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The vessel MERETE MAERSK made the first transshipment of box containers from the port of Shanghai’s Yangshan terminal to Tianjin. China’s state council has recently allowed foreign carriers to deliver cargo shipments between two Chinese ports on a ... continue reading

USCG published a report on SAR operation on May 27, involving USCG and Caribbean CG, to locate and rescue 16 crew of product tanker CETUS. Tanker issued distress signal, reporting sinking after engine failure, crew abandoning the ship. CETUS was ... continue reading

Yang Ming Transport Corp. has joined the "silk alliance," a consortium initiated by "Lloyd's Register Maritime Decarbonization Hub," the objective of which is to simplify the hardships faced by players in the maritime industry concerning decarbonization. The silk alliance ... continue reading

59-meter luxury motor yacht IDOL collided with Autostrada Azzurra Bridge, Pisa Canal, Pisa, Italy, on May 31, reports Boat International yachting outlet. Yacht completed refit recently, at yacht refit yard in Pisa, and understood, was seriously damages in collision. Among ... continue reading

Russia-controlled so-called DNR Republic leader Pushilin said, that DNR is to confiscate cargo of 15,000 tons of steel slabs, loaded onto Bulgarian bulk carrier TSAREVNA. Bulk carrier has been stuck in Mariupol port, Ukraine, Azov sea, since the beginning ... continue reading

SUMMARY Notice: Principal idea and character of MB Daily is somewhat similar to Ambulance Emergency Service – MB priority is to find out about maritime accidents, involving merchant marine ships, ASAP. MB monitors only some major accidents in their development and ... continue reading

Ukrainian tanker BRENTIX, stuck in Ochakov port, Ukraine, since Russian invasion, was hit by Russian bomb or shell on Jun 1, reported Ukrainian Shipping Magazine. Tanker suffered big hole in forecastle area portside, above waterline, and fire, which was extinguished ... continue reading

South Carolina ports and the Carnival Cruise line have concluded that they will not extend Carnival's contract to use Charleston as a homeport after 2024. This makes room for new non-maritime development projects in a part of the city ... continue reading

The US Department of Justice has seized the oil aboard the vessel LANA stating that we sanctioned it as it originated in Iran. The US DoJ has chartered another vessel, Ice Energy, to transport the seized oil to the US ... continue reading

Container ship X-PRESS KOHIMA, berthed at Chittagong port container terminal, was struck by a barge on May 30. Ship’s hull on a fore area was holed, in the morning May 31 the ship was moved to TSP Jetty for ... continue reading

Dubai-based shipyard, Drydocks World, has signed a contract with Malaysia-based Yinson Production for its expertise in producing assets for the offshore oil and gas industry to work on an FPSO vessel. The vessel in question will undergo an 18-month operation ... continue reading

The Ocean-going cruise vessels, CRYSTAL SYMPHONY and CRYSTAL SERENITY, are auctioned by the Supreme Court Commercial Division of Bahamas. The auction is supposed to begin on June 7th with the winner being notified by June 14th and transfer of possession ... continue reading

On April 28th, 2021, there was a fire in the engine room of the boxship, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. NTSB has determined that the cause of the fire was the faulty installation of an oil return tubing. This led to a spray ... continue reading

At least 18 containers loaded with processed rubber wood, were washed overboard fro container barge NAMTHONG 27 on May 29 in Andaman sea, Thailand waters, Petra Marine Park in Satun province. Barge was towed by tug FORTUNE II (no data ... continue reading

General cargo ship MARE under way struck the stern of anchored general cargo ship AREL 4 at Kartal Anchorage, Istanbul, Asian coast, Marmara sea, in the afternoon May 29. ships reportedly didn’t suffer serious damages, MARE was brought to ... continue reading

Bulk carrier HAPPY HIRO collided with Philippine fishing vessel FB JOT-18 at around 1730 PST (UTC +8) May 28 in Sulu sea, while en route from China to Australia. Bulk carrier, according to track, was ordered to interrupted voyage, turned ... continue reading

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

General cargo ship river-sea type RM-3 berthed at Mariupol port, occupied by Russia (“freed” in new language), on May 28, to load some 2,700 tons of steel and deliver cargo to Rostov, Russia. Russia said on May 27, that ... 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

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boarded and seized two Greek Suezmax crude oil tankers, DELTA POSEIDON and PRUDENT WARRIOR, on May 27 in Persian Gulf off Iranian coast, allegedly for violation of maritime regulations. Both tanker were to leave Gulf after ... continue reading