Blue Marlin

NTSB report finds lack of continuous monitoring an issue in fire on dive support vessel undergoing repairs

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its investigation report into an incident wherein a fire ignited on board the dive support vessel (DSV) ..

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Quick-Thinking Crew Narrowly Evade Being Taken Hostage by Pirates

One of the biggest semi-submersible ships in the world, Royal Boskalis Westminster NV’s Blue Marlin was attacked by pirates just over a week ago, based on an article published by IOL.

What happened?

Blue Marlin is a 76 081-dwt heavy-lift vessel capable of lifting extreme loads. The ship’s entire deck area submerges allowing the heavy-lift cargo, which could be an entire floating oil rig or even a ship, to be floated on or off.

Blue Marlin, which has called in South Africa on several occasions, was...

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Pirates Hijack Blue Marlin! Vessel Recovered and Crew Freed

A Royal Boskalis Westminster heavy transport vessel has been recovered and the crew freed after being hijacked on Sunday about 80 miles offshore Equatorial Guinea as reported by Offshore Engineer.

What happened?

On May 7, the 225m-long Blue Marlin semisubmersible heavy transport vessel had recently unloaded cargo in Equatorial Guinea and had set sail for Malta. But, on Sunday afternoon, the ship was unlawfully boarded from a zodiac rigid-hulled inflatable boat by several armed pirates.

Upon...

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