Vietnamese Cargo Ship Detained in Indonesia After Fatal Collision
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....
View ArticleTraffic Suspended in Bosphorus Strait Due to Ship Collision
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...
View ArticleCaught On Camera – Boater Crashes Into Washington State Ferry
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...
View ArticleFive Dead, Six Missing After MSC Containership Collides with Fishing Vessel...
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...
View ArticleWATCH: Chemical Tanker ‘Key Marmara’ Coming in Hot
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...
View ArticleBunker Spill After Containerships Collide in East Johor Straits Near Singapore
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...
View ArticleOil Spill Response Continues in Singapore After Containerships Collide
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...
View ArticleLPG Tanker ‘BW Maple’ Involved in Collision Off India
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...
View ArticleIndia Impounds Ships, Detain Crews Over Oil Spill Off Chennai
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...
View ArticleMasters Fined for River Humber Collision Caused by ‘Catalogue of Failures’
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...
View ArticleQ-Flex LNG Carrier Damaged in Collision Off Fujairah
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...
View Article‘Jag Laadki’ Master Banned from Fujairah Following Collisions
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...
View ArticleMAIB: Experienced Launch Skipper Relied on iPad Navigation App Prior to...
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...
View ArticleNorth Korean Cargo Ship Sinks Off China, All Crew Rescued
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...
View ArticleCargo Ship Collision Caught on Video
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...
View Article10,000 TEU Maersk Containership Involved in Collision in the Netherlands –...
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...
View ArticleRussian Spy Ship Sinks in Black Sea After Collision
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...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Cruiser Involved in Collision with South Korean Fishing Vessel
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...
View ArticleUPDATE: US Navy Destroyer Collides With Container Ship
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...
View ArticleSeven Missing, Three Injured After U.S. Navy destroyer Collides With...
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...
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