Maritime Bulletin Daily October 23
October 22 - 23 Accidents• THOMPSON MAJESTY interrupted voyage after blackout, Med• Reefer BAROASAA on fire since Wednesday, Maldives• Tanker anchored in emergency, Malaysia• Alert: Bulk carrier South...
View ArticleLNG tanker DOHA lost crew member
LNG tanker DOHA reported 56-year old crew member of Japanese nationality overboard early in the morning Oct 23 in Malacca Strait, abeam of Port Dickson, Malaysia. Vessel turned back, in some 4 hours...
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Bulk carrier sunk sand carrier in collision, Yangtze
Bulk carrier XINZHOU18, ballasting from Zhenjiang to Caofeidan, in the morning Oct 22 collided with cargo vessel LONGHAO1, loaded with 2700 tons of sand, near Zhenjiang, Yangtze river. LONGHAO1...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily October 24
October 23 - 24 Accidents• LNG tanker DOHA lost crew member • Bulk carrier sunk sand carrier in collision, Yangtze • LPG tanker SYN ANTARES aground• Tanker grounding, river Don• Nigerian military...
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LPG tanker SYN ANTARES aground
LPG tanker SYN ANTARES ran aground at around 1600 LT Oct 22 in Guaiba Lake, Porto Allegro, Brazil, while en route from Porto Allegro to Rio Grande. Reportedly, grounding was caused by stranding off...
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Tanker BAO SHAN III fire, Taichung
Fire erupted in pumps control room on board of product tanker BAO SHAN III in the evening Oct 24, vessel is docked in Taichung port with cargo of jet fuel. CO2 firefighting system was activated, port...
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Freighter sank in East China Sea, crew rescued
Cargo vessel JIN LONG DA 98 issued distress signal on Oct 8 in East China Sea southeast of Shanghai, reporting heavy list portside, danger of sinking, and requesting assistance. Passing nearby tanker...
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General cargo vessel AMUR-2505 aground, river Volga
General cargo vessel AMUR-2505 with 2110 tons of carbamide on board at 0500 Moscow time Oct 24 ran aground on 2837 kilometer mark, river Volga, while en route from Turkmenistan (Caspian sea) to...
View ArticleTaiwanese fv CHIN CHUN on fire after collision east of Honshu
At 0840 Tokyo time Oct 26 Japan Coast Guard received distress signal from Taiwanese fishing vessel CHIN CHUN, reporting fire on board after collision with another unspecified vessel, understood it was...
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CPO ENGLAND near miss in Kiel Canal
Product tanker CPO ENGLAND nearly collided with docked local ferry in Kiel Canal between Kiel and Rendsburg on Oct 25, reported local media. Understood tanker suddenly stranded off fairway and headed...
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160-meter floating dock sank off San Francisco
160-meter floating dock sank at around 0200 LT Oct 26 some 40 miles west of San Francisco, while under tow of tug OCEAN RANGER from Seattle to Mexico. Tug reported to USCG earlier, that dock started...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily October 28
October 27 - 28 Accidents• 160-meter floating dock sank off San Francisco • Hamburg-Sud boxship 385 kilo of cocaine intercepted, 9 crew arrested • Bulk carrier C.S. DREAM accident • Alert: general...
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Shirmper grounding, Argentina
Shrimper VICTORIA I ran aground while entering Mar del Plata port, Argentina, in the morning Oct 28. Eleven crew remain on board, refloating is hampered by big swell and low tide.
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Russian freighter mishap in Kiel Canal
Russian freighter ALAED suffered engine failure in the afternoon Oct 27, while entering Kiel Holtenau lock. Engine was restarted, vessel berthed, but not without some damages to lock, where fenders...
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Snapped line hit deckhand, Yeysk port
Mooring line snapped during unmooring of general cargo vessel VOLGA 4007 in Yeysk port, Sea of Azov, on Oct 27, hitting a deckhand of Indian nationality. He was taken to hospital with broken leg,...
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Ferry on fire, southern Norway
Fire erupted on board of a ferry STRAND, docked at Rubberstadneset, Bomlo island, southern Norway, at around 0900 LT Oct 29. Some 430 in ferry terminal area were evacuated, due to thick smoke and...
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VLCC AUSTRALIS sunk Chinese fishing vessel, six crew missing, tanker diverted...
VLCC AUSTRALIS collided with Chinese fishing vessel ZHELINGYOU 91002 in East China Sea south of Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, on Oct 28 soon after leaving Ningbo, bound for Singapore. Fishing vessel...
View ArticleMaritime Bulletin Daily October 30
October 29 - 30 Accidents• Tanker disabled in Okhotsk sea, to be towed to Vladivostok • Snapped line hit deckhand, Yeysk port • Ferry on fire, southern Norway • VLCC AUSTRALIS sunk Chinese fishing...
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Tanker disabled in Okhotsk sea, to be towed to Vladivostok
Product tanker PAVINO suffered engine failure on Oct 28 or earlier in Okhotsk sea, while en route to Vladivostok, vessel is adrift, last known position morning Oct 29 in 47 16N 150 15 E. Salvage tug...
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Freighter towed back to Piraeus after mechanical failure
General cargo vessel RHINO suffered mechanical failure shortly after leaving Piraeus, Greece, in the afternoon Oct 29. Vessel was towed back to port, and docked. Vessel banned from sailing until...
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