Two freighters grounded by storm, Turkey
General cargo vessel GUNEYIN on Dec 31 dragged anchor and drifted ashore at Kartal Kumcular Iskelesi, north of Tuzla, Turkey, Marmara sea, in rough weather conditions. General cargo vessel YAKUP AGA...
View ArticleHeavy lift ANNETTE mishap in Bosphorus
General cargo vessel ANNETTE was disabled while transiting Bosphorus on Jan 1 off Haydarpasa, en route from Constanta Romania to Rotterdam Netherlands, understood due to fire. Vessel was taken on tow...
View ArticleFreighter grounded by storm, Philippines
General cargo vessel EURO UNO ran aground on Misamis beach, Misamis Oriental, northern Mindanao, Philippines, while approaching Plaridel port on Dec 31. Reportedly vessel, loaded with foods, was...
View ArticleContainer ship THETIS D lost 16 containers
Container ship THETIS D, caught in storm in North Sea last week, lost overboard 16 containers on reportedly, Dec 26, while en route from Muuga Estonia to Rotterdam. 11 containers were washed on coast,...
View ArticleCollision of Container Vessels WAN HAI 301 and APL DENVER
MPA Singapore news release: 04 January 2017 At about 2350 hrs on 3rd January 2017, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was notified by the Johor Port Authority (JPA) of a collision...
View ArticleMega container ship MSC CLORINDA aground in Suez Canal
Mega container ship MSC CLORINDA ran aground on 145 kilometer mark, Suez Canal, while transiting Canal in northern direction, at around 0620 LT Jan 4. GAC reported, that vessel was refloated and...
View ArticleOil production platform fire, Louisiana
USCG news release: NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a fire on an oil production platform near Grand Isle, Louisiana, Jan 5. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans...
View ArticleULCS MUNKEBO MAERSK made children happy with lost containers cargo
Ultra large boxship MUNKEBO MAERSK lost at least five containers overboard in storm in North sea, on Jan 4, while en route from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven. The beach of Langeoog was littered with cargo...
View ArticleFerry SUBSEA SEVEN troubled in Baltic Sea
Ferry SUBSEA SEVEN with 36 passengers on board suffered engine failure at around 0900 LT Jan 6 while en route from Hiiumaa Island to Saaremaa Island, two biggest Estonian islands. Ferry was stuck in...
View ArticleContainers on fire on post-panamax YM UTOPIA, Shanghai
Containers on upper deck in first hold area of Yang Ming’s post-panamax boxship YM UTOPIA went on fire at around midday Beijing time Jan 6, vessel was anchored in Yangshan deepwater Port area,...
View ArticleAP REVELIN departure accident, Corpus Christi
Bulk carrier AP REVELIN struck what it seems on photos, a catwalk, at the UT Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas, while leaving Corpus Christi port, at night Jan 5. Vessel suffered...
View ArticleEntangled anchors accident at Kalymnos harbor
Ferry BLUE STAR PATMOS got her anchor entangled with anchor of ferry NISOS KALYMNOS at Kalymnos harbor, Kalymnos Island, late at night Jan 6 (according to AIS), NISOS KALYMNOS jolted and allided with...
View ArticleReefer SEVILLA CARRIER collided with Taiwanese fishing vessel in Philippines...
Reefer container ship SEVILLA CARRIER struck in the stern tuna fishing vessel HSIANG YUNG NO 6 at around 0345 LT Jan 7 in Philippines Sea in position 19 28N 129 36E, some 515 nm east-south-east from...
View ArticleATLANTIC MATE damaged Lock’s gate, Brunsbuettel
Product tanker ATLANTIC MATE at around noon Jan 7 collided with Southern Lock’s gate at Brunsbuettel while transiting Kiel Canal in southern direction, with cargo of naptha. Vessel is said to suffer...
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