Damage sustained to the Rich Rainbow in he collision (photos courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard)
The Philippine Coast Guard responded to the scene of a collision between a product tanker and a dry bulk carrier in Manila Bay overnight. Both vessels sustained damage but remained seaworthy and are now being detained while an investigation is ongoing into the circumstances of the accident.
According to the reports from the PCG, the two vessels made contact approximately three nautical miles from Cavite City in Manila Bay at approximately 9:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday, April 7. Weather and sea conditions appeared to be calm at the time. The Coast Guard responded deploying personnel from the Coast Guard Station Manila,
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Nike and other major U.S. importers just got another kick in the shins. The arrival of the Maersk Eureka at the Port of Long Beach, California, will be delayed by about three weeks because of a mechanical problem at sea.
The notice of the latest delay came from MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., which told customers Thursday, “Maersk has informed us that the container ship Maersk Eureka, deployed on our Sequoia service, had to stop
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How to learn from past incidents to avoid them in the future Webinar:
International Union of Marine Insurance
10 April 2018
Marine Accident Analysis of Collisions and Groundings:
How to learn from past incidents to avoid them in the future
By Captain Paul Whyte MBE AFNI, Associate Master Mariner
Discussion Topics
• Situational Awareness
• Surveying the 3-D waterspace
• International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
• How Electronic Evidence Works
• Casualty Investigation and Accident Analysis
• Case Studies
• Conclusions.
Executive Summary
On May 10, 2019, at 1516, the 754-foot-long, 122-foot-wide liquefied gas carrier Genesis River collided with a 297-foot-long tank barge being pushed ahead by the 69-foot-long towing vessel Voyager. As a result of the collision, two cargo tanks in the barge were breached, spilling petrochemical cargo into the waterway, and a second barge in the Voyager tow capsized.
The Genesis River had been outbound on the Houston Ship Channel when, a few minutes prior to the collision, it met the inbound 740-foot-long, 120-foot-wide liquefied gas carrier BW Oak in the intersection of the Houston Ship Channel and the Bayport Ship Channel, known as the Bayport Flare. After the Genesis River and the BW Oak passed each other port side to port side, the
FUENTE DE LA IMAGEN,EPA
Una imagen compartida en Instagram muestra la escena desde otro barco, el Maersk Denver, ubicado directamente detrás del Ever Given.
El encallamiento del carguero Ever Given provocó este martes el bloqueo del Canal de Suez, una de las rutas marítimas más transitadas del mundo.
Con 400 metros de largo y 60 metros de ancho, quedó encallado alrededor de las 7:40 de la mañana (05:40 GMT), según medios locales, por una falla técnica.
Las autoridades del canal tuvieron que desplegar numerosos remolcadores para tratar de despejar la ruta, así como excavadoras para retirar tierra y abrir paso, y este miércoles siguen trabajando en ello.