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Egyptian freighter disabled, under tow
General cargo vessel AL MINUFIYAH suffered engine and machinery failure some 190 nm south of Jeddah, Red Sea, while ballasting from Dammam Saudi Arabia to Suez, in July. Last available AIS dated July...
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Brand-new Estonian ferry damaged in grounding
Brand-new Estonian ferry TIIU contacted bottom two times at around 1830 LT July 28, en route from Rohukula, Estonian mainland, to Heltermaa, Hiumaa Island, Baltic sea, halfway between mainland and...
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Maersk container ship collided with tug-pushed vessels, 9 people missing
Maersk operated container ship MERCOSUL SANTOS collided with a tug pushing several barges on Amazon river between ports of Juruti and Obidios, Para State, Brazil, at around 4030 LT Aug 2. There were...
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Pipe bust severely burned crew on board of Maersk container ship
Steam pipe busted in a galley of the container ship MERCOSUL MANAUS during maintenance work carried out by one of the crew at night Aug 1, while vessel was waiting for Saontos Port entrance, Brazil....
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Tanker suffered fire, one crew injured, Denmark
Product tanker BALTICO suffered engine trouble, understood fire in engine room, at around midday July 31 north of Odense Fjord, Denmark, Danish Straits. Details unclear, for some time vessel was...
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Ferry EUROPEAN EXPRESS hit two nearby ships inflicting damages, Perama
Passenger ro-ro ship EUROPEAN EXPRESS broke off her moorings at Perama Yard, Piraeus, on Aug 1, hitting starboard of a ferry AQUA JEWEL, berthed nearby, and another unidentified vessel. AQUA JEWEL...
View ArticleCargo ship capsized and sank, all crew missing, Shanghai
Cargo ship XINENHUI 008 reportedly capsized and sank on Aug 1 at Taicang, Shanghai, in the same area, where the day before sank general cargo vessel CHONGLUNJ3010, after collision with general cargo...
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Thai Navy ship collided with bridge in Bangkok
Royal Thai Navy amphibious ship HTMS Surin collided with Krungthep Bridge, Bankgok, in the morning Aug 3. The ship was proceeding Chao Phraya river downstream, bound for Naval Base after completing...
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Tanker taken to Brest after breakdown
Product tanker WHITSTAR early in the morning Aug 3 reported to MRCC Etel, France, that vessel is disabled and adrift after mechanical failure some 35 nm west of Penmarch, France, Bay of Biscay. Tanker...
View ArticleChinese freighter grounding, Pearl River estuary
Cargo vessel CHANGHEHAIYANG ran aground in the morning Aug 3 in Pearl River estuary in front of Longxue island, downstream from Nansha, while en route to Guangzhou. Vessel was refloated in the evening...
View ArticleGeneral cargo vessel grounded to avoid capsizing
General cargo vessel BAHTERA SEJATI, said to be loaded with 2750 tons of rice, on Aug 5 suffered water ingress when about to set sail for Pulau Flores island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, from...
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Hazmat spill on board of container ship HARBOUR BRIDGE, Long Beach
The chemical compound, flammable propyl acetate, spilled from a container tank on board of container ship HARBOUR BRIDGE, berthed at Long Beach Port, Ca., at about 0930 LT Aug 6. A hazardous materials...
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Polish bulk carrier INA collided with tall ship EMPIRE SANDY, Canada
There was a contact between schooner EMPIRE SANDY and Polish bulk carrier INA at the evening Aug 5 at Lock 8, Port Colborne, Lake Erie, Canada. According to schonner’s passengers’ description of the...
View ArticleTanker breached in collision, 9000 tons of palm oil spilled, Hong Kong
Two ships said to collide near Hong Kong in Pearl River Estuary on Aug 3, one of them being tanker. Tanker was breached, or maybe even sank, some 9,000 tons of palm oil reportedly spilled, polluting...
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Freighter ran aground on river Trent, UK
Coaster MARIE ran aground near western bank of river Trent while approaching berth at Gunness, North Lincolnshire, UK, in the afternoon Aug 6, according to AIS track. Vessel was refloated in the...
View ArticleCargo ship sank in Gulf of Tonkin, crew rescued
General cargo vessel DUC CUONG 06 with some 4600 tons of clinker on board sank on Aug 6 in position 19 16N 105 51E, some 4 nm south of Nghi Son port, Gulf of Tonkin, soon after vessel departed from...
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Freighter BAHTERA SEJATI still taking on water: Update
As of morning Aug 8, general cargo vessel BAHTERA SEJATI is in the same position, salvors pumping out water before refloating intentionally grounded vessel. Understood there’s confusion about source...
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Bulk carriers collided off Istanbul
Bulk carriers LONG CHEER and INCE KASTAMONU collided at around 0230 UTC Aug 5 in Marmara sea some 15 nm south of Bosphorus entrance. Turkish bulk carrier was en route from Sudan to Romania, Black sea,...
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Tug with fishing vessel on tow disabled by fire, Atlantic ocean
Tug MONTE DE SAO BRAS suffered fire in engine room while towing fishing vessel early in the morning Aug 8, and started to drift, dangerously close to islands of Berlengas, Portugal, some 8 nm off...
View ArticleTrawler disabled, drifting in Barents sea
Trawler PROEKT 1 at 0730 Moscow time Aug 9 fouled her propeller in trawl during fishing. Disabled vessel requested assistance, being adrift in Barents sea east of Kildin Island, Murmansk region....
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