Incidents
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CARNIVAL cruise ship funnel fire, Grand Turk VIDEO
Cruise ship CARNIVAL FREEDOM suffered funnel fire early in the morning on May 26 while being berthed at Grand Turk, Turks, and Caicos, Caribbean. Nobody was injured though as a precaution, passengers were mustered at safety stations and had to put on life jackets. The crew extinguished the fire by…
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Captain of bulk carrier arrested for cocaine smuggling, Australia
Captain of bulk carrier INTERLINK VERACITY has been charged with attempted smuggling of some 320 kilos of cocaine into Australia, reports ABC News. Australian Police held a press conference, revealing the details of the Captain’s detention. 51-year-old Captain of Montenegro nationality allegedly threw packages with cocaine overboard on May 14…
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A Hong Kong-flagged sailboat under attack off the coast of Yemen
A Hong Kong-flagged sailboat is reported to have come under attack on Thursday off the coast of Yemen, though the circumstances of the incident remained unclear, officials said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations group said the attack happened off Hodeidah, a contested port city that has been a flashpoint…
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Tragedy at sea : Tugboat Franco sank on the border between the Italian and Croatian SAR waters
Tragedy at sea tonight off the coast of Bari: the tugboat Franco P, a 1973 unit owned by the Ancona-based company Ilma (Impresa Lavori Marittima Ancona), headed by entrepreneurs Antonio Santini, sank on the border between the Italian and Croatian SAR waters and Gabriele Pelliccia and specializes in interventions and…
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Passenger ship with more than 600 people aground, Indonesia VIDEO
Passenger ship KM SIRIMAU with more than 600 passengers on board ran aground in Savu sea, Timor Leste, Indonesia, on Meko island between Lembata and Adonara islands in the afternoon May 17 Evacuation of passengers was complicated by low tide, understood most parts of the passengers were already evacuated by…
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French container ship grounding, Colombia
Container ship MARFRET MARAJO ran aground at around 2040 UTC May 16 in Barranquilla Canal fairway while approaching Barranquilla, on arrival from Cartagena. The ship was refloated at around 0400 UTC on May 17, safely reached port, and was berthed at 0640 UTC the same day. no reports on damages,…
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Dutch and German cargo ships collision in Lower Weser, both damaged
General cargo ships WALTER HAMMANN and DAGNA collided at around 0010 UTC on May 15 in Lower Weser upstream from Nordenham, Germany Dutch freighter DAGNA was sailing upstream, to Brake, while German coaster was sailing downstream, from Bremen. Both ships reportedly suffered serious damages and are in need of repairs…
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(Anac) : Deciding to dismiss the pantouflage case concerning Luigi Merlo and the MSC Group
Dietrofront of the National Anti-Corruption Authority: no sanction for the hiring of the former president of the port of Genoa by the MSC group With a resolution that has just been issued, the National Anti-Corruption Authority (Anac) has decided to dismiss the pantouflage case concerning Luigi Merlo and the MSC…
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Ship Insurance Claims to Rising as the Black Sea Remains High-Risk Area
Global insurers are expected to receive multiple marine insurance claims from ships damaged or lost as the conflict in Ukraine spills over into sea lanes, insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty says. Two seafarers have been killed and six merchant vessels hit by projectiles – sinking two of them –…
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The increasing complexity of maritime security in the Red Sea
Egypt wants assistance in ensuring security but also seeks to maintain independence and limit the role of non-littoral states. The Gulf Cooperation Council states are investing in expanding their naval capabilities Suez Canal and Bab Al-Mandab Strait are two of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints. Freedom of navigation remains…
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