The Admiralty Court, Supreme Court of Bangladesh, issued an order on September 30th to arrange the discharge and disposal of the damaged cargo on general cargo ship Bene (IMO 9237204). The vessel was likely to sail after the completion of cargo off-loading and the issue of a Court Release Order....
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Some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel has been reported spilt into the marine environment from grounded offshore supply vessel Candy Store (IMO 9026485). Candy Store ran aground north of Monkey Island, near Cameron, Louisiana, on Tuesday October 16th. She began to take on water and sustained damages to...
New York City-based International Marine Underwriters (IMU), a member of Minnesota-based OneBeacon Insurance Group, has begun to offer “information risk coverage” which it said would “address a broad range of cyber incidents including data breach, threat of intrusion or interference with computer...
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Passenger/cargo RoRo KMP Nusa Dua (IMO 8314706) ran aground in the Bali Strait in Indonesia during the morning of October 12th. The vessel was waiting to dock at the port of Gilimanuk when strong currents pushed her towards shallow waters. The vessel was refloated about two hours later and safely...
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A merchant vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on October 16th, reported United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The vessel was transiting the area at the time. Shots were fired at the unnamed ship from a skiff that was following the vessel. The armed guards on board the...
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General cargo ship Alba Rousing (IMO 8506024) ran aground just before midnight on October 10th at Bardenfleths Ground north of Årø in the southern part of the Lillebælt (Little Belt), Denmark. The vessel was on its way from Nakskov, Denmark, to Kolding, Denmark, when it grounded and stuck. She was...
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Port Panama City Director Wayne Stubbs has said that the Port Authority had not yet been in contact with all of its employees, but most had been contacted and were safe. Most employees had sustained some damage to their homes, and some had lost their homes completely. Power was restored to the port...
In the latest of the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)’s ‘Safety Digest’, (volume 2, 2018) the board described a collision between two vessels that occurred from misunderstanding due to language differences. A large bulk carrier was approaching a laden oil tanker in a traffic lane of a...
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General cargo ship Nysand (IMO 6514936) took in water at the quay in Sunde, Norway, during the afternoon of October 12th. The fire brigade was alerted and dewatered the ship with pumps. It was planned to unload the cargo to make the ship lighter. 1965-built, Norway-flagged, 469 gt Nysand is owned...
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Neopanamax CMA CGM Mumbai (IMO 9778131) struck a pier while docking at Mumbai Jawaharlal Nehru Port during the morning of October 13th, on arrival from Karachi, Pakistan. The pier was not seriously damaged, according to an official statement. The ship was reported coming in to dock when it lost...
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