Missile cruiser USS LEYTE GULF and Navy supply vessel ROBERT E. PEARY experienced contact during replenishment operation in the Atlantic off the southeastern coast of the U.S. at around 1600 LT Feb 5, the Navy announced Tuesday. The ships ... continue reading
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Feb 6 UPDATE: MTI Network on behalf of Scorpio contacted MB and shed a light on STI GUARD incident: The Master was stabbed by a crew member, not the Chief Officer. The Chief Engineer was never in Command. There is ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 9038Landing craft LAETITIA V was attacked by pirates early in the morning Feb 3 in Gulf of Guinea SW of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, being en route from Cotonou Benin to Onne, Port Harcourt, says Lloyd’s List. According to Lloyd ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 1145Mobile crane crashed onto cargo ship POWER JET, while offloading a boiler for palm oil factory, in the afternoon Feb 4. POWER JET was berthed at Dwikora Port, Pontianak, western Kalimantan, Indonesia. Reportedly, operator of crane wasn’t injured, though ... continue reading
in Accidents 4323Feb 6 Update: The ship was refloated in the morning Feb 5 with the help of port tug, no damages reported. The ship dragged anchor and drifted onto sand bar, avoiding rocks and serious damages. On a photo (complement EHB ... continue reading
in Accidents 1563Product tanker MTM SANTOS strayed off fairway, cause not specified, while leaving Piombino port, Italy, on Jan 31, and ran aground. Tanker was exiting port at slow speed and didn’t stuck hard, soon refloated with the help of tug ... continue reading
in Accidents 2925Aframax crude oil tanker BARENTS SEA was seized by armed military personnel on Feb 3 at Limbe oil refinery pier, Cameroon, in an apparent commercial dispute, said The Strait Times, citing Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping statement: "Eastern Pacific Shipping confirms ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 5089Feb 3 1520 UTC: Tanker on tow by tug GOLIATH (IMO 8227214) to be towed according to AIS, to Felixstowe. Feb 3: Status unclear: reported as anchored but marked as NUC, remains in the same area, understood trying to fix ... continue reading
in Accidents 1368Feb 3 1520 UTC: Ship’s crew or more probably, part of crew, reportedly were evacuated. Vietnamese Authorities said firefighting will last for at least a week more. There are 4515 containers on board, 134 of them contain flammable and ... continue reading
in Accidents 14488General cargo ship PRINCESS SARA suffered engine failure while transiting Dardanelles in northern direction, at around 2130 UTC Feb 1, off Nara Burnu point. Tug was sent, the ship was taken under control and brought to anchor in Canakkale Bogazi ... continue reading
in Accidents 1377Container ship OLGA MAERSK suffered fire in engine room on Jan 29, according to operator of the ship, HAMBURG-SUD, official press-release: …We regret to advise that on January 29th a fire in the engine room on board the vessel OLGA ... continue reading
in Accidents 8970General cargo ship ESER was detained in Praia port, Cape Verde, on Jan 31, after police found and seized 9.5 tons of cocaine on board. All 11 crew, said to be Russian citizen, were arrested. The ship sailed from ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 15307Two crew, both of Myanmar nationality, died after inhaling toxic fumes from cargo hold of a wood chip carrier GREEN WORLD, at Merak Port, Cilegon city, Java Indonesia, Sunda Strait. The ship berthed in the morning Feb 1 with cargo ... continue reading
in Accidents 3005Feb 3 UPDATE: The ship and deployed SAR tugs moved south, from Vung Ro Bay to Phan Rang Bay, Ninh Thuan Province, because of deteriorated weather and some other considerations. Reportedly, fire, said to be subdued, on Feb 2 went ... continue reading
in Accidents 11403MRCC Lianyungang was alerted at 0645 Beijing time Jan 31 by distress call from cargo ship XIN HUA SHENG some 100 nm east of Dafeng, Jiangsu province, China, Yellow sea. The ship with 11 crew on board reported fire in ... continue reading
in Accidents 1579Container ship MSC MARTA had to interrupt her voyage from Dominican Republic to Santos Brazil late Jan 28, and head for Guyana, to medevac injured crew. Understood one of the crew, of Serbo-Croatian nationality, went amok and wounded three other ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 12163General cargo ship KADOS loaded with 3,000 tons of corn bound for Iran, ran aground in Makhachkala Port, Dagestan, Russia, Caspian sea, at 0038 Moscow time Jan 31, while unmooring from Berth 3. Damages unknown, present status of the ... continue reading
in Accidents 1164Product tanker SEA FRONTIER reportedly struck a rock some 2 nm off Tanjung Penyusop, Malaysia, easternmost Singapore Strait, at night Jan 30, while approaching port (see pic below). Hull was breached, tanker started to take on water and as of ... continue reading
in Accidents 2521YANTIAN EXPRESS with escorting tugs reached Bahamas Freeport in the morning Jan 30, reduced speed to dead ahead and headed south. Most probably, the ship is waiting for berth at Freeport, arriving earlier than ETA Feb 1. As all concerned ... continue reading
in Accidents 5057Russian News Agency RIA NOVOSTI says on Jan 30, that 6 Russian crew of container ship MSC MANDY, kidnapped in Gulf of Guinea on Jan 2, were released, according to Russian Embassy in Nigeria. Understood all released seamen are well ... continue reading
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