Members of the Haitian gangs 5 Seconds and Taliban (possibly named after, but with no llnk to the Afghan Taliban) recently captured freighter Magalie (IMO 7413892) at Port-Au-Prince’s Varreux terminal district, according to local media, stealing a sixth of the vessel’s cargo of rice, which is...
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized container ship MSC Aries (IMO 9857169) on Saturday April 13th in the Strait of Hormuz, days after the country’s government warned that it could close strait. The vessel was boarded by Iranian special forces about 50 miles off the coast of the United Arab Emirates,...
The owner of container ship Dali (IMO 9697428), which crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26th, has started a formal process for General Average. AP Moller-Maersk indicated that the General Average had been declared by Singapore-based Grace Ocean, according to a customer...
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The investigation into the Baltimore Bridge disaster on March 26th has begun to look at the electrical systems on container ship Dali, which lost propulsion and control shortly before alliding with the bridge and causing its entire collapse. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has...
The Houthi militia said on Wednesday April 10th that it had used drones and missiles to target four vessels in the Gulf of Aden, part of their stated campaign of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Attacks were claimed in a television speech from the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea on the...
The increase in the amount of piracy off the coast of Somalia in the past few months has been confirmed by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB), which has provided more granular detail. During the first three months of 2024 there were 33 incidents recorded globally, compared to 27 during the...
Noting that the Philippines is one of the largest exporters of nickel ore, group club Britannia has noted that concerns had been voiced by various industry bodies regarding the reliability of cargo declarations, certificates of Transportable Moisture Limit (TML), and Moisture Content (MC), for...
It seems a long time ago that the major concern in the Red Sea was a possible environmental catastrophe as a result of the 1.1m barrels of oil aboard the rusting hulk of FSO Safer (IMN June 1st 2023 and other dates). Newer developments in the region have taken over the headlines, but the Safer…
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Existing fire-fighting methods used to extinguish machinery space spray and pool fires on conventionally fuelled vessels are inadequate when dealing with methanol-based fires, according to a fire safety study by survival technology solutions provider Survitec Extensive comparative fire tests were undertaken on dual-fuel marine engines using diesel oil and methanol. Michal Sadzynski, product manager, water…
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has lowered significantly its forecast for US coal exports due to the temporary closure of the Port of Baltimore. The EIA had initially projected an increase of about 1% in US coal exports for 2024. However, the latest data from the EIA’s Short-Term...
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