A dangerous fire aboard container ship MOL Prestige (IMO 9321029) in 2018 was caused by inadequate maintenance, Canada’s Transportation Safety Bureau (TSB) has concluded On January 31st 2018, a fire broke out in the engine room of the MOL Prestige while she was under way about 150 nm to the...
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Ship casualties look likely from Beirut blast
At least four ships – Jouri (IMO 9174475) City of Rome (IMO 9174763) Raouf H (IMO 8325535) and Mero Star IMO 8321682) could have been moored in the vicinity of Tuesday’s massive explosion in the port of Beirut, which looks to have put the port out of action for the foreseeable future. Lebanon has...
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African shipping line launches first service
New feeder line Djibouti Shipping Company, based in East Africa, launched its first container service in July. Djibouti Shipping Co was created by a subsidiary of the Djibouti Port and Free Zone Authority. The company acquired the 1,118 teu Asian Sun in March, renaming it Africa Sun (IMO 9359105)....
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Arctic sea ice level reach record low – ships arrive
The Northern Sea Route is now completely open, reports the Barents Observer. There has been a spike in shipping along the remote Russian Arctic shipping route as a result of sea ice melting over the past few weeks. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, ice levels on July 15th stood at...
Norway stops larger cruise ships disembarking after Covid-19 cases
Norway has temporarily banned all cruise ships with more than 100 people on board from disembarking. The announcement was made on Monday August 3rd after an outbreak of Covid-19 was reported late last week on Hurtigruten cruise ship Roald Amundsen (IMO 9813072). By the time the cases were...
Security guard hi-jacks drybulk carrier that he was meant to be protecting
A security guard who was involved in a pay dispute hi-jacked the drybulker Jaeger, and its crew. After a stand-off that lasted nearly three days, US-based ship operator Eagle Bulk Shipping said that the security incident had been resolved successfully. The incident apparently began on July 21st...
Marine accident round-up : 5th August 2020
Swells around grounded bulk carrier Wakashio (IMO 9337119) off Mauritius has led to increased vigilance. Ocean water has been battering Mauritian waters since early on August 2nd. A staff of 20 salvors were assessing the damage. Repair work should begin this week. There were hopes that refloating...
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Lim family’s shipping unit to pursue ‘consensual restructuring’
The Singapore High Court hearing to consider Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC)’s application to place the vessel-owning affiliates of financially troubled Hin Leong Trading under judicial management has been adjourned until August 13th. OCBC wants managers to oversee Xihe Holdings and four other...
Several vessels near to location of huge explosion in port of Beirut
A massive explosion struck the port of Beirut in the early evening of Tuesday August 4th. Lloyds List Intelligence and Marine Traffic listed the following vessels as being close to or at the port at the time of the explosion. The largest vessel close to the explosion was CMA CGM Lyra (IMO 9410806)...
Passengers and crew on Roald Amundsen test positive for Covid-19
At least 40 passengers and crew from cruise ship Roald Amundsen (IMO 9813072) have now tested positive for Covid-19. Norwegian public health officials said on Sunday night that they were still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages. Four crew members had been...