general cargo ships

General Cargo Ships Collide

General cargo ships collided in Kusadasi anchorage waters, on  Dec 5, reports Maritime Bulletin.

What happened?

General cargo ships HESEN M and CANSEL collided in Kusadasi anchorage waters, opposite to Samos island, Turkey, Aegean sea, understood in the evening Dec 5. 

Both the ships were said to suffer damages. 

About the vessels

HESEN M

General cargo ship HESEN M, IMO 8507470, dwt 7310, built 1986, flag Comoros, manager CEDAR MARINE SERVICES SAL, Lebanon (EQUASIS).

CANSEL

General cargo ship CANSEL,...

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MacGregor receives over USD 10 million crane order for four general cargo ships

MacGregor receives over USD 10 million crane order for four general cargo ships

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order to provide cargo handling cranes for four 62,000 dwt general cargo ships to be built in Asia. The order is booked into Cargotec’s third quarter 2020 order intake, with deliveries planned to commence during the third quarter of 2021 and completed during the first quarter of 2022.

MacGregor has won this contract in a difficult and highly competitive market environment,...

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Two General Cargo Ships Troubled by Mechanical Failures

Two general cargo ships were troubled with a nearly 3 hours interval in Bosphorus, early in the morning Oct 3, reports Maritime Bulletin.

What is the reason?

Steering failure

VARNAVA suffered steering failure and started to drift in the Beykoz area at around 0040 UTC Oct 3.

She was towed by tugs to Byyukdere anchorage, Bosphorus. As of 0630 UTC Oct 4, she remained at anchor. The ship was transiting Bosphorus in the northern direction.

Engine failure

NEW LEO suffered reportedly an engine failure, at...

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