The staging of equipment for the next phase of the Ever Forward refloating operation was scheduled to begin on April 6th in Chesapeake Bay. The containership ran hard aground on a muddy bank on Sunday March 13th. and all attempts to refloat it since have failed. as it departed the Port of Baltimore...
The claim cost per vessel was returning towards a pre-Covid level in 2021, with increased vessel activity, but had remained at a surprisingly moderate level, despite ageing world fleet and soaring inflation, according to Cefor, The Nordic Association of Marine Insurers. Cefor said that this was...
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has warned of the risk of “sleep inertia”, that short-lived feeling of grogginess felt immediately after waking up. The NTSB said that sleep inertia usually lasted for about 30 minutes after waking, and could last longer if a person was suffering...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/ntsb-warns-of-sleep-inertia-dangers/
General cargo ship Azburg (IMO 9102899), which had been berthed in Mariupol Port, Ukraine since the Russian invasion on February 24th, and which IMN reported yesterday April 6th as having been fired at by Russian military forces at around 22:40 local time on April 4th, has sunk. The Azburg was one...
Anchored bulk carrier Great Royal (IMO 9083081) moved around during high tide and collided with anchored bulk carrier Fatema Jahan (IMO 9118422) during the afternoon of April 5th in the Pashur River, downstream from Mongla, Bangladesh. Both vessels were in load and both sustained damages in...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/marine-accident-round-up-7th-april-2022/
The US Coast Guard has admitted that, after two failed attempts to shift the Ever Forward (IMO 9850551)from its grounding position on the sea floor in Chesapeake Bay off Baltimore, Maryland, the best strategy would now be a lightering operation. The USCG warned that any refloating of the 12,118 teu...
Passenger/Vehicle Roro ship Drujba (IMO 9031698) allided with cargo ship Adnan H (IMO 8215649) on April 1st in the port of Burgas, Bulgaria, in stormy weather. The starboard side stern of the vessel had drifted against the starboard side foreship of the Adnan H, which had docked at a neighbouring...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/marine-accident-round-up-6th-april-2022/
A fire broke out in a store room at FPSO Petrojarl Foinaven (IMO 8887595), at BP’s Foinaven field, west of Shetland, on Saturday April 2nd. The fire necessitated an evacuation of non-essential staff. “BP is working with the FPSO duty holder Altera Infrastructure after a fire was detected in a store...
General cargo ship Azburg (IMO 9102899), which has been berthed in Mariupol Port, Ukraine, since the Russian invasion on February 24th, was reported to have been fired at by Russian military forces, at around 22:40 local time on April 4th. There were no further details as to the nature of the...
Singaporean authorities have begun an investigation into contaminated high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) that was alleged to have been sold by two unnamed bunker suppliers in February and March At least 34 ships were hit by fuel that was outside required specifications, according to fuel testing company...