The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the sinking of the 1997-built Marquette Transportation towboat St Rita. On March 7th 2019 at about 14:30 local time, towboat St Rita was shifting hopper barge LTD 14161 across the Mississippi River to the...
Three passengers who arrived at Piraeus on passenger/cargo RoRo Blue Star 1 (IMO 9197105) from Patmos island early on August 18th were placed in isolation after two of them tested positive for Covid-19. An investigation has been launched. Depending on the result, actions will be taken for the rest...
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Japan-based Nagashiki Shipping, the owner of bulk carrier Wakashio (IMO 9337119), which grounded on a reef in Mauritius on July 25th and which subsequently caused a large oil spill before breaking apart, said on Wednesday August 19th it would wait for judicial decisions after the arrest of the...
The grounding of container feeder vessel Thea II (IMO 9107394) on the evening of December 15th 2018 was caused by a dragging anchor, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has said in its report on the incident, adding that the subsequent grounding of tug Svitzer Josephine (IMO 8919219)...
P&I Correspondents Huatai Marine have reported that a fishing ban in and around Ningbo-Zhoushan port in China is to be lifted. It said that this could lead to an increased density of ships during the fishing season and a consequent increase in the risk of collision. The Ningbo maritime Safety...
Correction: In IMN on August 17th we published an article relating to bulk carrier Sofia R (IMO 9530967). John J Rigos Marine Ent SA, the managers of the Sofia R, inform us that neither Master nor crew of the aforementioned had any Covid incident on board and that the vessel had never called at...
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Consultancy AqualisBraemar has obtained formal approval from the country’s central bank to handle insurance claims in Malaysia. AqualisBraemar’s registration as an adjusting business became effective on August 1st. The registration in Malaysia will enable AqualisBraemar to offer adjusting services in conventional power generation, renewables and oil- and gas-related insurance claims from their office in Kuala…
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India has sent technical equipment and a team of specialists to Mauritius to help local authorities deal with the environmental aftermath of the grounding, sinking and subsequent break-up of cargo ship Wakashio (IMO 9337119) off the coast of the Indian ocean island. Following a government request...
Panama-flagged bulk carrier Dawn Horizon (IMO 9638850) collided with oil products tanker Malingap (IMO 9803209) off Luzon Point, Mariveles, Bataan, on August 15th, the Philippine Coast Guard has said. Antonio Guiritan, RAD officer of MTKR Malingap, told the PCG that “MV Dawn Horizon skippered by...
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In its marine accident report on an October 2018 incident, where the crane on a crane barge struck the Sunshine Bridge on the Lower Mississippi River, causing $6.7m worth of damage, the US National Transportation Safety Board noted that between 2004 and 2014 a US Coast Guard study found that there...