Incidents
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Oil Spill Off California Coast; Threatens To Spiral Into “Most devastating crisis in decades” ( Video)
Posted in Maritime Security by Ankur Kundu on Oct 05, 2021, at 07:19. Oil Spill Off California Coast; Threatens To Spiral Into “Most devastating crisis in decades” As much as 126,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Orange County following a pipeline breakdown, causing…
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Criminals using small boats for smuggling people to Europe
A yacht sailing with eleven migrants from Albania was stopped off the North Sea Coast by the Dutch police and customs investigators. Dutch officers arrested two Ukrainian skippers onboard on suspicion of human smuggling. The yacht was on its way to Great Britain when it was stopped in the North…
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Disabled tanker adrift in Norway waters
Product tanker ISFJORD suffered engine failure in the afternoon of Oct 4 off the western coast of Rivttek island, Harstad, Troms, while en route from Harstad to Bellsund. The tanker is assisted by nearby general cargo ship WESTLAND (IMO 8412857), to avoid drifting ashore. The tug has been called, to…
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Fire of ferry RAJA 3 during her sailing from Koh Samui island
Ferry RAJA 3 suffered a fire with a lot of smoke in the evening of Oct 3 during her scheduled sailing from Koh Samui island to Koh Phanang island, Thailand world-famous resorts until “new normal” era, with some 30 passengers, 14 cars, and a number of motorbikes on board. Soon…
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Mega container ship interrupted voyage in hazmat emergency
The vessel departed from COLOMBO, LK on 2021-10-03 14:18 LT (UTC +5.5) and is currently sailing at 19.2 knots with West direction heading to SUEZ CANAL, Container ship THALASSA PATRIS interrupted her voyage from Singapore to Suez on Sep 30 in the Laccadive sea north of Maldives, and sailed to…
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Tanker damaged oil jetty in Chittagong
Product tanker GRAND ACE 8 contacted oil terminal jetty in Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Sep 30, while berthing. The tanker arrived from Malaysia and Thailand with 35,074 tons of diesel oil on board, part of which was lightered at anchorage, to allow the tanker to enter the port. Dolphin Jetty-5…
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Two Ukrainian sailors in a row died on bulk carrier without obvious cause
Two Ukrainian sailors died on board of bulk carrier AP ASTAREA, anchored at Chittagong Anchorage, on Sep 30, one after another, without any obvious cause or illness, according to local sources. One was said by local medics to die from most probably, a heart attack, or so it looked. Medics…
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Cocaine Worth €25 Million Seized From Containers at Belgium’s Ghent
Last week, Belgian Police and Customs officers discovered around 500kg of cocaine stockpiled in containers hauling printing paper in the medium-sized port of Ghent. Together with Belgian and Dutch Customs, the Shipping Policy, and the Federal Judicial Police in East Flanders, a comprehensive check was conducted on a bulk carrier…
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Ro-ro cargo ship disabled, anchored to avoid grounding on Andros island coast, Greece
Ro-ro cargo ship HODZI suffered mechanical failure and was disabled at around 0600 UTC Sep 29 in Aegean sea north of Andros island, Greece. Caught in fresh weather with onshore wind, she drifted towards the northern coast of Andros island and anchored at around 1300 UTC to avoid grounding. As…
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Tugboat capsized in Bangkok, 2 missing VIDEO
A tugboat towing barge capsized in Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, on Sep 29. The family crew of 2 is missing, search is underway. The tug boat wasn’t identified, obviously, she isn’t registered in intl registries or databases. New FleetMon Vessel Safety Risk Reports Available: https://www.fleetmon.com/services/vessel-risk-rating/
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