Month: April 2020

Korean tanker SUNRISE SAMBU collided with Japanese cargo ship SEIKAI MARU at around 0720 Tokyo time Apr 1 in Kawasaki waters, below Tokyo Bay Aqua Line Expressway, both vessels being under way at the time of collision. Tanker sustained portside bow damages, cargo ship hull was damaged portside midship. Tanker was brought to anchor at Kawasaki anchorage, cargo ship was berthed in Kawasaki Port. No injures, no leak reported.
Product tanker SINRISE SAMBU, IMO 9288007, dwt 3613, built 2004, flag...

http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/04/01/korean-tanker-collided-with-japanese-freighter-kawasaki/

TC Energy made the announcement as Canada's petroleum industry attempts to weather a massive drop in prices due to demand…

https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1131768/CanadatoboostcrudeoilexportstotheUSbynearly1mbpd

'The waterfront is a tightly knit community and if a member of that community succumbs, we all share the grief'…

https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1131769/OnedockworkerdiesinCaliforniawhileanotherishospitalisedinDelaware

Another effect of the coronavirus crisis was to sideline a trend towards putting greater importance on environmental, social and governance…

https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1131766/Financierssplitonhowmuchvirusisalreadyunderminingshipfinance

'We know shippers do not have sufficient access to refrigerated containers, ports are facing excess numbers of empties, and terminals…

https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1131767/FederalMaritimeCommissiontoinvestigatechallengesfacingtheUSsupplychainsystem

Engineer of Russian NorNickel-owned ice-class cargo ship NORILSKIY NICKEL was tested virus positive while the ship was en route from Murmansk to Dudinka, North-West Russa. The ship docked at Arkhangel port, White sea, where all the crew was taken off the ship and put under quarantine. The ship was disinfected, manned with relief crew, and resumed voyage to Dudinka on Mar 31. Not clear if Arkhangel call was scheduled or was made in emergency because of virus suspicion – medical authorities were...

http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/04/01/all-crew-quarantined-freighter-resumed-voyage-with-relief-crew-russian-arctic/