Authorities in Indonesia have detained the Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship MV Thaison 4 as part of an investigation into a fatal collision involving the ship an Indonesian fishing boat over the weekend. According to local media the MV Thaison 4 was boarded by officials Monday in Surabaya, East Java. The ship, with 22 crew, is believed […]
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Ship traffic in the Bosphorus strait was halted for about an hour Monday after a bulk carrier collided with a roll-on/roll-off vessel around the Anadolu Hirasi area near Istanbul, GAC shipping agency reported Tuesday. The accident occurred just after 2 p.m. and involved the Maltese-flagged bulk carrier Sid Capri and the Grimaldi Lines Ro-Ro Grande Anversa. Both vessels were […]
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A passenger aboard a Washington State Ferry captured video of the moment a motor boat named “Nap Tyme” collided with the WSF ferry Chetzemoka near Vashon Island on Sunday. Wasthington State Ferries confirmed the incident on Twitter on Sunday, writing: “Private boat hit ferry on Pt Defiance/Talequah rte. No injuries, both vessels OK. We’re back in service, […]
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Five people have died and six others are reported missing after an MSC containership collided with a small fishing boat in international waters off the coast of Ecuador. The incident involved the 13,100 TEU MSC Regulus, operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company, and the Ecuadorian fishing boat Don Gerardo II. The victims were all crew members of […]
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Not sure exactly where or when this accident occurred, but the video was published Monday to the Dutch website Dumpert and, according to AIS, the MT Key Marmara pulled into the Port of Svetly that same day. Right now AIS is showing the vessel as underway in the Baltic Sea, so if this did in fact happen December […]
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SINGAPORE, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Nearly 300 tonnes of oil spilled into the narrow strait separating Singapore and Malaysia after a collision between two container vessels, the Singapore Marine Port Authority (MPA) said on Wednesday. There were no reports of injuries and 12 anti-pollution craft had been sent to clean up the mid-sized oil spill, […]
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The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has reported “good progress” in cleaning up an oil spill after two containerships collided late Tuesday night in the East Johor Strait separating Singapore and Malaysia. The MPA said Friday clean-up operations are continuing at the Changi Point Ferry Terminal, the fish farms in the Nenas Channel, and […]
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OSLO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A gas tanker from Oslo-listed shipping company BW LPG has collided with an Indian ship off the coast of Chennai in India, a BW LPG executive said on Monday. The BW Maple, with a total capacity of 82,000 cubic meters of liquefied petroleum gas, was half full when it collided […]
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By Sudarshan Varadhan Feb 3 (Reuters) – Port authorities in Chennai have impounded a BW LPG vessel and a local ship carrying heavy fuel oil, and detained their crews, a spokesman for the port said on Friday, after their collision last week caused an oil spill affecting marine life and local fishing. About 20 tonnes […]
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A UK judge has handed down steep fines to the experienced Masters of two vessels that collided in thick fog on Humber estuary in Northern England in May 2016 due to a “catalogue of failures”. David Carlin, the master of the WWII-era motor launch Peggotty, and Thomas Neilsen, master of the Danish-flagged Ro-Ro Petunia Seaway, were […]
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Update: Jag Laadki Captain Banned from Fujairah One of the world’s largest most advanced LNG carriers has suffered some serious damage after being involved in a collision with an oil tanker off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. Photos of the LNG carrier, revealed as the Al Khattiya, show the vessel was damaged to its starboard side from what […]
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The captain of the Indian tanker that rammed the side of a LNG carrier and another vessel while navigating through vessels at a Fujairah offshore anchorage has been banned from commanding vessels calling at the port, a document from Port of Fujairah shows. The port has also imposed a fine of nearly $22,000. The accident occurred February […]
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The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has issued its report into last year’s collision between a historic motor launch and a DFDS roll-on/roll-off ferry on the Humber River, identifying a number of safety issues including the launch skippers’ reliance on an iPad app for navigation. On May 16, 2016, the Danish registered ro-ro freight ferry […]
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BEIJING, March 13 (Reuters) – A North Korean cargo vessel called Kum San sank off the east coast of China early on March 9 after colliding with a Chinese fuel tanker, which rescued 27 crew members, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement on Monday. The collision took place near the port of Lianyuanhang […]
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Some incredible video coming from Nicaragua earlier this week showing a collision between a general cargo ship and smaller passenger vessel on the Escondido River. The incident was captured on video by a passenger of the smaller vessel, identified as the Captain D: The Nicaraguan Navy confirmed the incident occurred Tuesday morning on Nicaragua’s Escondido […]
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A large Maersk containership was involved in a collision with a much smaller freighter in the Western Scheldt in in southwestern Netherlands on Tuesday, causing damage to both vessels. The 10,000 TEU Maersk Genoa had just departed Antwerp bound for Bremerhaven when it collided with the Dan Fighter at about 9:20 a.m. UTC on Tuesday. An […]
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STANBUL, April 27 (Reuters) – A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock and all 78 personnel on board the navy ship were evacuated, Turkish officials said. The rescued crew members of the Russian ship Liman were in good health after the collision […]
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A South Korean fishing vessel collided with the USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) while the guided-missile cruiser was conducting routine operations in international waters, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday. In a statement, the Navy said the 60 to 70-foot-long fishing vessel collided with Lake Champlain’s port side amidship at approximately 11:50 a.m. local time on […]
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by Phil Stewart (Reuters) The U.S. Navy said in a statement the USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant vessel at about 2:30 a.m. local time (1730 GMT), some 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, a rare incident on a busy waterway. The Navy said one injured U.S. sailor would be evacuated by a Japanese coast […]
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By Idrees Ali and Tim Kelly (Reuters) Seven sailors are missing and three injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early on Saturday morning with a Philippine-flagged container ship south of Tokyo Bay in Japan, the U.S. Navy said. The Japanese Coast Guard said the destroyer was experiencing some flooding but was not in danger […]
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