Ukraine has asked Turkey to investigate three Russian-flagged ships that it suspects might be carrying grain stolen from occupied Ukraine. The vessel are the Mikhail Nenashev (IMO 9515539), Matros Pozynich (IMO 9573816) and Matros Koshka (IMO 9550137). It has been revealed that in a letter dated...
General cargo ship Tian Long (IMO 9225500) was beached by typhoon Chaba on July 2nd in Yangxi County, Yangjiang City, South China, while en route from Vietnam to Zhanjiang, China. As of July 5th the ship was still aground. The crew remained on board. 2000-built, Sierra Leone-flagged, 4,441 gt Tian...
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Chinese officials have said that chances were slim of finding any more survivors from an engineering vessel that broke up and sank during a typhoon on July 2nd while it was operating as a support vessel for offshore wind farms near Hong Kong. In a press briefing late on July 4th local time the...
Cargo ship Elise (IMO 9454462) ran aground due to loss of steering when off Spurn Head, Yorkshire, UK Tugs Svitzer Eleanor and Trent Fisher attended and refloated at 14:15. The ship was then towed to an anchorage and docked in Grimsby at 19:30. 2007-built, Antigua & Barbuda-flagged, 1,917 gt Elise...
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Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov. The separatists said that the ships were now “state property”, reports Reuters, citing letters it had seen. The seizures are the first such moves against commercial shipping...
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Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises, the parent company of Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant, has said that it would not receive any insurance payout for the loss of the vessel. “The vessel is covered by a ‘Protection and Indemnity Cover for Third Parties Liability’ in accordance with maritime...
Things have been getting steadily worse for the LNG export facility at Freeport in Texas. Initial hopes that the closure after a fire last month would last only a few weeks quickly became a confirmation that full production might not be resumed until the end of the year. The US Pipeline and...
A fire that broke out early on Sunday July 3rd at Norway’s sole oil refinery, the Mongstad complex in Vestland, has been brought under control. At about 05:50 on Sunday morning the Vestland police district were informed that flames and smoke could be seen at the refinery complex. The fire was...
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Ukraine claimed on Sunday July 3rd that Turkish officials had detained cargo ship Zhibek Zholy (IMO 9598880), the first merchant ship to carry grain out of the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk since Russians occupied the city early on in its invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has claimed that the grain aboard...
The Gambia on Friday July 1st banned timber exports and permanently revoked all timber export licences, with immediate effect. The ban targets the export of the highly prized African Rosewood tree, which is nearly extinct. Following the ban, the government instructed port authorities to refuse to...