Incidents
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ABS : Regulatory Update PDF
The IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) held its 105th session remotely from April 20 to 29, 2022. This Brief provides an overview of the more significant issues discussed at this session, which include matters pertaining to amendments to IMO instruments, new requirements for Carriage of Industrial Personnel, improving Fuel Oil…
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Is the Southeast Asian maritime domain continue to be fraught?
The pandemic brought about an observable increase in transnational crimes – smuggling, piracy, and trafficking. The Southeast Asian maritime domain continues to be fraught. The Covid-19 pandemic brought about an observable increase in transnational crimes such as smuggling – at first, pandemic-related medical material, then later food – as well…
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Colombia court : Ceasing activities in Nicaraguan maritime zone
Judges at the International Court of Justice ruled last week that Colombia must “immediately cease” patrolling and trying to control fishing in parts of the Caribbean that the ICJ said are within Nicaragua’s exclusive economic zone. The ICJ ruled that Colombian activities in the Nicaraguan zone, including giving out fishing…
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Takers : Tunisia imprisons crew members of a ship that sank off its coast
A Tunisian judge has decided to imprison the seven crew members of a merchant ship that sank off the coast of the southern city of Gabes this month, as authorities investigate whether the ship was deliberately sunk, a judicial official said. Tunisian officials said this month that a ship heading…
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Coaster sank after collision with Dutch tanker, Taiwan
Crude oil tanker LIA collided with general cargo ship DA FA NO.1 at around 0000 LT (UTC +8) Apr 26, 15 nm SE of Taitung port, southeast Taiwan coast. DA FA NO.1 in full load, was breached and sank, the crew went into a life raft and were rescued by…
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Damietta Port Authority issues a statement regarding the sunken ship XELO
The Damietta Port Authority published a press statement via Facebook account confirming that it was a reference to what was published and circulated by the various media about the sinking of the ship (XELO), which was flying the Guinea flag off the coast of Tunisia, and what the news indicated…
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تقرير: مفاجآت حول السفينة الغارقة قبالة سواحل تونس -فيديو
أفضى تقرير عمليات الغوص الأحد لتفقد هيكل سفينة شحن تجارية تنقل 750 طنا من الوقود غرقت جرّاء سوء الأحوال الجوية قبالة سواحل تونس الجنوبية الى عدم وجود تسرب منها كما لم تظهر بعد آثار تلوث. وكانت السفينة الغارقة “كسيلو”، التي ترفع علم غينيا الاستوائية، قادمة من ميناء دمياط المصري وقد…
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Container ship on fire, abandoned, Chief Engineer died – Cebu anchorage
Fire erupted in the engine room of =anchored at Talisay anchorage, Cebu City, at around 0940 LT (UTC +8) Apr 17. The fire spread around and engulfed most part of the superstructure, crew was evacuated by CG and port service. Of 20 crew on board, one – 62-year-old Chief Engineer…
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Tanker explosion and fire in Taiwan Strait, 1 crew died, 6 injured
Product tanker CHUANG YI suffered an explosion, followed by fire, at around 1600 LT (UTC +8) on Apr 16 in Taiwan Strait some 170 nm ESE of Hong Kong. 6 crew were reported injured, and 1 died in an explosion. MRCC Hong Kong said the fire was extinguished, and 2…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say ship smuggling fuel seized in Gulf, seven arrested
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday they seized another vessel smuggling fuel in the Gulf and arrested its seven crew members, the second such incident in as many weeks. “Naval forces have seized a vessel carrying smuggled fuel in the [Arabian] Gulf,” said Gholamhossein Hosseini, a public relations official of the…
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