Pilot’s Rudder Order Went Wrong, Results in Collision
Summary
The Ocean Freedom arrived at an offshore anchorage outside Aransas Pass, Texas, in October 24 from its last port of call in Rugao, China, with a cargo of about 200 tons of steel piping....
[Watch] Tanker in Bad Weather at Pacific Ocean
Watch the tanker in storm, bad weather at Pacific Ocean.
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Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
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The market in the Middle East Gulf remained under downward pressure, with China discharge fixed at WS 57.5. SPC fixed to Singapore at WS 56.5 and 2001 built tonnage agreed WS 48 to South...
Maersk to Set Sail with 200 Techies in Digitisation Drive
The A.P. Moller-Maersk has decided to hire around 200 engineers at its new Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, India to help the company towards digital transformation.
Engineers to work on AI and Big Data:
The Copenhagen-based...
MAN L23/L30 Passes TAT! The Dual Fuel Variant
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s dual-fuel MAN L23/30DF engine successfully passed its Type Approval Test (TAT) on November 2nd 2017 at CSSC Marine Power (CMP) in Zhenjiang in front of the industry’s main classification societies. The...
Marintec 2017: New VIKING MES Cuts Servicing Costs
Mandatory servicing of marine evacuation systems (MES) on board passenger vessels is both costly and labour-intensive. At Marintec 2017, VIKING will introduce visitors to its latest MES solution that enables shipowners and operators to...
Double Trouble! Cook Overboard and Containers Lost
On Nov 30, 2017, a 59-year old Indian cook by name Ashok M. B. fell overboard from the vessel at the container terminal of Opcsa in Puerto de La Luz, Las Palmas.
Man was...
Vessel Lost Wheelhouse in Allision
On Dec 1, 2017, the barge "Nina" allided with the Oude IJssel-Bridge in Zutphen.
As a precaution all train traffic between Zutphen, Dieren and Klarenbeek was stopped briefly. The ship was enroute from Rotterdam...
Allision in Naples
On November 29, two ferries which were berthed in Naples port reportedly collided with each other due to strong winds.
What happened?
The ferry ‘Isola di Capri’ had entered the port and reportedly dropped its moorings...
[Watch] Allision with Buoy
On November 29, a vessel reportedly allided with a buoy while it was entering the port of Cagliari.
What happened?
The vessel ‘Karina Danica’ lost control of the vessel and reportedly allided with a buoy placed...