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Ferry ACHAEOS troubled, Greece
Ferry ACHAEOS in the evening Sep 18 suffered failure of sanitation system while en route from Aegina to Piraeus with 588 passengers on board. Vessel arrived at Piraeus and was banned from scheduled...
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General cargo vessel MURAT HACIBEKIROGLU 2 sank in Mediterranean sea
General cargo vessel MURAT HACIBEKIROGLU 2 issued distress signal via VHF at 1400 TRT (UTC+3) Sep 19, reporting list and water ingress in the aft, understood engine room, in vicinity 36 06N 031 34E,...
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Bulk carrier INFINITY drifted off Alang and grounded
Bulk carrier INFINITY drifted aground on Valsad district coast, south of Alang, India, on Sep 19, after her anchor dragged. Vessel was sold for scrap last year, and anchored off Alang demolition...
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US tanker with Filipino-Ukrainian crew collided with PHL Navy ship BRP TARLAC
Product tanker TOSCA collided with anchored Philippine Navy ship BRP TARLAC near Ensign Majini Pier, Naval Station Romulo Espaldon, Zamboanga City, Mindanao, Philippines, at around 1946 LT Sep 19....
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Schooner NOORDERLICHT grounding, Arctic
Schooner NOORDERLICHT ran aground at around 2130 LT Sep 18 at Trygghamna, northwest of Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago, Greenland sea. The ship was on a cruise trip with 23 people on board....
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Container ship CYGNUS lost stability at berth, Guatemala
Container ship CYGNUS became unstable, listing portside and then starboard, resting on a berth, in Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala, on Sep 19. Vessel was righted by relocating containers, deploying...
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Major fire on board of boxship WAN HAI 307, Hong Kong
Fire erupted in containers loaded in fore section of a container ship WAN HAI 307 in the afternoon Sep 19 off Hong Kong, on a voyage from Kaohsiung Taiwan to Hong Kong. Vessel reported fire to HK...
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Ukrainian freighter OREL 3 detained in Thessaloniki, water ingress found
Water ingress was detected during the inspection of general cargo vessel OREL 3, docked in Thessaloniki, Greece, in the morning Sep 19. Vessel was detained, no leak reported.
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Luxury yacht WEDGE TOO towed to safety
Luxury yacht WEDGE TOO was disabled and started to drift in the morning Sep 20 in Mediterranean sea east of Alaior Island, Balearic Islands. Vessel was taken on tow by a Spanish rescue boat in the...
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Tankers MAISTROS and RIDGEBURY KATHRINE Z collided off Belgium coast
Product tanker MAISTROS under way collided with anchored product tanker RIDGEBURY KATHRINE Z on an outer anchorage Antwerp in North Sea, off Belgium coast, at around 0500 UTC Sep 21, seemingly after...
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Taiwanese fishing vessel fire, Port Louis
Fire erupted in superstructure of Taiwanese fishing vessel JIN GWO DEE HAW 1, docked in Port Louis, Mauritius, in the morning Sep 21. Vessel was towed, understood out of port to anchorage. On a photo...
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Bulk carrier SAM WOLF hard aground, Honduras
Bulk carrier SAM WOLF ran aground at around 1700 LT Sep 16 on a beach El Faro, Puerto Cortes, Honduras, while approaching Puerto Cortes en route from New Orleans. Understood vessel was pushed off...
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Luxury yacht MOON engulfed in fire
Luxury yacht MOON caught fire on Sep 21 in Al Hamra Marina, Ras Al Khaimah, north of Dubai, UAE. Fire started in bridge area, and spread further on, on authorities order yacht was towed outside marina...
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September 21 – 22 Accidents• Container ship WINDHOEK attacked by armed pirates, crew robbed, Guinea • Bulk carrier SAM WOLF hard aground, Honduras• Tankers MAISTROS and RIDGEBURY KATHRINE Z collided...
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Heavy lift crane ship LIAO HE YI HAO hugging, salvage under way
Heavy lift crane ship LIAO HE YI HAO suffered hugging during wind farm construction works in Yellow sea in fish farms zone north of Shanghai on Sep 4. Vessel’s stern and fore sagged and rested on a...
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Bunker tanker MERCURIA explosion and fire, Taranto
Bunker tanker MERCURIA suffered explosion and fire in Taranto, Italy, on Sep 22. Two crew were slightly injured. Fire was quickly extinguished by fire fighters, thick black smoke was seen far from the...
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General cargo vessel CLARITY troubled in Brunsbuettel
General cargo vessel CLARITY suffered engine failure in Brunsbuettel early in the morning Sep 22, while transiting Kiel Canal in southern direction, en route from Kiel to Moerdijk, Netherlands. Vessel...
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CMA CGM SIMBA sunk tug in Toliara, missing crew miraculously survived ordeal
Container ship CMA CGM SIMBA was leaving Toliara port, Mozambique, in the afternoon Sep 20, with the help of a port tug Domingue. Tug or on container ship was late with letting go towing line, a...
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Ferry DANICA JOY 2 capsized, Philippines
Ferry DANICA JOY 2 capsized at berth in Zamboanga port, Philippines, at night Sep 22, due to stability loss, which was caused by faulty offloading of the cargoes – portside cargoes were offloaded...
View ArticleSix dockers poisoned by ammonia in reefer PHAROSTAR hold, Bangkok
Ammonia from cooling system leaked into cargo holds of a reefer PHAROSTAR, docked in Bangkok, in the evening Sep 22. Six people, dockers who were working in hold, were poisoned and hospitalized. One’s...
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