Maritime News Archives - Page 26 of 32

Missing seaman from motor vessel Gallia

The motor vessel Gallia send a distress signal for missing seaman , during a voyage between the Cyprus port Limassol and the Croatian port Trieste. The ship reported about missing crew member in the region southwest of Palagruza. The missing person was Croatian seaman and most probably fell over board. The region of the accident is situated in Croatian waters, close to the maritime border with Italy. In the search and rescue operations are engaged the Coast Guard vessel "Andrija Mohorovicic" and some Italian ships, aircrafts and helicopters. The cargo ship Gallia was carrying containers to the Croatian port Trieste. The local authorities started investigation over the accident and the reason for seaman falling overboard.

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Ferry Ebba Brahe collided in stone pier

The ferry Ebba Brahe hit a dock in the port of Granna on the Lake Vattern. The ferry was operatingon regular voyage from Visingso to Granna with 22 cars and 199 passengers. During the maneuvers for berthing on the quay of Granna port, the ship collided with the stone pier. The maneuvering was made with higher speed than usual, which caused the accident. After the collision of the ferry Ebba Brahe, a few passengers fell overboard and several car crashed each other. The ship also suffered sufficient damages in the bow and was not able to continue the planned voyages. A few passengers were transported in the local hospital with slight injuries. The local authorities are investigating the reasons for the accident. The ship was taken to the dry dock for recovery and repair, which will take at least 1 week.

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Berge Bonde bulk carrier

The bulk carrier Berge Bonde is one of the largest bulk carriers of the world and property of Bergesen ASA. The ship is deputy of the largest bulk carrier of the world, during its planned maintenance and inspections. The ship Berge Bonde is large, strong and really with modern engineering. The length of the bulk carrier is 299.94 meters, the beam is 50.00 meters and maximum summer draft is 24.50 meters. These large dimensions are predicting the large cargo capacity, which Berge Bonde has. The cargo capacity of the ship is 104,727 cubic meters, the deadweight is 206,312 DWT and the gross tonnage is 104,727 GRT. The ship was built in the shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding in 2005, following the latest technology developments and IMO standards. The ship Berge Bonde is definitely one of the largest bulk carriers of the world, which has total nine cargo hold, 5 of which are designed to carry heavy cargoes (smaller, with increased strength). Imabari Shipbuilding in…

Australian navy ship rescued 160 asylum seekers

The Australian rescue ships and navy vessel rescued boat with about 160 immigrants, which sent distress signal and cater capesized on 63 miles off Java island. The Australian navy ships made the salvage operations to save the people, who were classified as asylum seekers from the Indonesian authorities. Australian rescue center informed the Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency about the boat, which was north of Java island. The island is some kind of borders between the both rescue centers, and the management of the operations depends of the distress position of the vessel. However the Australian rescue boats started the operation and saves lives of more than 160 people. According to the press and official authorities on board of the boat were between 130 and 180 passengers, who were illegal immigrants headed to Australia. It is unknown, what is the number of the died people, but the Australians classified the salvage and rescue operation as succes…

Chemical Tanker ran aground in Rhine river

The chemical tanker Synthese-3, carrying sulphur acid, ran aground in Rhine river, near the city Oberwesel. The ship hit a mud bank during operation with 1300 tons of the dangerous chemical cargo, due to maneuvering operations. The navigation officer, changed the course to more appropriate position, but did not calculated the stream and the ship hit a mud bank, which was not corrected on the ship's chart. The chemical tanker Synthese-3 ran aground and was not able to refloat by itself. The distress signal was sent to the port authorities and coast guard. There is no damage of the hull, no injured crew members and no leak of sulphur acid in the river. The official announcement of the port authorities, tells that there is no danger of major disaster. The tanker will be refloated soon, but before the salvage operations need of lightering of the vessel.

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Sea Angel ship sank in India during towing

The bulk carrier Sea Angel sank, while being undertow from m/v Morning Star. The accident happened 6.5 nautical miles off Kochi, near the Munambam harbour. The main reason for the unexpected sank of the ship was the rough sea and the strong wind, which hit the board of the bulk carrier. The ship Sea Angel was towed to the breaking yard at the port of Azhikkal, where should be scrapped. The vessel is quite old, and has serious engine failure, which was too expensive for the shipowner and they refused to use this ship anymore. During the accident there are no injured crew members and no pollution, but the responsibility for the wreck removal will be at ship owners and the agents.

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MSC Danit

One of the largest container ships of the world is MSC Danit. The vessel was built in 2009 in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and has capacity for 14,000 TEU, which is compatible only with the largest Maersk vessels. MSC Danit is large and really impressive, with such giant dimensions and modern engineering. The ship has length of 365.50 meters, beam of 51.20 meters and maximum summer draft of 16.00 meters. The cargo ship has gross tonnage of 153,092 GRT and deadweight of 165,517 DWT. Definitely this easily proves the words, that MSC Danit is one of the giants of container shipping. The vessel has large cargo space, large capacity and really strong and improved engine, which has low fuel consumption and really low CO2 emissions, as Daewoo integrated a lot of their developments in shipbuilding and made the ship really environmental. The ship has reliable 12-cylinder, low speed, crosshead diesel engine MAN B&W 12K98MC-C, which has total output power …

Hanjin Hirose bulk carrier

Hanjin Hirose is one of the newest bulk carriers, which entered into the fleet of the Japanese company Kyowa Sansho. The cargo ship was built by Sanoyas Mizushima Works and Shipyard in 2011. The vessel is Panamax bulk carrier, which has improved propulsion system and long-stroke main engine for low fuel consumption and better efficiency. The overall length of the bulk carrier Hanjin Hirose is 229.00 meters, while the length between perpendiculars is 224.00 meters. The beam of the ship is 32.24 meters, the depth is 20.20 meters and the maximum summer draft is 14.60 meters. The ship has deadweight of 83,494 metric tons and gross tonnage of 44,372 gross tons. The vessel has really strong hull, designed with double hull technology, which increases the safety of the ship and its strength. Also such technology gives better stability and better positioning of the ballast system. The cargo spaces are also improved, providing grain capacity of 96,121 cubic meters. T…

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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Greek shipowner ordered ten 13,800 TEU container ships in Hyundai Heavy Industries

Greek shipowner ordered ten 13,800 TEU container ships in the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries at total price of 1.2 billion USD. The ships will be in the class of the largest container vessel, but according to the agreement will be designed with new engineering technology to have over 10% lower fuel consumption, compared with same size vessel. The name of the Greek ship-owner is not announced, but the ships will be chartered by Evergreen Marine and will be used for long distant voyages between Europe and Asia. The modern technology of the shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries will highly increase the speed and cargo capacity of the ship, which will make it more profitable and most environmental, according to the requirements of the Greek shipowner. The ten 13,800 TEU container ships will be delivered between the second half of 2013 and the second half of 2014.

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