The Mississippi River was closed to vessel traffic north of St Louis on Wednesday September 26th after barges carrying loads of corn broke free from one another and struck a river lock, the US Army Corps of Engineers has reported. The accident took place at Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, Missouri....
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Kathryn Spirit dismantling will cost C$11.5m
The dismantling of general cargo ship Kathryn Spirit (IMO 6717069), which was abandoned in Beauharnois since 2011, will have cost the Canadian government C$11.5m by the time the project has been completed. The wreck has now been removed from the St. Lawrence, but the end of the work on the site...
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Marine accident round-up : 28th September 2018
The planned refloating of general cargo ship Heiko (IMO 6900379) on September 25th had to be postponed after water was detected in the cargo holds during the preparations. The salvage company is now carrying out further assessments on the vessel and drained water and oil. The insurer was reported...
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Marine accident round up :
A Port Otago, New Zealand, worker sustained injuries when he was struck by a container being loaded onto container ship Maersk Inverness (IMO 9348156) shortly before noon on September 23rd. He was then taken off the ship to an ambulance using a man-cage slung under a container crane. Although the...
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West of England reiterates danger of liquefied nickel ore
The dangers associated with the carriage of nickel ore due to the risk of liquefaction of the cargo when the moisture content rises to higher than the cargo’s Flow Moisture Point (FMP), were well known, but bore repeating, says West of England in a new article. Following a succession of ships being...
Marine accident round-up : 26th September 2018
Passenger/cargo RoRo Alexandra L (IMO 7419626) allided with the quay in Zakynthos upon entering port early on September 24th, en route from Kyllini. There was damage to both the ship and the quay, but no injuries among the 51 passengers. The ship which had suffered damage at port side and remained...
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Ship loaded with diesel, stone, runs aground in Straits of Mackinac
A tug-barge combination vessel ran aground in the Round Island Passage amid strong winds during the afternoon of Friday September 21st, prompting the US Coast Guard to create a safety zone around it to keep other ships away. The tug was Defiance (IMO 8109761) and the barge Ashtabula. They ran...
Marine accident round-up : 25th September 2018
Passenger/cargo RoRo Finnhawk (IMO 9207895) made contact with bulk carrier Platon (IMO 9452555) while manoeuvring at the Multi Terminal in the Port of Aarhus, on September 19th. Platon sustained a hole in the bow above the waterline and continued her way to Aalborg, Denmark for repairs. Finnhawk...
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Oil tanker runs aground on Greek island
Small oil tanker Fres (IMO 9531363) ran aground in shallow waters at the beach of Kanavas, on the island of Milos, Greece, last Wednesday, September 19th, while trying to dock at the pier. Fres, with a crew of 16 Greek nationals onboard, was sailing from Lesvos to Milos, carrying 1,000 tons of fuel...
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Marine accident round-up : 24th September 2018
Motorboat Krym slammed into chemical oil products tanker Mekhanik Pogodin (IMO 9598397) which was moored near Naftohavan in Kherson, during the evening of September 16th. The causes of the accident were being investigated. The owner of the motorboat was reported to have been “in a state of...
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