Viking Grace, a ferry operated by Finland-based company Viking Line, ran aground in heavy winds outside the harbour of Mariehamn, the Åland Islands on 21 November. The post Viking Grace ferry…
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Passenger Ferry Viking Grace ‘Firmly’ Aground in Aland Islands
A Viking Line passenger ferry with 400 passengers and crew on board has ran aground in Finland’s Aland Islands. The Finnish Board Guard reported that the ship, the Viking Grace,…
Cargo Ship Breaks Tow, Grounds in Vietnam
An end-of-life cargo ship under tow to breakers lost its tow and become grounded along the east coast of Vietnam. The owners of the MV Jakarta, NKD Maritime Limited, said the vessel went aground on October 10 during very heavy weather and sea conditions. The vessel was under tow at the time and is...
COSCO’s bulker runs aground in Virginia
The Panamanian flagged coal carrier Hong Dai ran aground on a soft sandy bottom […] The post COSCO’s bulker runs aground in Virginia appeared first on Offshore Energy.
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Viking ship runs aground off Finland, all passengers evacuated
A ferry operated by Finnish company Viking Line has run aground in the Åland Islands waters between Finland and Sweden, Finnish authorities said. The post Viking ship runs aground off Finland, all…
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New Zealand: Master, Chief Engineer fined for MV Funing incident
The Master and Chief Engineer of the Singapore-flagged log carrier MV Funing have been sentenced and fined after admitting charges relating to the grounding of the ship at the Port of Tauranga, New…
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Wakashio master and first officer arrested, face charges
The captain and first officer of the Wakashio were arrested by Mauritian authorities, on 18 August, and charged with endangering safe navigation. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, the 58-year-old Indian captain of the vessel, and the Sri […]
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Wakashio owner to question crew over incident
The crew of Wakashio will be questioned by the shipowner and manager as investigations begin into the accident that caused the Capesize bulk carrier to finally break up over the weekend. Wakashio ran aground on a reef […]
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Stranded Wakashio breaks in two, captain could face charges
The Capesize bulk carrier, Wakashio, which ran aground on a reef off Mauritius and sparked an environmental crisis, broke in two over the past weekend. It has since emerged during the investigation into the incident […]
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