Refrigerated Cargo Ship Ice Rose (IMO 8311106) collided with a Russian warship on Wednesday September 23rd, near the Oresund Bridge, which links Denmark and Sweden. The Russian warship was reported to be the frigate Kazanets, a small anti-submarine ship, which was alleged to have been sailing...
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Marine accident round-up : 24th September 2020
The US Coast Guard medevaced a crew member from vehicles carrier Morning Peace (IMO 9780627) on September 17th while it was about 130 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Watchstanders received a medevac request from the vessel shortly after noon the previous day, for a 48 year-old crewmember...
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BIMCO adopts pioneering ship sale and leaseback standard
Independent shipowner’s association BIMCO has noted that sale and leaseback transactions had increased substantially in number over recent years as an alternative method of ship financing. BIMCO has now adopted a new term sheet which will facilitate the negotiation of sale and leaseback deals and...
Tug captain observed only “smooth travel” of Golden Ray before it capsized
A tug captain who helped push car carrier Golden Ray (IMO 9775816) from the docks as it left the port of Brunswick, Georgia prior to the vessel capsizing said on September 21st at the hearing into the incident being run by the US Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board, that he had...
Some days before Amorella will be refloated
It is likely to be some days will before any attempt is made to refloat grounded Passenger/Cargo RoRo MS Amorella (IMO 8601915) (IMN yesterday). On September 20th divers were still examining the hull of the ship underwater. It had apparently been breached in several places. The ferry will be...
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IUMI 2020: Salvage of Golden Ray imposed unique challenges, says T&T Salvage President
The salvaging of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray (IMO 9775816) has entailed unique physical, legal and regulatory challenges, according to Mauricio Garrido, president of T&T Salvage LLC. Indeed, he and his family (and cats and dogs) have physically relocated to St Simon’s Sound so as to be...
Tropical Storm Beta set to be ninth named storm to his US shores this year
Tropical Storm Beta was looking almost certain to become the third named cyclonic storm to make hit the US Gulf Coast within a month and to be the ninth named storm to arrive on US shores this year. Beta was hovering in US Gulf of Mexico waters on Sunday, September 20th. It was predicted to…
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Ferry runs aground between Finland and Sweden
Passenger/Cargo RoRo MS Amorella (IMO 8601915) has run aground in the Åland Islands waters between Finland and Sweden, Finnish authorities said. The Åland islands are autonomous region of Finland 70km from Sweden. The ship, which is operated by Finnish company Viking Line, grounded south of Långnäs...
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IUMI 2020: Is the current Lloyd’s model viable?
In the Q&A section yesterday at the end of the Cargo Workshop, the panel members from the Lloyd’s market were clear that the traditional face-to-face model of the Lloyd’s market was far from dead, and that having a number of underwriters and brokers in the same geographical space in London had...
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Marine accident round-up : 21st September 2020
Seven crew members of crude oil tanker Cabo Victoria (IMO 9778674) tested positive for Covid-19 while it was moored in Quintero Bay, Chile. A further 13 were carrying out preventive quarantine in a health residence because they were in close contact with the infected. On September 17th the ship...
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