Incidents
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Container ship and Aframax tanker collided in Malacca Strait
Aframax tanker ZEPHYR I collided with container ship GSL GRANIA at around 0430 LT (UTC +8) Sep 27 in Malacca Strait halfway between Malacca City and Singapore, understood both container ship and tanker in load were sailing in the same eastern direction. Tanker struck container ship stb stern, both ships…
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General cargo ship adrift in Gulf of Tonkin UPDATE abandoned
Sep 26 UPDATE: The ship encountered engine malfunction, owner tried to assign tug but salvage failed in the face of approaching typhoon NORU. Owner ordered 14 crew (5 Vietnamese and 9 Chinese nationalities) to abandoned the ship, they’ve been rescued by Vietnamese SAR ship in the afternoon Sep 26, to…
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Flashback in maritime history: Express Samina Greek Ferry Disaster, claiming 82 lives, 26 Sept. 2000
On the evening of Tuesday 26 September 2000, MS Express Samina left the Port of Piraeus with 473 passengers and 61 crew members. At 22:12 local time, 2 nmi off the port of Parikia, at Paros island, the ship hit the reef of Portes islets at 18 knots. The wind…
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Explosion on board of general cargo ship, Captain died
Explosion occurred on board of general cargo ship OCEAN HARMONY, berthed at Pier 1, Incheon Inner Harbor, at around 2240 Seoul time Sep 23. 42-year old Captain of Chinese nationality died in explosion, the rest of 14 crew left the ship, understood explosion was followed by fire. According to preliminary…
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Bulk carrier interrupted voyage, ordered to pick up 300 migrants, Med
Bulk carrier PAOLO TOPIC had to interrupt her voyage from Ashdod to Diliskelesi Turkey, in the evening Sep 19, west of Cyprus. The ship was ordered by Turkish Maritime Authorities to “rescue” some 300 illegal migrants on board of a boat, as nearest ship to this, allegedly distressed, boat. PAOLO…
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New Build Vessel at Cosco Shipyard Damaged by Typhoon Mufia
A newbuild jack-up vessel, “Voltaire”, came loose from its moorings and sustained damage when Typhoon Mufia made landfall in China on September 15th. The storm made landfall in China 4 times and caused flooding, power outages, and suspension of businesses all along its path. The typhoon’s first landfall was on…
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Cargo ship with containers capsized at Iskenderun port, VIDEO
General cargo ship SEA EAGLE loaded with containers lost stability during offloading operation at Iskenderun Port, Turkey, either at night Sep 17, or early in the morning Sep 18. The ship, according to photos and video, rested starboard on pier, then listed and capsized portside, resting on bottom stern and…
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Navy taking on gangs in Colombia’s biggest port
Colombia’s Navy put on a show of force at the weekend in a town whose population is at the mercy of two warring gangs. The “Shottas” and “Spartanos” gangs have been fighting for months over control of Buenaventura’s drug trafficking trade, and other illegal activities such as micro-trafficking, extortion and…
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Viking Sea breaks its moorings in Ravenna, five tugs intervene (VIDEO)
The cruise ship, moved by strong gusts of wind, was brought back into position thanks to the intervention of the technical-nautical services Misadventure with a happy ending in the past few hours in Porto Corsini – Ravenna for the Viking Sea cruise ship of the Viking Ocean Cruises company which,…
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Captain died, crew can’t navigate, waiting CG, but CG waiting PCR test result
59-year old Taiwanese Captain of tuna fishing vessel CHIN LONG CHENG NO.18 died of natural causes on board of his vessel on Sep 15, some 610 nm N of Guam, Pacific. Fishing vessel is drifting since Sep 15, waiting for assistance. Problem is, the rest of Indonesian crew (9 or…
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