An unidentified passenger ship with 106 people on board, including 102 passengers and 4 crew, sank at around 0253 ICT Apr 19 in waters of Pedra Branca island – small Singaporean island at Singapore Strait eastern entrance (Lighthouse Horsburgh), reportedly after ... continue reading

Aggregates carrier ATLANTIC ran aground at around 2200 CEST time (UTC +2) Apr 17 while maneuvering in Ronne Harbor on arrival, Bornholm, Denmark. The ship was refloated some two hours later, reportedly by own means, and berthed in Ronne. ATLANTIC ... continue reading

General cargo ship RIX PARTNER movements in Great Belt arouse suspicions at Vessel Traffic Control Center at around midnight LT Apr 17, the ship was approaching Great Belt Bridge from north, being en route from Frederiksvaerk Denmark to Papenburg Germany ... continue reading

Research ship RAINIER contacted bottom and concrete wall on Apr 16 in Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, USA, damaging one of propellers and sustaining other, minor, damages – dents and scratches. The estimated cost of damage remains unknown, says The Seattle ... continue reading

Five cruise ships in port at Palma Thousands of tourists from five cruise ships flocked into Palma de Mallorca’s old town on April 12 – a mighty big crowd for so early in the season. The five cruise ships – MEIN ... continue reading

UPDATE: Reportedly part of CRYSTAL SUNRISE cargo, estimated 1,796 metric tons of butane gas had leaked. Liquid butane has a high evaporation rate, leaked butane was drifting in southern direction away from Singapore, posing no risk. ASTRO SATURN suffered ... continue reading

Ro-ro cargo ship FINLANDIA SEAWAYS suffered, reportedly, mechanical failure in the evening Apr 16 in English Channel, while en route from Zeebrugge Belgium to Rosyth UK. She was brought to anchor off Lowestoft, UK, and as of 0820 UTC Apr ... continue reading

Oil research ship GEOS suffered explosion in engine room and fire at around 0300 LT Apr 17 off Kuala Baram, northwest Kalimantan, near Malaysia Brunei border. Crew reportedly had to jump in water, out of 38 people on board 1 ... continue reading

General cargo ship ROYAL 09 , anchored about a cable downstream from Dong Nai Bridge, Dong Nai River, northeast Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, in coming high tide dragged her anchor and drifted upstream, hitting the bridge at around 1620 ICT (UTC ... continue reading

General cargo ship DIAMOND 8 was seized by Philippine Navy at night Apr 14 in Zamboanga waters, southwest Mindanao Island, Philippines. Allegedly, the ship manned by Bangladeshi and Chinese crew smuggled more than 20,000 sacks weighing 1359 tons of ... continue reading

Facebook group Police pics and clips published video with an accident, which occurred at on Apr 13, where maneuvering in Durban harbor car carrier CSCC ASIA pinned a tug to pier, car carrier was with pilot on board. Tug said ... continue reading

Bulk carrier WISE HONEST was detained by Indonesian authorities, including maritime auhthorities, immigration and Navy, in waters near Balikpapan, eastern Kalimantan, Makassar Strait. She came to authorities attention on Apr 2 because of her erratic movements, when she left shipping ... continue reading

Product tanker TIAN E ZUO was hit by floating crane on Apr 13 at Khor al Zubayr port, Iraq, reportedly after floating crane broke loose from tug. Tanker looks like she is in ballast, hull was breached, most probably with ... continue reading

Longliner LU RONG YUAN YU 168 ran aground in the evening Apr 11 at the Suva Harbour Passage, Fiji, and by Apr 14 she looks sank, resting portside on bottom, partially above water. Chinese crew were rescued on Apr 12 ... continue reading

Container ship AS FLORETTA on Apr 9 reportedly suffered hull breach in fore section portside below waterline in a collision with pier at Radicatel Terminal, Seine river, France. Details of accident unknown, breach is at least meter wide, just below ... continue reading

Bulk carrier UBC SAGUNTO was refloated on Apr 12, resumed sailing to port of destination, Fond Mombin, Haiti. No information on damages yet. First news: Bulk carrier hard aground, Haiti April 4, 2018 5:11 am Bulk carrier UBC SAGUNTO ... continue reading

One month after the delivery of “Crystal Debussy”, MV WERFTEN handed over “Crystal Ravel” to Crystal River Cruises. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman & CEO of Genting Hong Kong, and Tom Wolber, President & CEO of Crystal attended the ceremony. They ... continue reading

A shipment of luxury motorbikes and cars was seized in Jakarta on Apr 12, on board of ro-ro ship BAJAR FAHARI V, which arrived to Jakarta from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. All those vehicles are believed to be smuggled to ... continue reading

General cargo ship PAC ANTARES on Apr 12 has been breached in allision with pier at New Orleans, while being moored on arrival, according to USCG report. Oil leak was reported, a section of Mississippi waterway was closed for traffic ... continue reading

General cargo ship LEDA ran aground at 0410 Moscow time Apr 11 in buoy 121 area, Azov, river Don, while sailing downstream, with pilot on board. the ship with 2436 tons of scrap sailed from Rostov, bound for Samsun, Turkey ... continue reading