Search and rescue crews have asked the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) temporarily to change a rule for boats helping in the search for the missing crew members of capsized liftboat Seacor Power (IMO 8765682). The volunteers want permission to tie a Turtle Excluder Device net...
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An oil boom was laid out around landing craft/cargo ship LCT Cebu Great Ocean on April 21st by the Philippine Coast Guard and the Malimono Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Surigao del Norte also used a drone to...
Sri Lankan authorities was reported to have expelled general cargo ship BBC Naples (IMO 9484223) on April 21st after it allegedly entered Sri Lankan waters without declaring a shipment of radioactive materials that were destined for China. The ship was asked to leave the port of Hambantota after...
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Survivors and former crewmembers of tug Bourbon Rhode (IMO 9356359) have told investigators that the vessel was not in shipworthy condition prior to the September 2019 voyage (IMN October 2nd 2019) during which it sank and was lost, flag state Luxembourg has said. Due to the complexity of the...
Landing craft LCT Cebu Great Ocean ran aground off the southern Philippine province of Surigao del Norte, the Philippines Coastguard has said. The vessel was carrying 20 crew members – all of whom are missing – plus nickel ore, and around 2,000 litres of diesel. The weather was rough in the area...
The US Coast Guard has ended its search for the eight crew of capsized liftship Seacor Power (IMO 8765682). A six-day search for the crew, which involved several USCG boat and air crews, local agency crews and good Samaritans, ended on the evening of Monday April 19th. The search covered more than...
The latest edition of The Marine Insurer, Issue 5 (April 2021), Asia and Nordics Special: Marine market sailing safely through pandemic, can be found below. https://marineinsurer.co.uk/the-marine-insurer/ Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) declared force majeure on Monday April 19th April in relation...
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Container ship Hai Lan Zhong Gu 9 (IMO 9754874) collided with 110-metre coastal cargo ship Haohang XXX near buoy 60 in the Shizi Channel in the upper channel of the Pearl River estuary, while sailing downstream, at around 22:00 Beijing time on April 10th, The Haohang XXX sank, but all 13 crew were...
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A fifth body from the crew of the capsized liftboat Seacor Power (IMO 8765682) was recovered during the evening of Sunday April 18th in the Gulf of Mexico. Search and rescue operations continue for the eight crewmembers still missing were continuing. Divers had recovered two unresponsive...
The main causes of a fatal accident on general cargo ship Damsterdijk (IMO 9346665) were poor communication and a seafarer’s tiredness, the Dutch Safety Board has stated in its report on an accident which occurred in Ipswich, UK in October 2019 (IMN, October 9th 2019) The cook, together with a...