Tough new quarantine measures have meant that ship repairs and general drydocking operations have become more tricky in China, and owners are being encouraged to carry out surveys outside of China. The Dalian local government has just introduced measures whereby surveyors attending ship repair and...
Passenger/Cargo RoRo San Gwann (IMO 9234006) ferry, operated by German shipping company FRS, ran aground off the Spanish island of Ibiza during the night of Saturday August 28th. The local emergency services told media that 25 people were injured, two of them seriously. The ferry runs between Ibiza...
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Three crew members of chemical/oil products tanker Global Lake (IMO 9427469), including the Captain, were reported to have died on board as the result of an accident between August 17th and August 25th. The tanker was cruising north of Algeria, reportedly in ballast, having left Bejaia, Algeria, on...
Unsurprisingly the dispute around the tanker Strovolos (IMO 9178056) and its oil cargo, which began the development into the current complex legal situation in June when charterer Kris Energy, which also owned 95% of Cambodia’s nascent oil production facility, went into liquidation. The Cambodian...
The Maldives Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has said the Navios Amaryllis (IMO 9423487), still grounded on Kaafu Atoll Rasfari reef can depart from the Maldives only after paying a deposit of MVR100m ($6.5m). The Navios Maritime Partners bulk carrier, which ran aground on a reef in the...
General cargo ship Sea Bird (IMO 8202941) was reported to have sunk in the Sea of Crete, east of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece, early in the morning of August 28th. The ship was en route from Ukraine to Tunisia with 7,000 tons of wheat on board. A large-scale search and rescue was launched, and all...
Container ship Jaohar Rima (IMO 9121883) was being towed by Aegeas Tug (IMO 5360625) at the weekend towards Lavrio, Greece after suffering a mechanical failure late on August 26th in the Aegean sea north of Kythnos island, Greece, while en route from Djen Djen, Algeria to Mariupol, Ukraine. The...
London P&I Club has launched a new, additional cover against K&R risks. Alongside London’s P&I and War Risks insurances, the K&R product “enables Members to benefit from one stop, comprehensive and streamlined support and service in the event of such a claim”, London Club said. The K&R cover can...
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Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday August 29th, impacting shipping and offshore energy supplies to the US. The hurricane hit land as a Category 4 near Houma, some 20 miles south-west of New Orleans. All ports within the Port of New Orleans captain of the port zone bar one were...
Bulk carrier Thor Monadic (IMO 9331220) has been put into quarantine off Hong Kong after 15 out of its 23 crew tested positive for Covid-19. The vessel had entered Hong Kong waters on August 24th, having travelled from Shanghai outer anchorage, and was anchored south of Lamma island. On August 25th...
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