Salvage crews have been preparing sever the fuel line on the capsized wreck of car carrier Golden Ray in St Simon’s Sound, Brunswick, Georgia, USA. It has been estimated by the salvors that 44,000 gallons of fuel could still be remaining inside the vessel, along with hundreds of vehicles. Before...
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An indication of the extent to which what in decades past would have been considered relatively minor spills but which now are capable of generating significant clean-up costs has been evidenced in Gibraltar Bay in the past week. Gibraltar has said that it was working to contain and clean up oil...
The Port of Los Angeles and cargo shipping lines that use the port have started to divert some ships to other Pacific Coast ports further north. A surge in imports, Covid-19 restrictions and staff shortages have strained the capacity at POLA beyond its maximum. Hapag Lloyd and CMA CGM had already...
The captain of sunken scuba diving vessel Conception has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges. Jerry Boylan was arraigned in federal court in Los Angeles on 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter. The 23-metre Conception caught fire overnight on September 2nd 2019. The diving boat was chartered...
The US Federal Maritime Commission has begun ordering ocean carriers and marine terminal operators to determine if legal obligations related to detention and demurrage practices are being met. The move came amid a boom in imported cargo at US ports. The information demand orders are being issued...
European cruise lines are progressing in their plans to resume holiday services. Germany’s AIDA cruises and Italy’s Costa Cruises, both subsidiaries of US-based Carnival Corp, have set new dates for the resumption of cruises. AIDA, based in Hamburg, had delayed its restart by two weeks to March...
Marine-focused legal firm HFW has released an update on its bulletin published in September 2020 last year, which considered the developments of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in the middle of the impact of the global spread of Covid-19. Yesterday IMN covered the various types of MASS...
A full six months after the scuttling of the bow of the wreck of bulk carrier Wakashio, dismantling of the stern has begun. The parts will be transported on a special barge from Pointe d’Esny, Mauritius, to the harbour of Port-Louis, before being handed over to a local scrap metal recycling...
Containership Maersk Eindhoven (IMO 9456771) lost an as-yet-unknown number of boxes while in the Pacific on February 17th, en route from Xiamen, China, to California, USA. The number of containers lost overboard was thought to number in the hundreds. The incident was understood to have occurred...
Chemical/oil products tanker Emeryn (IMO 9291315), ex Sunrise Eco, suffered engine damage in the South China Sea on February 9th, going adrift with a blackout. It issued a distress call that was answered by the m/v Galama, which was about to sail from Nakhodai to Dumai. The Emeryn’s position was...
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