Maritime Bulletin Daily September 23
September 22 – 23 Accidents• Ferry DANICA JOY 2 capsized, Philippines• Six dockers poisoned by ammonia in reefer PHAROSTAR hold, Bangkok • Heavy lift crane ship LIAO HE YI HAO hugging, salvage under...
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General cargo vessel MUSTAFA KAN sank off Syracuse, Sicily
General cargo vessel MUSTAFA KAN issued distress signal at 0310 Rome time Sep 23, reporting water ingress and sinking. 16 crew went into life boat and were rescued by Italian Coast Guard. Vessel...
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Bulk carrier FORTUNE HARMONY fire. Disabled, aground?
Bulk carrier FORTUNE HARMONY issued distress signal at around 0300 LT Sep 23, reporting fire on board. Vessel was anchored on Piriapolis anchorage, Uruguay, Rio de La Plata, en route from Halida India...
View ArticleContainer ship NIMET disabled, towed to safety
Container ship NIMET suffered mechanical failure in the evening Sep 23 and started to drift, southeast of Kythira island, Greece, Sea of Crete. A tug was sent, which took container ship on tow, and...
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Major tanker fire off Veracruz VIDEO
Fire in cargo tanks erupted on board of tanker BURGOS at around noon Sep 24 off Veracruz, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico. Vessel loaded with some 12,000 tons of oil products was en route from Pajaritus,...
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Ferry HEBRIDES grounding, North Uist
Passenger ro-ro vessel HEBRIDES ran aground in Lochmaddy Marina in North Uist, Outer Hebrides of Scotland, at around 1100 LT Sep 25, while proceeding to berth with 76 passengers and crew on board. A...
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Tanker collided with bridge under construction, Korea
Product tanker DAE YANG NO. 3 (understood bunkering tanker) collided with construction installations of a bridge in Shinan islands area, South Korea, Yellow sea, early in the morning Sep 27. Tanker en...
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September 26 – 27 Accidents• Tanker collided with bridge under construction, Korea • Major tanker fire off Veracruz Sep 27 UPDATE• Troubled bulk carrier caught in typhoon, situation unclear •...
View ArticleGUNESHLI-19 oil platform on fire after gas outburst, Caspian sea
Gas inflated on Sep 26 during attempts to seal gas outburst on GUNESHLI-19 platform in Caspian sea, Azerbaijan offshore oil field Guneshli. All platform staff, 69 people, were evacuated. More than a...
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Tug lost barge, Arabian sea
Tug MAGELLAN 2 lost towline with winch while towing 180-meter barge B42 in Arabian sea on reportedly, Sep 26. Barge with 1000 meters towline fore and 900 meters aft is drifting, last know position 12...
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Passenger ship HARSHAVARDHANA with 480 passengers on board disabled, adrift
Passenger ship HARSHAVARDHANA with 480 passengers and 50 crew on board is stranded at sea off Visakhapatnam, India, Bay of Bengal, since afternoon Sep 27, after generator failure. Vessel is en route...
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Cruise ship ALBATROS stuck in Bremerhaven
Cruise ship ALBATROS stuck in Bremerhaven due to, understood, mechanical failure. Vessel had to leave Bremerhaven on Sep 27 according to cruise itinerary, departure wad delayed, on Sep 28 ALBATROS...
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Chemical tanker YOWA MARU with 450 tons of caustic soda sinking, Japan:...
Oct 01 UPDATE: Salvage managed to dock chemical tanker YOWA MARU in Kudamatsu Port, vessel was righted, no leak of cargo reported. According to media reports, citing officials, divers found no cracks...
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MUSTAFA KAN didn’t sink, capsized vessel taken on tow
General cargo vessel MUSTAFA KAN didn’t sink on Sep 23, and remained afloat, bottom up. Turkish company, owner of the vessel, contracted Greek salvage company, a Greek tug took the wreck on tow and is...
View ArticlePassenger ro-ro ship GERBANG SAMUDRA 5 aground, Bali
Passenger ro-ro ship GERBANG SAMUDRA 5 ran aground while approaching pier in Gilimanuk port, Bali island, Indonesia, at around 2100 LT Sep 30. Vessel was en route from Ketapang, Kalimantan, with no...
View ArticleTanker VOLGONEFT 160 aground, river Volga
Product tanker VOLGONEFT 160 ran aground on 1864 kilometer mark, river Volga, with 4144 tons of bunker fuel on board, on reportedly, Sep 30. Vessel stranded off fairway while turning from one channel...
View ArticleGeneral cargo vessel NAGOYA sank in Java sea, East Java
General cargo vessel NAGOYA after engine room leak rested stern on bottom in shallow waters off Sumenep, Sapudi islands, east of Surbaya, East Java, Java sea, on Sep 30 in position 07 10S 114 17E. The...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily October 03
October 02 - 03 Accidents• General cargo vessel NAGOYA sank in Java sea, East Java• Bulk carrier troubled, Indian ocean• Tanker VOLGONEFT 160 aground, river Volga Interested may contact Mr. Voytenko...
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NORDIC ODYSSEY grounding, Liepaja, Baltic sea
Bulk carrier NORDIC ODYSSEY reported by witness grounded while leaving Liepaja, Latvia, partially loaded with grain, at night Oct 2. Vessel was refloated early in the morning Oct 3, and taken to...
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Bulk carrier PARASKEVI troubled in Suez
Bulk carrier PARASKEVI reported troubled in Suez Canal on Oct 3 while transiting in northern direction, on a leg between Suez and Great Bitter Lake. According to GAC, vessel suffered engine trouble...
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