container ships

Port of Antwerp ready to make another record throughput

Throughput continues to grow in the Port of Antwerp, as the total throughput after nine months is 177,026,550 tonnes, a 6% increase compared with the same period last year. With these results, the port is on track for the sixth consecutive record year.

Container traffic grew by 7.1%, while in terms of TEUs, throughput increased by 6.8%.

Throughput for the largest shipping area, Europe, registered the strongest growth: 12.4%. Throughput for North America grew by 8.2% and for Asia by 2.2%. Imports...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-antwerp-ready-to-make-another-record-throughput/

Watch: CMA CGM containership hits dock in India

CMA CGM’s containership, CMA CGM Mumbai, crashed into a dock at JNPT in India. The incident took place on Saturday, October 13, while the ship was trying to berth at the port.

The newbuild CMA CGM containership hit the dock in India as it was making a turn.

This video depicts the 10,100 TEU CMA CGM Mumbai crashing into the side at JNPT. The ship and the dock sustained minor damages, while no injuries were reported.

According to international sources, a problem in the steering system led to the...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-cma-cgm-containership-hits-dock-in-india/

Ferry separated from container ship in Corsica

As the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the Mediterranean informed, the ferry ‘Ulysses’ has been released from the container ship ‘Virginia’, on October 11. This comes after the first attempt to separate the ships earlier this week, which was unsuccessful.

Namely, with combined movements the team responsible for the operation managed to separate the ‘Ulysses’ from ‘Virginia’.

Currently, ‘Ulysses’ stays on the spot, while all means on area are mobilized to secure the ships and prevent an...

https://safety4sea.com/ferry-separated-from-container-ship-in-corsica/

First attempt to separate ferry and container ship unsuccessful

The ferry ‘Ulysses’, which collided with the container ship ‘CLS Virginia’, tried to maneuver in order to separate from the container ship. The ship put its engines back, but the situation did not change.

In the meantime, two ships ‘Jason’ and ‘Abeille Flanders’ used their pulling power to try to help the movement. However, nothing happened to separate the vessels.

Currently, experts appointed by the shipowners and from the Maritime Prefect are in the area, studying other ways to move the ships.

Ul...

https://safety4sea.com/first-attempt-to-separate-ferry-and-container-ship-unsuccessful/

Oil spill reported after container ship’s collision with ferry in Corsica

After the container ship ‘CSL Virginia’ collided with the ferry ‘Ulysse’, the container ship’s hull was ruptured. As a result, a bunker spill of around 4 kilometres has been reported off Corsica.

After the collision, ‘CSL Virginia’s’ fuel tanks have been ruptured, leading to an oil spill. According to French maritime authorities, the oil spill is about 4 kilometres and is floating off the Corsica.

In order to control the pollution, a number of ships have been deployed, while Italy and Monaco are...

https://safety4sea.com/oil-spill-reported-after-container-ships-collision-with-ferry-in-corsica/

Container ship, ferry collide near Corsica

The container ship ‘CSL Virginia’ collided with the ferry ‘Ulysse’ near Corsica on Sunday, October 7. Both ships sustained damages, while no injuries have been reported.

At the time of the accident, ‘CSL Virginia’ was anchored north of Cap Corse, northern Corsica peninsula, when it was struck by ‘Ulysse’, which was heading from Genoa Italy to Tunis Tunisia.

The container ship sustained a several meters hull breach, with the ferry having damages to its bow.

After the collision responders from...

https://safety4sea.com/container-ship-ferry-collide-near-corsica/

Two container vessels sank in Asia

Two container ships, with a length of approximately 70 meters, sank in Asia.

The ship “Sam Ratulangi” ran aground on Thursday near Thongwa township in the country’s Yangon region. Coastguard, navy and police teams have been monitoring the ship since villagers first spotted it earlier in the week. When it finally came to a standstill after hitting a sandbar, a team entered the vessel and confirmed there was no one on board.

“No crew or cargo was found on the ship. It was quite puzzling how such a...

http://container-news.com/two-container-vessels-sank-asia/

Drewry downgrades forecast for container demand

A worse world economic outlook and rising trade tensions have made Drewry to downgrade its forecast for container demand over the next five years, according its latest Container Forecaster.

Drewry’s supply and demand prognosis for carriers has gotten worse since the last report. Previously, the global supply-demand index was expected to take incremental steps upwards through 2022. The new forecasts suggest that the industry now may be stuck with the current over-supplied situation for several...

https://safety4sea.com/drewry-downgrades-forecast-for-container-demand/

Cargo ship sinks off Taiwan

The cargo ship ‘Ying Hai’ developed heavy starboard list in Penghu waters, off Taiwan, in October 2. The ship which was loaded with containers has sank on October 3 in Penghu.

‘Ying Hai’ experienced heavy starboard list in Penghu, southern Taiwan, on October 2. The vessel then developed list as a number of containers shifted during rough sea conditions.

After that Taiwan’s search and rescue agency was alerted, while the ship’s 9 crew got into search and rescue boats, following attempts to tow the...

https://safety4sea.com/cargo-ship-sinks-off-taiwan/

Cargo ship stranded off Bermuda

The US Coast Guard airdropped a large supply of supplies to a disabled cargo ship about 1380 miles southeast of Bermuda, Tuesday, and continues to monitor the situation. The 250-foot Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship, Alta, had 10 people onboard.

A 250-foot Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship, Alta, with 10 people onboard, became disabled while transiting from Greece to Haiti, and was unable to make repairs. The crew reported that they had enough food for two days and water for 15 days, and that there were...

https://safety4sea.com/cargo-ship-stranded-off-bermuda/

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