Feb 25 UPDATE: Vessel was moved to Southampton in the evening Feb 24, after some hours sailing in legs off Isle of Wight, and berthed. According to BBC, vehicles on cargo deck caught fire. Vessel was sailing off Isle of ... continue reading
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Fish factory PAVEL PANIN in the morning Feb 22 reported to MRCC Petropavlovsk failed engine, due to faulty electronics. Disabled vessel drifting in position 51 28N 155 06E, north of Atlasov Island, Okhotsk sea. Salvage tug SUVOROVETS sent to assist ... continue reading
in Accidents 1440Barge carrier TIDE CARRIER ran into trouble on Feb 22 at Feistein Fyr, Norway, south of Bergen. Vessel was carrying out works while at anchor, when her anchor dragged, and engine broke down. Vessel drifted dangerously close to the shore ... continue reading
in Accidents 5100Ro-ro cargo vessel GRANDE SENEGAL broke off moorings in the evening Feb 20 at Gibraltar harbor under strong wind, and started to drift in the harbor. In less than an hour situation was taken under control, with the help of ... continue reading
in Accidents 2669Fire erupted in engine room of ferry SNAV TOSCANA with 113 passengers and 75 crew on board, when vessel was approaching port of destination Palermo, en route from Naples, in the morning Feb 19. According to ferry’s operator, crew ... continue reading
in Accidents 32535Three vessels were engulfed in flames after an explosion on one of them at night Feb 17, on Yangtze river at Nanjing. 12 people were thrown into the water by an explosion, 4 of them went missing. The biggest vessel ... continue reading
in Accidents 2456Fast ferry BRAQUIEL collided with a barge in waters of Macatan Channel, Cebu, in the evening Feb 18. Coast Guard assisted in evacuating 90 passengers and 11 crew to a sister-ship ferry ST. JHUDIEL (IMO 9135717). 45 passengers suffered minor ... continue reading
in Accidents 5202Container ship MAERSK NIJMEGEN requested medical assistance to Captain on Feb 18, some 300 nm northeast of Terceira island, Azores. Vessel, which was en route from Antwerp to Cartagena, Colombia, changed course and headed for Ponta Delgada. Captain was airlifted ... continue reading
in Accidents 3031Feb 18 UPDATE: Bulk carrier SEA LADY was refloated on Feb 16 and taken to berth for offloading, no damages, no leak reported. According to port authorities, grounding was caused by structural specifics of the vessel, which make her prone ... continue reading
in Accidents 2791Tug SAMSON MARINER with barge on tow hit Rosa Reef in Tongass Narrows, Alaska, in the evening Feb 15. Tug suffered hull breach, some quantity of fuel leaked. Barge St. Elias with 40,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board ... continue reading
in Accidents 1580MRCC Moscow reported fire accident on board of LPG tanker NAVIGATOR LEO in Gulf of Finland, which took place on Feb 15. MRCC received distress message at 1606 Moscow time Feb 15, reporting fire in provisions store in superstructure. Tanker ... continue reading
in Accidents 4927Feb 16 UPDATE: Herald Live in Feb 16 news said fire is extinguished: ..port officials confirmed yesterday that the fire in the ship’s hull and on its deck had been extinguished. Due to the amount of water used to ... continue reading
in Accidents 5668Fire erupted in superstructure of woodchips carrier IRIS EXPRESS, docked at Cai Lan port, Hai Phong, Vietnam, at around 2100 LT Feb 14. Vessel is loading woodchips destined for Japan, she was berthed at Cai Lan in the evening Feb ... continue reading
in Accidents 2396General cargo vessel VIMARU PEARL had to interrupt voyage to Philippines and urgently call nearest port, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, northwest Borneo, on Feb 12. Gas leaked into engine control room, poisoning people inside. One crew died and three were hospitalized ... continue reading
in Accidents 3285Feb 13 SAMSA statement: “APL Austria was about 30 nautical miles south-west of Cape St Francis when the fire broke out on Feb 12. It was carrying several containers of hazardous cargo. None of them caught fire. The Harbour Master ... continue reading
in Accidents 6089Cruise ship SEABOURN ENCORE broke off her moorings under strong wind in the morning Feb 12 in Timaru, South Island, NZ, contacted berthed cement carrier MILBURN CARRIER II, and according to local reports, became stuck between two wharfs. Liner was ... continue reading
in Accidents 20461General cargo vessel WILSON HOBRO suffered cargo shift on Feb 10 in English Canal northwest of Brest, while en route from Rotterdam to Chalkis Greece. Cargo of aluminum bullion bars shifted starboard in rough weather, vessel reduced speed and turned ... continue reading
in Accidents 2806Container ship VICTORIA ran aground, or contacted bottom, in the evening Feb 10 west of Kalundborg, Denmark, Samso Belt, while en route from Antwerp to Fredericia. Vessel was ordered to anchor near grounding site for a survey, as three tanks ... continue reading
in Accidents 4226Feb 11 evening UPDATE: all 18 crew were evacuated, said no injures, but morning reports did mention injures. First news: Product tanker SAGAN in rough weather ran aground on western coast of Suwanosejima island, Tokara Islands, Japan, East China Sea ... continue reading
in Accidents 2477Container ship MERETE MAERSK while en route from Tanjung Pelepas to Algeciras, Service AE2, lost containers overboard in reportedly, stormy weather. According to available information, containers were lost in Mediterranean on Feb 6, north of Skikda, Algeria. 43 containers were ... continue reading
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