Incidents
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Chinese freighter beached by storm in Russian port downtown VIDEO
Chinese freighter was pushed aground in the downtown of Kholmsk port, Sakhalin, Russia Far East, in the afternoon Dec 6, shortly after she heaved anchor and tried to sail further out to sea to wait out almost incessant storms, raging in the region in fall-winter season. She arrived at Kholmsk…
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Bulk carrier major fire, Gothenburg, Sweden
Bulk carrier ALMIRANTE STORNI is suffering a major fire, understood ship’s cargo, timber, is on fire, which started around noon Dec 4, at Gothenburg anchorage, Sweden. ALMIRANTE STORNI arrived at the anchorage at around 1000 UTC Dec 4 from Vallvik, Sweden Gulf of Bothnia. 1700 UTC: Firefighters are fighting for…
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More than 13K counterfeit products seized at LA, Long Beach port complex
Fake Gucci, Chanel, Fendi, YSL, and Louis Vuitton items were among the counterfeit products customs agents seized from a cargo ship recently. Customs agents assigned to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach recently seized 13,586 counterfeit designer products arriving in a cargo shipment from China that, if genuine,…
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Bulk carrier AVIATOR and tanker ATLANTIC GRACE, entangled after collision in Gulf of Kutch
bulk carrier AVIATOR and tanker ATLANTIC GRACE, entangled after collision on Nov 26 in Gulf of Kutch, western India, was decoupled late Dec 3 or early Dec 4. Indian Coast Guard. De bunkering of 463 MT fuel oil undertaken. Extraction plan under finalization by salvors. No oil spill was reported.…
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New Maritime Industry Cyber Security Scheme
A new Maritime Cyber Baseline scheme launched by IASME and supported by The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) will help shipping operators and vessel owners to improve their cyber security and align with the IMO Maritime Cyber Risk Management guidelines. The scheme is open to vessels of all sizes…
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BIMCO Launches New Contract for Employment of Security Escort Vessels
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has approved a new standard contract for security escort vessels (SEVs). The standard is a balanced contractual framework for SEVs that accompany merchant ships in high threat areas such as the Gulf of Guinea which has recently seen a rise in piracy activity as the dry season…
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Chinese freighter arrested in Canada
Canadian Federal Court issued an arrest warrant on Dec 2, to detain Chinese general cargo ship QIAN KUN, berthed at Happy Valley-Goose Bay, northern Atlantic coast of Canada, since Nov 23. A warrant was filed in Halifax after Miller Shipping, a marine contractor, claimed it wasn’t fully paid for the…
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ClassNK adds liquefied hydrogen carrier to its register-
World’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries- Tokyo – Leading Classification Society ClassNK has added the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to its register. Hydrogen is clean energy that does not emit CO2 when burned. The use of hydrogen is expected…
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Chinese freighter aground, Japan
General cargo ship XING YUAN 7 ran aground at around 0510 Tokyo time Dec 3, while approaching Hekinan port, Japan, eastern Honshu, on arrival from Katsunan Japan. She’s probably hard aground, considering the speed at the time of the grounding, some 8 knots. The tug is spotted nearby as of…
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