Incidents
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USCG seized $7.5 million in cocaine
The Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded approximately 250 kilograms of cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan, following Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore’s interdiction of a go-fast smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea. The apprehended smugglers are Dominican Republic nationals, who were charged…
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Car carrier CO2 leak killed 3, injured 2 crew
In the evening of Sep 27 carbon dioxide leaked in the engine room of a car carrier SANG SHIN, berthed at Changtu Shipyard terminal in Daishan, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China. The accident occurred reportedly, during a firefighting system inspection, and was caused by crew erroneous procedures. 3 crew died and…
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ابو سمرة المتهم بغرق 11 مصريا على متن قارب فى ليبيا واعترافاته
نشر مكتب تحريات تابع لجهاز المباحث الجنائية المصرية اعترافات المتهم في قضية غرق مركب مهاجرين غير شرعيين في ليبيا، حيث قال محمد محمود محمد إبراهيم الملقب بـ”أبو سمرة” صاحب المركب المنكوب وهو من مواليد عام 1988 بمدينة المنصورة المصرية،أنه متهم في قضية غرق 11 مصريًا على متن قارب هجرة غير…
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Container ship caught in typhoon, sheltered with many damaged containers
Container ship TS MOJI left Shanghai on Sep 12, bound for Yokohama Japan, but was caught in a typhoon and suffered damages to her portside in cargo area near superstructure, a number of containers were damaged, collapsed, so the ship had to turn back and shelter at anchorage north of…
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Tanker STROVOLOS drama new disturbing twist
World Tankers statement on STROVOLOS and arrested crew The owners and managers of STROVOLOS (IMO: 9178056), a Bahamas-flagged oil tanker, strongly protest against the arrest of the vessel’s crew. This occurred when the Indonesian Marine Police boarded the vessel at 01:28 (local time) on Friday, 25 September., over a protracted…
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Another Russian freighter collided with fishing boat in Bosphorus
General cargo ship VOLZHSKIY 40 collided with a fishing vessel while exiting Bosphorus and entering the Black sea, early in the morning Sep 25 (probably around 0300 UTC), while en route from Tekirdag Turkey to Azov Russia. The ship’s hull was reported, breached, with ensuing water ingress. The ship was…
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Ferry capsized at Ormoc City, Cebu, Philippines
Ro-ro passenger ship LCT LITE FERRY 3 capsized and sank at Ormoc City Port, Cebu, Philippines, at night Sep 24, while maneuvering to berth. There were no passengers on board, of 16 crew 15 were rescued and 1 died. The ferry is resting on the bottom starboard side, with about…
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Turkish and Russian freighters collided in Bosphorus, Istanbul
Turkish and Russian general cargo ships, TAHSIN IMAMOGLU and RUSICH 10, collided in Bosphorus Strait in the Beykoz area, in the morning of Sep 25. Both ships were transiting the Strait in the same northern direction, RUSICH 10 en route from Rodaport Turkey to Taganrog Russia, TAHSIN IMAMOGLU en route…
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Bulk carrier collided with fishing boat, 1 dead 2 missing, China
Bulk carrier XIN HAI ZHOU 26 collided with a Chinese fishing vessel in East China sea some 30 nm SE of Zhoushan, China, in the evening of Sep 22, while en route from Ningbo-Zhoushan to Soviet Gavan, Russia. The fishing vessel sank, of 7 crew on board 4 were rescued,…
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Cargo ship near-miss, Dutch wind farm
Cargo ship is under detention at Terneuzen Netherlands since its arrival on Sep 18. Ship’s course alerted Scheltd Coordination Center on Sep 18, because she was sailing towards Borssele wind farm, with no signs of changing course. Attempts to find out what’s going on failed, because as it turned out…
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