN FA 698 vs. KHARIS PEGASUS, Tawian Strait
Fishing vessel SHUN FA 698 collided with reportedly, general cargo vessel KHARIS PEGASUS early in the morning Sep 7 in Taiwan Strait some 22 nm northwest of Taichung. Both vessel resumed sailing under...
View ArticleFerry DUMAI EXPRESS 15 fire, Malacca Strait
Fire erupted on upper deck of ferry DUMAI EXPRESS 15 in the afternoon Sep 7 in Tanjungsamak waters, Indonesia, Malacca Strait. Tent and cardboard box or boxes burned out, creating a panic among...
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Ro-ro SAFFET BEY refloated
Ro-ro SAFFET BEY was refloated in the morning Sep 7 with the help of the tugs, and proceeded to Vatika bay, west of grounding site, understood under own power. Vessel understood to be anchored there...
View ArticleTwo crew of JIN LONG medevaced with burns, East China sea
Weihai MRCC received an alert message from general cargo vessel JIN LONG at 0730 LT Sep 8, vessel reported two crew injured in fire. Vessel was some 17 nm southeast of Shidao, Shandong Province,...
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