The crude oil tanker Kim Jacob is one of the largest ships in the fleet of Ernst Jacob Group. The vessel has profitable dimensions, large cargo capacity, but definitely is hard to be compared with the largest crude carriers of the world. Kim Jacob has overall length of 274.00 m, moulded beam of 48.00 m and summer draft of 23.20 m. The size of the ship is large, but the improved cargo spaces increase the capacity of the vessel. The deadweight of Kim Jacob is 159,211 DWT, while the gross tonnage is 81,265 GRT and the net tonnage is 50,735 NT. The ship is modern, environmental and really profitable, as it was built in one of the best and highest quality yards of the world. On board are installed a lot of modern equipment, innovations and really good developments, which increase the power and speed of the ship with low fuel consumption. The vessel was built in 1998 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in their shipyard in Goeje, South Korea. The ship is …
General cargo ship ran agound in Greece
The general cargo ship Stella, which is operating under the flag of Ukraine ran aground Andros island, Greece. The ship hit rocks of a shallow, due to navigation error and oversight of the duty officer to the real ship's position. Too much reliance on navigational equipment often causes such accidents and even can cause ship's sinking. The general cargo ship Stella got got some damages of the hull, but there is no accurate information before the salvage operations complete. On the scene of the accidents was sent to Coast Guard patrol boat, which will try to tug the vessel and refloat it. The general cargo ship Stella was operating under ballast from Chalkis to Romania, where has chartered cargo, but most probably will have serious delay. After refloating of the vessel, the general cargo ship will be towed to the closest port for inspection and repair. There is no pollution and injured people during the accident.
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Samsung Heavy Industries launched Ever Lambent
Samsung Heavy Industries delivered the large container ship Ever Lambent to Evergreen Marine Coorperation. The vessel was christened by chairman Chang Yung-fa and has maximum capacity for 9,200 TEU. Definitely this is the first and largest container vessel of the company, which operates mostly in Asia. The vessel Ever Lambent is built according to the best practices of the shipyard and Greenship design concepts, as the builders integrated their newest developments inside. The container ship has electronically-controlled fuel injection, which will highly decrease the fuel consumption and CO2 emission. Also the energy-efficient navigational capability and minimal ballast water requirement are the basic features, which the ship has integrated inside. The vessel has cutting-edge hull optimization, which highly decreases the water resistance and increases the power of the main engine.
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Fire on board of chemical tanker Bunga Alpinia
The chemical/palm oil tanker Bunga Alpinia caught fire, while berthed alongside at Petronas Chemicals Methanol Sdn Bhd terminal in Labuan, Malaysia. The fire started, during the cargo operations this morning (on 26th July 2012) and caused missing of 5 crew members and serious injured of 1 person. Bunga Alpinia chemical tanker was operating in East Africa and arrived to discharge cargo in Malaysia, when fire on board started from technical breakdown. On board of the ship there were 29 crew members - 23 Malaysians and 6 Filipinos. The port authorities send immediately tugs for fire fighting, but still there is no details if the fire is extinguished. The ship is loaded with methanol, as it is highly explodable cargo. The local authorities are investigating the reasons for the accident and still search for the missing 5 crew members.
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Dangerous cargo exploded on Maersk Kinloss
Dangerous cargo had been exploded on board of the container ship Maersk Kinloss in Iliychevsk, Ukraine. During the discharge of the cargo, the dock workers noticed that several containers are seriously damaged, due to explosion on board. The container, which caused explosion was loaded with the dangerous cargo of aluminum phosphide. The fire caused damage of the container and cargo inside and also serious damaged the nearby containers. On board of the container ship Maersk Kinloss there were total 2082 containers, 683 of which were discharged in the port of Iliychevsk. The dock workers found 3 TEU with the cargoes aluminium phosphide and oxidizer, which were stowed in the cargo hold. Such stowage is violating the safety regulations and might cause serious accident with the vessel (same as thos of MSC Flaminia). The main reason for the accident might be not correctly declared cargo. The port authorities evacuated the ship and vicinity, as the burning alumini…
Octopus yacht
The yacht Octopus is one of the largest and most expensive yachts of the world, built ever. The vessel was built in 2003 in the yard of Lurssen Yachts. The owner of the super-yacht is Paul Allen, who is the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world. The super-yacht Octopus is really large and impressive in design and architecture. The overall length of the yacht is 126.20 m, the beam is 21.00 m and the maximum draft is 5.66 m. The deadweight of Octopus super-yacht is 1,680 DWT and the gross tonnage is 9,932 GRT. The large size of the yacht is great prove of its majesty, but also the hull has increased strength and the interior has comfortability of high class cruise. The yacht has active and static stabilizers, which decrease the rolling, during heavy sea. On board of yacht Octopus is installed the most modern equipment for safety, navigation and stabilization.
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MSC Flaminia fire is under control
The fire on board of the container ship MSC Flaminia is under control and the ship is on 260 nautical miles off European Coast. The tug boat Anglian Sovereign is monitoring the temperature on board of the trans-ocean container ship with special laser technology. The fire is extinguished but the dense smoke is still getting out of the cargo holds of the ship. The salvage team is not able to get control of the bridge and engine room of MSC Flaminia, but after the smoke stops, they will board the ship and get control of it. The three tugs are monitoring any part of the ship and if the temperature increase or the fire start in any place, they will continue fire fighting, but now there is no rudiments of acting fire on MSC Flaminia.
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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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Asia Star reported position on way to Borneo
The cargo ship Asia Star, which was missing after engine failure reported position in Sandakan, Borneo with fixed problem with engine and no damages. The cargo ship disappeared from the radars and had no connection on the VHF radio with traffic control of Luzon, Philippines. The cargo ship Asia Star sent distress signal on 22nd July 2012, but due to the bad weather the tugs were not able to complete the salvage operations. Till that moment the ship disappeared and there were no information, as even the company operator Inter Shipmanagement thought it sank. Fortunately, the problem on board was fixed the ship resumed voyage, reporting its position from the destination port Borneo, Malaysia. The crew on board has no injuries and the ship has no damages.
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Hanjin Ottawa
Hanjin Ottawa is one of the most modern and most powerful container ships of the world. The vessel has really large and innovative design, providing high cargo space and really economy engineering. The overall length of the ship is 279.00 m, while the registered length between perpendiculars is 265.00 m. The moulded beam of the vessel is 40.30 m and maximum draft is 14.00 m. The container ship Hanjin Ottawa has deadweight of 68,834 DWT, gross tonnage of 66,278 GRT and net tonnage of 36,993 NT. The total capacity for the cargo ship is 5,774 TEU, as the ship has space for reefer containers too. The the shipbuilders used double bottom and double hull technology, which provide high strength of the plates and large spaces for ballast tanks, fuel tanks and engineering equipment. The container ship Hanjin Ottawa is owned and operated by NSB Niederelbe and took important role in salvage operations of MSC Flaminia. The large container ship Hanjin Ottawa was built by…