Freighter fire, Novorossiysk
Fire broke out on board of general cargo vessel ROKSOLANA 2, berthed at Novorossiysk Port, Black sea, at 2302 Moscow time July 18. Fire was extinguished by 2350 Moscow time, 3 maintenance crew left...
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Container ship SAMSKIP COURIER collided with tug in English Canal
Container ship SAMSKIP COURIER struck or contacted tug MST VISCOUNT some 30 nm northwest of Dunkerque on July 19, in British MRCC zone. Tug was towing floating pipes. Both vessels understood to suffer...
View ArticleCargo ship sank near Andaman Islands, 11 crew in water waiting for rescue
General cargo vessel ITT PANTHER reportedly sank some 120 nm off Diglipur, Andaman Islands, on July 20 or 19. Eleven crew found themselves in water and said to be surviving by clinging to debris,...
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SIDER MARIEL blackout in Strait of Messina
General cargo vessel SIDER MARIEL suffered a blackout in the morning July 19 in Strait of Messina, while proceeding in eastern direction en route from Civittavecchia to Ravenna, Italy. Messina VTS...
View ArticleTIONA towed back to Cartagena
General cargo vessel TIONA suffered mechanical failure on July 14 off Cartagena, Mediterranean, while en route from Cartagena Spain to Civittavecchia, Italy. Vessel was taken on tow by SAR tug CLARA...
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Disabled Navios’ Panamax towed back to Lisbon
Bulk carrier NAVIOS ORBITER suffered mechanical failure on July 12 in North Atlantic, while en route from Lisbon Portugal to Amsterdam. Tsavliris Salvage was contracted, vessel was towed back to...
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Bulk carrier troubled near Massena, NY
Bulk carrier MANDARIN encountered engine problem on July 20 while proceeding upstream on St Lawrence river between Snell and Eisenhower locks, Cornwall – Massena leg. Vessel in Massena – Cornwall...
View ArticleFreighter ITT PANTHER sinking
July 21: Vessel was abandoned at around 0000 UTC July 20 in vicinity 15 10N 092 15E, some 120 nm north of northern tip of Smith Island, Andaman Islands, in Bay of Bengal. 11 crew went into life rafts...
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Disabled freighter TINA C towed to Vigo
Cargo ship TINA C suffered engine failure on July 19 or earlier in North Atlantic off northwest Spain coast. Vessel was taken on tow by SAR tug RIA DE VIGO and towed to Vigo, Spain. As of 0900 UTC...
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Four freighters beached by typhoon Talas
Four freighters were beached by typhoon Talas on July 17, among them cargo ship THAI HA 26 and cargo ship TRUONG THANH. Both were anchored off Cua Lo beach, and drifted ashore during Talas passage....
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Disabled cargo ship MISTRAL under tow, North Sea
Cargo ship MISTRAL suffered mechanical failure in the afternoon July 20 in English Canal, while en route from Constanta Romania to Hamburg. Vessel dropped an anchor. Tug LINGESTROOM (IMO 9819404) was...
View ArticlePOLARIS troubled again, VLOC STELLAR YOUNG engine room explosion
An explosion occurred in an engine room of Very Large Ore Carrier STELLAR YOUNG, docked at Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, in the afternoon July 22. Two Filipino crew were injured and...
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Container ship MAERSK KOKURA fire, Europahaven
KNRM rescue station at Hoek van Holland and emergency services received fire alert at around 1300 LT July 22. Reportedly, smoke billowing from berthed at Europahaven container ship MAERSK KOKURA, in...
View ArticleCargo ship FUGANG 1 sank in Bohai sea near oil platforms
Cargo ship FUGANG 1 sank in Bohai sea in vicinity 38 18N 118 02E in the morning July 21, being caught in rough weather, near oil platform. Crew were rescued by offshore supply tugs HAI YANG SHI YOU...
View ArticleChinese cargo ship sank east of Hong Kong, 12 crew rescued
Cargo ship NAN HUI 68 with 12 crew and 3200 tons of gravel on board sank in the morning July 23, assumedly after capsizing, 5.6 nautical miles southeast of Daxingshan in Huidong of Guangdong Province,...
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General cargo vessel grounding, Denmark
General cargo vessel REBECCA ROUSING ran aground while approaching Skive port, Denmark, on July 22, en route from Sweden. Initial plan was to refloat the ship with coming tide without tugs assistance,...
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Bulk carrier SAMATAN grounding, Hainan China
Panamax SAMATAN loaded with coal ran aground in the afternoon July 22 while approaching coal pier or terminal of the Huaneng Dongfang Power Plant, Hainan Island western coast. Vessel was refloated at...
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Tall ship LADY WASHINGTON aground, WA
Tall ship LADY WASHINGTON ran aground in Sequim Bay, northwest Washington, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the morning July 24, with 14 crew and 5 passengers on board. She was freed in the...
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Container ship SEATRADE BLUE troubled in South Pacific
Container ship SEATRADE BLUE suffered mechanical failure on July 21 some 280 nm east-south-east of Noumea, New Caledonia, while en route from Papeete to Noumea. Reportedly crew on a brand new vessel...
View ArticleContainer ship LAL BAHADUR SHASTR lost 20 containers, Arabian sea
Container ship LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI on July 20 lost 20 containers overboard in vicinity 20 50N 069 33E, some 40 nm off Indian coast, Arabian sea, while en route from Mundra to Pipavav, India. Vessel...
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