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Jan 1 UPDATE: According to reports, the ship started taking on water and tried to run aground on sandy bottom, but failed, and rested on bottom on bigger depth. General cargo ship ONEGO TRAVELLER sank off Hole in the Wall ...

Fire broke up in cargo hold of bulk carrier DE SHENG 1 at Durban, SAR, on Dec 29. It was probably, not so much fire, as thick smoke billowing from hold, and visible in areas surrounding port. It is said, ...

Royal Malaysian Navy Corvette KD LAKSAMANA TAN PUSMAH (F137) was rammed by a speedboat, understood also Navy, during 2022 Armada Open Day at the Naval Base in Malaysia on Dec 29. Speedboat went out of control and struck corvette hull, ...

Container ship ASTRID L lost 9 containers overboard at Ashdod Anchorage, Israel, on Dec 27. At least three 40-foot containers loaded with house electronics, including refrigerators, household utensils and other consumer goods, drifted ashore. Locals started to loot containers cargo ...

Container ship HANNA lost three 40-foot containers overboard shortly after 0000 UTC Dec 29, 23 nm west of Ushant island, southwest English Channel, while en route from Le Havre to Bordeaux. The ship continued voyage, ETA Bordeaux Dec 30. containers, ...

Passenger ro-ro ship LIDER EXPRESS is disabled, adrift in South China sea in Riau islands waters N of Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo, since evening Dec 28. The ship with understood, only 19 crew on board and no passengers, is en route ...

VLCC tanker WEN YAO reported Master’s death on Dec 27, while sailing off Kochi port, India, Arabian sea. Tanker ballasting from Singapore to UAE interrupted her voyage and sailed to Kochi Anchorage, where she anchored in the afternoon Dec 28. ...

Car carrier TREASURE lost power and went NUC at 1730 LT Dec 24 while leaving Brunswick, bound for Philadelphia with some 1000 cars on board. The ship started to drift towards Jekyll Island Pier, but thanks to quick respond of ...

General cargo ship HONG HE XING suffered engine failure on Dec 27 in Hwasun port, Jeju island, Korea, while maneuvering to berth. The ship was stopped short of breakwater by joint efforts of rescua boats and tug or tugs, and ...

General cargo ship DOLPHIN 15 was reported by Armed Forces of Philippines Command to run aground on Balabac island SW coast, Palawan Province, Philippines, at night Dec 26. The ship according to report, was on her way to Vietnam and ...

Container ship HSL NIKE Container ship HSL NIKE suffered engine failure and was disabled in the morning Dec 26 in English Channel north of Boulogne, while en route from Dominican Republic to Rotterdam, with cargo of, mainly, reefer containers. The ...

Small tanker BELAIT SURITA reportedly sank after explosion in waters of Tawi-Tawi province, Philippines, on Dec 24 or earlier. Ten of eleven crew were rescued by bulk carrier FALCON TRIUMPH and tanker HIGH ADVENTURE. Both ships responded to distress message ...

General cargo ship REGGEBORG requested medical assistance to 5 crew, suffering from poisoning, probably by carbon monoxide, on Dec 25. The ship was anchored off Indian River Bay, Sussex County, Delaware, since Dec 19. All 5 were evacuated, assistance is ...

General cargo ship BAGHDAD while mooring at Umm Qasr, Iraq, struck berthed container ship ESL WINNER, understood in the afternoon Dec 24. Contact was so strong that container ship lifeboat was torn off its’ lashings, stern transom also sustained damages. ...

Passenger ro-ro ship FAST CAT M20 ran aground some 4.5 nm north of Tubigon harbor, Bohol island, Philippines, at around 0500 LT (UTC +8) Dec 23, while en scheduled trip from Cebu to Tubigon. There were 289 passengers and ro-ro ...

Container ship PACIFIC EXPRESS lost 10 containers overboard in stormy weather on Dec 17, off Quang Nam Province coast, central Vietnam, South China sea, while en route from Ho Chi Mingh to Hai Phong. 3 containers were found recently by ...

General cargo ship EMMA OLDENDORFF ran aground at Panama Canal entrance, Pacific side, at 0540 LT (UTC -5) Dec 22. The ship is in load, bound for Corpus Christi USA. As of 1155 LT, was still aground, Panama Canal transits ...

Tanker ISFJORD got her propeller entangled in net in Barents sea in Russian waters, in the morning Dec 21, and had to anchor. Tanker is awaiting divers, to clear propeller of nets. She’s deployed in bunkering fishing vessels. Was in ...

Report was received on accident in Kiel-Holtenau Lock, where general cargo ship BBC EMERALD contacted Lock Control Tower at around 2100 UTC Dec 20, while entering Kiel Canal. The ship remained in Lock for a bout an hour, thenresumed Canal ...

General cargo ship HYUNDAI FASHION sank in Yellow sea at around 0900 Seoul time Dec 21, due west of Gunsan, Korea. All 9 crew rescued by nearby fishing and cargo vessels, and later picked up by Korean CG. The ship ...