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Luxury yacht caught fire, burned out and sank at Princess Pier in Torquay, Devon, UK, in the afternoon May 28. No injures reported, yacht is said to have several tons of fuel in fuel tanks. Fire was preceded by loud ... continue reading

Grounding alert May 27 1600 UTC: MT CHEM HYDRA, IMO 9486180, St-Lawrence Montreal Sainte-Catherine, aground since around 0500 UTC May 27. May 28 UPDATE: Tnaker was refloated at around 2300 UTC May 27, berthed near Sainte-Catherine Lock, later transited the ... continue reading

Jane reported collision involving two Japanese Self-Defence Forces Naval ships, destroyer JS JINTSŪ and mine countermeasures ship JS URAGA, which took place on May 22 in or near Yokosuka Naval Base. Destroyer struck berthed mine countermeasures ship while maneuvering out ... continue reading

Container barge on tow of tug MEGA DAYA 43 suffered containers shift in Singapore Strait off Karimun, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia, early in the morning, and developed heavy list. Some 12 containers were lost overboard. SAR team was deployed, barge reportedly ... continue reading

Cruise ship CARNIVAL FREEDOM suffered funnel fire early in the morning May 26 while being berthed at Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean. Nobody was injured though as a precaution, passengers were mustered at safety stations and had to put ... continue reading

Water supply tanker LOTOS on May 22 struck berthed general cargo ship VYACHESLAV ANISIMOV in Ulysses Bay, Port Vladivostok, Russia. Tanker was maneuvering to moor. VYACHESLAV ANISIMOV sustained hull breach or breaches in fuel tank area, diesel oil leak reported ... continue reading

Bulk carrier LA RICHARDAIS was disabled off western coast of North Island, New Zealand, while en route from Newcastle Australia to New Plymouth New Zealand, and started to drift towards island’s coast. According to ship’s track, she was ... continue reading

Self-discharging bulk carrier AMERICAN COURAGE ran aground at around 1310 UTC May 22 off West Breakwater in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Lake Erie, while entering port. The ship is loaded with limestone, continues Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping News. As of ... continue reading

Fast passenger boat MERCRAFT 2 of Mercraft Cruise Shipping Company, Philippines, caught fire while approaching Real Port, Quezon, eastern Luzon, Philippines, in the morning May 23. According to latest updates, there were 142 passengers and crew on board, 105 were ... continue reading

Bulk carrier PENGUIN ISLAND is reported to be on fire, since around 1000 UTC May 21, in North Atlantic some 600 nm W of Azores. Bulk carrier is ne route from Convent USA to Gibraltar. As of 1215 UTC, the ... continue reading

Tug FRANCO P with 6 crew sank in the evening May 18 in Adriatic sea off Italian coast, while en route from Ancona to Bari, Italy, towing pontoon with 11 people on board. Tug sank in a very short time ... continue reading

Lighter ship TAMIM loaded with 1,600 tons of wheat, on May 18 sank in the estuary of Meghna in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh, after hitting underwater object. The ship rested on bottom of sea canal with superstructure remaining above waterline. All ... continue reading

Ferry NISSOS SAMOS with 332 passengers and more than 200 vehicles on board drifted aground in Chios harbor, Chios island, Greece, in the morning May 19. Ferry failed to moor on arrival from Piraeus due to strong wind, and had ... continue reading

Passenger ship KM SIRIMAU with more than 600 passengers on board ran aground in Savu sea, Timor Leste, Indonesia, on Meko island between Lembata and Adonara islands, in the afternoon May 17. Evacuation of passengers was complicated by low tide ... continue reading

General cargo ships WALTER HAMMANN and DAGNA collided at around 0010 UTC May 15 in Lower Weser upstream from Nordenham, Germany Dutch freighter DAGNA was sailing upstream, to Brake, while German coaster was sailing downstream, from Bremen. Both ships reportedly ... continue reading

Container ship MARFRET MARAJO ran aground at around 2040 UTC May 16 in Barranquilla Canal fairway while approaching Barranquilla, on arrival from Cartagena. The ship was refloated at around 0400 UTC May 17, safely reached port and was berthed at ... continue reading

May 15 UPDATE: Confirmed it’s HUA HANG 1. Crew were evacuated, the ship suffered blackout. No news on present ship’s status, condition, but most probably, she either already towed or is under tow, to anchorage or port. Container ... continue reading

General cargo ship MEISEN 2 developed heavy starboard list and issued distress signal at around 0330 Tokyo time May 14 in Chiba Prefecture waters, Honshu eastern coast, south of Tokyo. The ship was en route from Hitachinaka, sailing in SW ... continue reading

Container ship WEC VAN RIJN ran aground on a sandbank in Oude Maas river, while sailing upstream to Moerdijk, Netherlands, short of Spijkenisserbrug Bridge, at 0250 UTC May 12. The ship blocked fairway, she was refloated with tugs assistance at ... continue reading

Tourist catamaran CORMORANT 1 with 10 crew and 15 passengers on board caught fire early May 11 in Galapagos Archipelago waters. Catamaran burned out and sank, all 25 people on board rescued, safe. New FleetMon Vessel Safety Risk Reports Available ... continue reading