After spending months trapped on board the abandoned LPG Tanker Celanova (IMO 9268394), its Cuban crew are now in a Manila hotel awaiting repatriation. In December 2019 the Celanova lost its rudder off the Philippines and was towed to Manila Bay, where she dropped anchor 13 miles from port....
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The body of an Afghan migrant was found during the late afternoon of Sunday September 6th in the vehicle deck of passenger/cargo RoRo Cruise Europa (IMO 9351490) after it arrived in Ancona on a voyage from Patras, Greece. The victim’s body was found within the vessel’s vehicle hold, and it showed...
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The search for survivors of the lost livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883)has been called off. The vessel was carrying 43 crew members and more than 5,800 cows when it lost power in a typhoon, capsized and sank on September 2nd. Three people were found, of whom two have survived. One of...
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The Sri Lankan navy has towed VLCC New Diamond (IMO 9191424) further out to sea in order to keep it away from the coast of the Indian Ocean island. The wind had picked up in strength and changed direction, navy spokesman, Indika de Silva said on Thursday September 10th. The tanker, which is loaded...
Crude oil tanker Euroforce (IMO 9251585) arrived on Wednesday off Freeport, Texas, containing a cargo of Iranian gasoline confiscated by the US. The vessel was preparing to discharge, according to a spokesperson from Brazos Pilots Association. The Euroforce retained Houston-based cargo agent Texas...
The significant explosion that tore open the port side of product tanker Trung Thao 36-BLC (IMO 9700598) on September 7th (see yesterday’s IMN), while it was at the port of Dung Quat, just north of Quang Ngai, resulted in one fatality. Divers have now located the body of one crewmember. The Trung...
Sri Lanka has said that it will be taking legal action against the owners of VLCC New Diamond (IMO 9191424), which caught fire within the island’s maritime zone on September 3rd and which has seen recurring outbreaks of smaller fires ever since. Jagath Gunesekara, Deputy General Manager of the...
Cargo damages are important issues that affect shipowners. Keeping that in mind the UK P&I Club has formulated a guideline to handle such cargo damage claims.
Let’s take a look at them.
CONTROLS:Weather routeing
Adequate packing...
https://mfame.guru/faq-checkpoints-to-tackle-physical-cargo-damage/
A reefer ship identified as refrigerated cargo ship Water Phoenix (IMO 9045168) was approached and boarded on September 8th by an unknown number of persons when about 31nm south-southwest of Lagos, Nigeria, Dryad Global said referring to sources. The attack could have resulted in the kidnapping of...
The Japanese Coast Guard resumed its search for missing crew members of the Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883) on September 7th, which capsized during Typhoon Maysak on September 2nd. A second typhoon, Haishan, forced the coastguard to postpone their aerial search. There are 40 crew members still...