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Pirates attacked cargo ship near Malaysia

The pirates' skiff attacked cargo ship near Malaysia and hijacked it. The pirates attacked the vessel, which was operating on regular route near the South Asian island in Pacific ocean. The pirates were armed with guns and automatic weapons and closed the ship, without any suspicion from the navigation officer of the vessel. When the pirate boat was noticed the cargo ship tried to maneuver for escaping, but without any success and the ship was hijacked. The pirates harried the vessel and stole technology equipment, money and mobile phones from the crew. After stoling everything they were able to carry the pirates left the vessel and the cargo ship continued the voyage. On board of the cargo ship were 13 crew members and there are no injured people during the attack.

This is the first similar accident during the last year in the region of Malaysia, but the authorities advice the vessel to pass carefully through the region. The regio…

Sovereign Maersk

Sovereign Maersk is really large and modern container vessel, which is operating for the fleet of the largest container carrying company Ap Moller Maersk. The ship is in the class of the large container carriers of the company, but cannot be compared with giants like Emma Maersk. However, the ship is really with improved design and large capacity. The cargo vessel Sovereign Maersk has deadweight of 104,690 DWT, gross tonnage of 91,560 GRT and net tonnage of 50,110 tons. The vessel is really impressive with large dimensions and design, which is consistent with the latest IMO standards. The length of the container ship Sovereign Maersk is 331.98 m and the beam is 42.80 m. The depth of the vessel is 21.00 m, while the maximum summer draft is 14.50 m. Sovereign Maersk is large, spaceful and optimized to carry more cargo than you can imagine. The vessel has 17 tiers and 13 rows of containers or total capacity of 8,160 TEU. Such capacity is quite large for such d…

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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The FPSO Maersk Peregrino was sold

The most expensive Maersk FPSOs ship Maersk Peregrino was sold to a joint venture company, established by the Norwegian oil company Statoil and their Chinese partner Sinochem. The price of the sale of the largest floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit was announced to be over 1 billion USD, which is also the largest investment, which both companies are making in their joint venture. The global FPSO contractor BW Offshore will charter and take the control of Maersk Peregrino after a transition period of about six months. The CEO of Maersk FPSOs - Stig Hoffmeyer, announced the the company is constantly updating, optimising and investing in modern technologies, which causes the upgrade of their fleet and portfolio. The manager added that this may include divestments, if timing and conditions are right.

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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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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…

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…