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General cargo vessel Victoriaborg was spotlighted on Dec 23 with a lost crew member, who fell overboard in Celtic sea. Shortly after vessel got disabled due to, presumably, steering problems. Vessel at the time was 120 nautical miles off Corsen. ...

Bulk carrier Orsula was refloated at around 1750 LT Dec 30 13 after being partially offloaded. The vessel is currently making way toward Montreal escorted by the tug Salvor. Previous news: Bulk carrier Orsula salvage racing against time Bulk carrier ...

General cargo vessel ABUK LION got disabled after engine failure on Dec 29 off Kinsale, Ireland, Celtic sea. Vessel loaded with bauxite was en route from Aughinish Ireland to S-Petersburg Russia. Vessel was drifting until a tug from Cork arrived, ...

Aggregates carrier Sae Byol reportedly ran aground off Dalian on Dec 29 13, no other information available.

MSC Monterey issued distress signal around 1130 LT Dec 29 13 from position southeast of Newfoundland, reported Canadian media. 4 passengers were evacuated from the vessel by helicopters. Vessel was en route from Antwerp, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey. Crew ...

Car carrier Gravity Highway, which is under construction in Hyundai Mipo Shipyard, collided with chemical tanker Maritime Maisie while on sea trial around 0215 LT Dec 29 13, some 9 nautical miles off Busan. 27 crew chemical tanker with 29337 ...

The fire started in the accommodation area of ferry King Seaways at around 2200 UTC Dec 28 13, when vessel was around 30 miles east of Flamborough Head, near Scarborough, en route from Newcastle on Tyne to Ijmuiden, Netherlands. There ...

Bulk carrier Orsula ran aground in the morning Dec 25 13 off Tibbets Point Lighthouse, northern Lake Ontario. Vessel is loaded with 21000 tons of wheat. It appears vessel can’t be refloated without lightering, cargo is to be partially or ...

Oil and gas leak on Statfjord A platform was reported at around 1740 LT Dec 28 13, shutting down output and leading to evacuation of half of the 168 personnel. Statfjord A platform is situated in North sea in Statfjord ...

Fire erupted on board of fishing vessel Juno docked in Westport, Washington, early in the morning Dec 28 13. Fire started at around 0130 LT, by 0405 it was extinguished. Vessel developed a list caused by firefighting water. No injures ...

Dec 28: Chinese polar research icebreaker Hue Long reported to be stuck in ice too, while approaching research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped in ice in vicinity of 66 52S 144 19E since Dec 24. Chinese vessel is situated some 6 ...

Tanker Silver with 5000 tons of diesel fuel on board on Dec 23 13 ran aground off Tan Tan port, southern Morocco (117 miles east of Lanzarote Island, Canary Island), while approaching the port. Vessel is hard aground on the ...

Cargo vessel Xing Tai 5 sank in the morning Dec 27 13 in Jiangsu province waters, somewhere north of Shanghai. 11 crew were rescued and 5 remain missing, according to Shanghai MRCC. Vessel is either container ship or a general ...

Bulk carrier Orsula probably ran aground in the morning Dec 25 13, reported Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping. 12/26 - The saltwater vessel Orsula was listed at anchor at Tibbets Point Wednesday morning. Conversations around noon with Seaway Clayton indicated ...

Fire erupted on board of accommodation platform Petrobras XX, positioned offshore Brazil some 170 nautical miles off Rio de Janeiro. According to witness from offshore supply vessel, which was engaged in fire fighting, containers on platform’s deck caught fire on ...

Research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy reported in the morning Dec 25 13, that the vessel is trapped in ice, in the Mertz Glacier area, some 150 nautical miles off French research base Dumon D’Uberville, some 1500 nautical miles off Hobart, Tasmania. ...

MRCC Etel France received an emergency report from boxship COSCO Nagoya at 2030 LT Dec 23 13. Vessel reported loss of 79 containers in a bad weather some 200 nautical miles off Penmarc, Bay of Biscay. Some fifty containers on ...

Ukrainian tanker Tamanskiy requested immediate assistance on Dec 23 13, reporting mass food poisoning on board. Vessel was off Crete Island, Mediterranean sea, en route to Damietta, Egypt. Greek Coast Guard patrol boat was dispatched to pick up ill seamen. ...

General cargo vessel Rebecca Rousing suffered mechanical breakdown in the morning Dec 24 13 some 30 nautical miles south of Oland island, Baltic sea, and asked for assistance. Rescue vessel KBV 002 took freighter on tow at around 1030 LT ...

Major fire broke out on board of LPG tanker Golden Miller, which was docked at terminal in Aratu, Brazil, at around 1740 LT Dec 17 13. Fire started when the vessel was loading cargo of propane. The crew was evacuated, ...