General cargo ship FOM loaded with scrap issued distress signal at 0645 Moscow time Oct 13, reporting list 20 degress and increasing, danger of capsizing in Black sea some 50 nm off Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. MRCC Russia, directed nearest ship, tanker MINERVA MARINA (IMO 9411939), to rescue crew. By the ... Read more

Turkish freighter FOM is engaged in illegal trading with Russian annexed Crimea, Ukraine, Black sea, since December 2016, according to Ukrainian vigilante group InfoNapalm investigation: https://blog.informnapalm.org/fom-pryamoj-rejs-s-gruzom-yz-turtsyy-v-okkupyrovannyj-sevastopol/ Vessel called Sevastopol port four times, which is violation of sanctions and shipping restrictions, imposed on Crimean shipping. Reportedly, in all four cases, after ... Read more

General cargo vessel FOM understood to develop a list some 65 nm off Eregli, Turkey, Black sea, in the morning Oct 21 in a stormy weather. Vessel in ballast was bound for Kerch, Crimea. 8 crew were rescued by a Turkish Navy frigate’s helicopter, no injures reported. Vessel is said ... Read more