General Cargo Ships Archives - Page 3 of 3

Cargo ship Dae San in distress after water ingress

The North Korean general cargo ship Dae San sent distress signal for water ingress in Arabian sea. The accident happened a few nautical miles off Oman coast on route to Dubai. The vessel was operating with cargo to and after the distress signal there is no communications and information about the ship. The weather conditions in the vicinity are good, there is slight wind, but no storm or anything. Most probably the ship god water ingress in the engine room, because of technical problems. The rescue boats were sent to the scene of the accident, but there is no information for the vessel. The company Daesan Shipping is not commenting the information, as they also have no contact with the vessel.

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Cargo ship Alushta ran aground in Russia

The general cargo ship Alushta ran aground in Russian Onega Lake. The vessel was on route from Perguba to Lyskovo, when hit a mud bank, which was not still updated on the chart. The ship's hull got serious damages, but no spillage and pollution was reported in the region. The general cargo ship Alushta was loaded with gravel cargo, which should be discharged in Lyskovo. The ship was not able to refloat by itself, so the salvage operations with two tugs were held, but some part of the cargo should be discharged to lighten the vessel. The damages of the hull will not cause the sinking of the vessel, but definitely their repair will cause serious delay in ETA of the ship.

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Biostar ship ran aground in Norway

The Norwegian general cargo ship Biostar ran aground in North sea. The accident happened western off Vibransoy island in Haugesund, Norway. The ship was operating in the region, fully loaded with cargo, when due to navigation mistake of the duty officer ran agound in mud bank of Vibransoy island. The vessel was not able to refloat by itself, but with the support of a harbor tug was towed to safety. The general cargo ship Biostar returned to the closest port, where an inspection found several damages to the hull, stern, bow and rudder. The ship was kept in the port for repair and maintenance after the collision. The vessel is is good condition, in spite of the several damages, which has in the accident. There are no injured people and no pollution in the scene of the collision.

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One person died during fire on General Cargo ship

The general cargo ship Brielle caught fire, while being on berth in Ensenada port in La Plata, Argentina. The cargo ship was moored and has cargo operations, when a cargo broke our in one of the cargo holds. One crew member died during the accident and six more people are seriously injured. The firefighters needed more than six hours to extinguish the fire on board of cargo ship Brielle. The general cargo ship has 13 crew members, who were from Russian, Ukrainian and Filipino nations. The died person is still unknown, as the authorities do not specify even the nationality of the man. The cargo ship Brielle suffered sufficient damaged in the hull and superstructure, during the fire. Engaged with the fire fighting were two tugs and the shore command with full equipment. The port authorities are still investigating the reason for the fire on board, as still it is unknown if it was started by human mistake or engineering failure.

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Chariot ship was released from Greek authorities

The Russian cargo ship Chariot was released and continued the voyage to Bar, Montenegro. As we already informed you, the vessel was arrested yesterday in the Greek port Zakynthos with accuses for traffic of military cargo to Montenegro. The cargo ship Chariot had some undeclared cargo types and some missing documents, which was the reason of the arrest. After the second check of the Greek authorities the ship was released the continue the voyage to the Balkan country with the cargo. However on board of the ship were found large quantity of alcohol and cigarettes, but this was not enough for extending the arrest of the ship, but against the seamen is getting investigation for traffic. The Russian cargo ship Chariot was carrying military cargo from Ukraine to Montenegro and the estimated time of arrival (ETA) is in the afternoon of 13th July 2012.

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The Russian ship Chariot was arrested in Greece

The cargo ship Chariot, which is operating for the Russian company Westberg, was arrested in Greece. The ship was on regular documents check 5.8 nautical miles off Zakynthos port, when the Coast Guard decided to check the cargo type and found ammunitions and arms, which were not declared. The cargo ship Chariot was accused for traffic of arms to Bar, Montenegro. According to the authorities of the Greek port, the ship was used for traffic of ammunitions to the Balkan country through Greece. The crew and the master of the ship were also arrested and during the rummage many more undeclared goods were found, such as cigarettes and alcohol.

The cargo ship Chariot is the same vessel, which was accused for traffic of arms to Syria a month ago. Then, the ship lost its insurance and was not able to make the delivery of the cargo to the restive country.

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B&E Uno ship sank in Philippines

The general cargo ship B&E Uno ran aground in rocks and sank in the Mactan Channel in Philippines. The accident happened 200 meteres off shores of Lapu-Lapu City. The cargo ship was underway, when due to error of the navigation officer, hit shallow of rocks and god large hole in the hull. The vessel B&E Uno got water ingress and for a few minutes the engine room filled with water. The crew members on board were 18 and all were saved, as the weather in the region was not bad the most of them swam to the shore. The general cargo ship B&E Uno was loaded with cement bags and has diesel in the fuel tanks. Now there are no reports for water pollution in the region of accident. The mast of the general cargo ship still is visible over the water, but salvage operations are not organized, as the ship will disturb the voyages in the Mactan Channel, if no measures are taken.

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