Four seafarers went missing after an unidentified vessel hit the anti-collision pier of the Jiujiang Bridge in Foshan, Guangdong province, China, and sank. One report said that the vessel could have been the 96-metre-long Xin Rong Hai 1 (MMSI 413692780), although this had not yet been confirmed,...
General cargo ship Hayriye Ana (IMO 9557953) was in collision with container ship EF Olivia (IMO 9252735) during the morning of April 22nd when about 14nm from Capo Passero on the southeastern tip of Sicily, south of the ports of Syracuse and Catania. Both vessels were reported to have suffered...
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A 1,000-tonne hydraulic grab has arrived at the Baltimore Key Bridge to help in the extraction of the tangled debris that is currently embedded in the mud on the channel bottom. The Unified Command is targeting a full restoration of waterway access to and from Baltimore Port by the end of May....
The number of supertankers carrying crude oil to China rose in March to its highest level for nearly a year, according to Bloomberg. About 124 such vessels are signalling China as their next destination over the forthcoming three months – the highest level since late April 2023. China’s oil...
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A posting on LinkedIn has referred to a series of near-miss incidents on the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans late last month. Tugs were able to intervene to prevent an impact, but the US Coast Guard confirmed to the newspaper The Advocate in New Orleans that it was reviewing the...
A specialist group of workers is now removing from container ship Dali some shipping containers with goods inside that are defined as hazardous materials. The Dali was carrying nearly 4,700 containers when it struck Baltimore’s Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. Many containers need to be removed...
Ancient livestock carrier Deala (IMO 7405091) was reported to have run aground at the Rasa Port Entrance, Croatia on Tuesday, April 16th. The 1976-built ship was said to have had 15 crew members onboard, all of them of Egyptian nationality. None of the crew members was injured and there have been...
Salvage crews of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District have been continuing their slow and steady work in disentangling, cutting, lifting and then removing large pieces of steel from the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The Unified Command has been...
Belgian frigate BNS Louise-Marie, en route to the Mediterranean to join the Aspide mission in the Red Sea, as part of the Belgian Marine Component, participated in an exercise to test its capabilities to respond to the threat posed by Houthi drones. Unfortunately, according to insider reports, a...
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There were many injuries among passengers on high-speed passenger/vehicle RoRo Isola di Procida (IMO 9166209) that hit the Naples dock hard late last week. Initial reports were that 44 passengers were injured, with 29 being taken to hospital. One passenger was initially listed in critical...
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