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SA provides refuge for ships in storms
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
Saleem Modak of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) said on Sunday he was not sure of the exact number of ships that had asked Samsa for …

Seatrade seeks industry’s best
AME Info (press release) – United Arab Emirates
Nominations have opened for the prestigious annual regional awards recognising maritime safety and environment, ship and port operations and security, …

Coastguard warns on sea equipment
BBC News – UK
Judith McNeice, of the Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, said: “Fortunately, their mobile telephone had reception and we were able to request …

Days to weeks, weeks to months – a promise goes to water
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The Opposition’s transport spokeswoman, Gladys Berejiklian, said yesterday the wharf had been decaying on the seabed – denied by NSW Maritime – and …

Woodside Natural Gas Announces US Maritime Agreement
Earthtimes.org – USA
“We are dedicated to the highest level of safety and security for our project, and US flagging is consistent with that commitment.” In taking this action, …

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(From MaritimeToday.com)

Cargo Ship Blocks Suez Canal

Posted 07/30/07 at 10:28 AM

According to AFP, the Suez Canal was blocked for three hours Saturday by a cargo ship which broke down in Egypt’s economically vital waterway, an official of the canal’s authority said.<P> He told AFP that traffic was halted when Red Seto, a Panama-flagged ship loaded with 41,000 tons of goods, had mechanical problems near Suez on its way south…

Amendments to MARPOL Annex I Go into Effect in August

Posted 07/27/07 at 02:25 PM

On August 1, an amendment to Annex I of MARPOL will come into force. New regulation 12A, on oil fuel tank protection, adopted by MEPC 54 on March 24, sets out the requirements concerning the location of oil fuel tanks in all ships with an aggregate oil fuel capacity of 600m3 and above and which are delivered on or after 1 August 2010…

Ferry Service Stalls after Bomb Threat

Posted 07/30/07 at 10:39 AM

The Canadian Press reported that travelers were stuck for hours when B.C. Ferries was forced to cancel sailings after receiving a bomb threat that police considered credible. Twenty-one sailings were cancelled and travelers were forced to wait in terminals near Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo…

Big Engine Creates Big Problems

Posted 07/30/07 at 10:32 AM

Employees at a San Diego shipyard are trying to figure out how to get an engine the size of a large bus out of the sinkhole created by its fall. The engine destined for the Navy’s USNS Amelia Earhart slid from the trailer transporting it to the National Steel & Shipbuilding Co…

Coast Guard Responds to Oil Spill

Posted 07/30/07 at 10:26 AM

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Olreans is responding to an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from a well head located approximately 60 miles south of Venice, Louisiana. <P> The spill of crude oil was discovered around and resulted in a two mile by eight mile heavy sheen…

Coast Guard Allows Freighter to Proceed

Posted 07/30/07 at 10:25 AM

The marine casualty investigation into the death of Paul Wade and the sinking of the Buona Madre that occurred on July 13 off Point Reyes continues. The Coast Guard previously directed the master of the Eva Danielsen to keep the ship in port under the authority of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act…

IMB’s Weekly Piracy Report

Weekly Piracy Report
18-24 July 2007

The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 18 to 24 July 2007.

ALERT

Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Fifty two incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.

The 2006 Annual IMB Report on Piracy and Armed Attacks against Ships is now published. Please see the end of this page to order.

Suspicious crafts

16.07.2007: 2000 UTC: Off Somalia Inspite of rough weather, one suspicious boat tried to approach a ship underway. The boat stopped altered course and moved away when she noticed alert crew on board

Recently reported incidents

22.07.2007: 0300 UTC: 06:01.4N – 080:00.5E, 12 nm Off SW Sri Lanka coast, Sri Lanka. A small, white and light-blue hulled, boat with nine persons on board attempted to board a general cargo ship underway. The boat reduced speed and aborted the attempt at a distance of 0.1 nm abeam the ship.

20.07.2007: 2115 UTC: 12:32N – 044:03E, Gulf of Aden. An unlit boat, doing about 8 knots, approached a general cargo ship underway on a collision course. Alert crew directed the search light towards the boat and the boat aborted the attempt.

20.07.2007: 2020 UTC: 12:31N – 044:12E, Gulf of Aden. Two unlit boats, doing about 11.5 knots approached a general cargo ship underway on a collision course. The ship took evasive manoeuvres, increased speed and directed the searchlights towards the boats. The closest the boats got to the ship was about two cables. When the boats came into the beam of the searchlights they aborted the attempt to board

20.07.2007:  1200 LT: 11:09.0N – 052:46.8E, South of Socotra Island, Off Somalia. A small, white hulled, boat about 30-50 meters long followed a container ship underway. At a distance of about 5 nm, the boat increased speed and approached the ship. The master altered course and the boat adjusted her course to follow the ship. At a distance of 3 nm, the boat stopped following the ship. Master altered course and moved away from the boat.

20.07.2007: 0635 LT: Khorramshahr terminal, Iraq. While underway to the pilot station, with pilot onboard, a container ship had to pass over fishing nets. The Iraq fishermen opened fire on the vessel.  Bullets hit the accommodation. Pilot notified the incident to the Iranian coast guard and port security officer. No casualties.

18.07.2007: 2100 UTC: Chittagong anchorage ‘B’, Bangladesh. Twelve robbers, in two small boats, armed with knives, attempted to board a bulk carrier at anchor during lightering operations. D/O raised the alarm, crew mustered. The robbers aborted their boarding attempt.

17.07.2007: 2300 UTC: Chittagong ‘B’ anchorage, Bangladesh. Six robbers, armed with knives, boarded a bulk carrier at anchor. Duty officer raised the alarm. All crew mustered. The robbers escaped without stealing anything.

16.07.2007: 1130 UTC: Posn 01:46.3S – 047:46.7E, 260 nm off Somalia. A vessel underway sighted a suspicious boat, length about 20 meters, at a distance of 5 nm.

16.07.2007: 2000 UTC: Posn 00:27S – 049:10E, Somalia. One suspicious boat tried to approach a ship underway. The boat stopped, altered course and moved away when alert crew were seen onboard.

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Capesize collides with boxship

TOKYO 27 July – A Greek Capesize bulker was in collision with a Taiwanese container ship this morning in waters off central Japan. 

 

Turkish coastal vessel sinks

MANGALIA 27 July – The Cambodian-registered coastal vessel Multi Trader sank yesterday evening close to Mangalia port, Romania. The ship’s seven crewmembers were able to abandon ship before it went down.

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All Rising Sun deaths due to drowning
RTE.ie – Ireland
A jury at Wexford County Coroner’s Court has delivered verdicts of death by drowning in the cases of three men who died following the sinking of a trawler …
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Fishing boat sinking under investigation
SouthCoastToday.com – New Bedford,MA,USA
NEW BEDFORD — A fishing vessel sank near Fish Island Thursday night, spilling more than 100 gallons of diesel fuel in the harbor. Some 800 passengers evacuated safely after minor collision at Rafina
Kathimerini – Athens,Greece
More than 800 passengers aboard a ferry docked at the port of Rafina were evacuated safely yesterday afternoon after a small ship struck the vessel’s side.

MAC Goes Pinoy!

Nearly one in five seafarers are Filipino, the largest single nationality in maritime manpower so, from September, Maritime Accident Casebook podcasts will also be available in Tagalog, with thanks to professional voice-performer Ami Jacinto. Watch out for it! 

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Japan ship collision

Japan ship collision

There has been a collision on a massive scale in Tokyo Bay with a Greek freighter Crashing into a Singaporean cargo ship.

The Greek Alpha Action slammed into the Wan-Hai 307 as the Asian vessel was leaving Yokohama, on its way to Hong Kong.

There are no reports of injuries on either vessel and the accident caused only a minor oil leak.

The Japanese Coast Guard was hampered by falling containers during their efforts to rescue crew members.

The country’s Maritime Safety Agency, MAIA, is investigating the collision.

3500 gallons of fuel spilled in grounding
Juneau Empire (subscription) – Juneau,AK,USA
AP ANCHORAGE – A fishing vessel spilled at least 3500 gallons of diesel fuel into the waters south of Valdez after a hard grounding, Coast Guard officials …
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Salmon tender boat runs aground
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) – Anchorage,AK,USA
The 127-foot vessel leaked up to 3500 gallons of diesel after grounding on Saturday, causing officials to close down the pink salmon fishery in the sound. …

Diesel spill clean-up ‘could take weeks’
bunkerworld – London,UK
The crew of the Nordic Viking, based in Kodiak, were rescued by another fishing vessel following the grounding and the Coast Guard said today that the cause …Sinking Boat Spills Fuel Into New Bedford Harbor
Turn to 10.com – Providence,RI,USA
A fishing boat sank at a pier in New Bedford Harbor, spilling about 100 gallons of diesel fuel in the water, the Coast Guard said Friday

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From Safety At Sea:

Master guilty of delayed reporting

WELLINGTON 25 July – A former New Zealand ferry master was found guilty this week of failing to report the near-grounding of his vessel in the required time. Capt David Birchall was fined NZ$750 ($605) and ordered to pay court costs of NZ$130 after he provided “no reasonable excuse” for reporting the incident to the Maritime Safety Authority until four working days after it occurred.

Two lost as lighter sinks

TWO seafarers were lost when a lighter carrying a cement clinker cargo went down in the notorious Sandwip Channel, north of Chittagong, this week.

More attacks on ships in 2Q

ReCAAP ISC , the inter-governmental agency that monitors piracy attacks in Asia, has reported a slight increase in the number of attacks on ships in Asia.

Royal Caribbean limits smoking

CUSTOMER demand, rather than safety considerations, has prompted Royal Caribbean International to dramatically expand smoke-free zones aboard its fleet.

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Portugal. Governance of an Integrated, Holistic Maritime Policy …
BYM News (press release) – Gibraltar,Spain
Improved navigation aids could also have additional knock-on effects, such as the increased efficiency and safety of navigation – an investment worth making …

NTSB Issues Report on Construction Barge Fire

Posted 07/26/07 at 10:27 AM

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued the report of its investigation into the fatal explosion and fire on an uninspected construction barge on October 12, 2006 on West Cote Blanche Bay, La…

 

MARITIME SECURITY CRUCIAL FOR BELIZE’S DEVELOPMENT
LoveFM – Belize
One of course is because of our increase of the cruise tourism and we want to make sure that security and safety is out there.In addition to that of course …

Ghana, Angola and Nigeria battle to host regional coast guard centre
Vanguard – Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
Other considerations are the existing maritime safety and security infrastructure within the country, as well as the volume of maritime traffic

Man left with two fingers
The Nelson Mail – Nelson,New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand spokesman Ross Henderson said the accident was still being investigated. Sealord communications manager Merrill Coke said the company …

Evidence of Radioactive Material on Blue Lady
OneWorld.net – London,England,UK
… has specifically directed that “Before a ship arrives at port, it should have proper consent from the authority concerned or the State Maritime Board, .

Kassian Maritime Pleads Guilty to Vessel Pollution-Related Charges

Posted 07/25/07 at 10:14 AM

Kassian Maritime Navigation Agency Ltd. pleaded guilty to maintaining a false record pertaining to the illegal dumping of bilge and wastewater into the ocean from the M/V North Princess, an ocean-going bulk cargo ship traveling to ports in the United States, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships…

 

Marine Environment Protection Committee Progresses Key Issues

A number of important issues, including measures to reduce air pollution from ships and the proposed Ship Recycling Convention, were discussed at the MEPC’s 56th session

Get me a crocodile sandwich and make it snappy

Crocs found on Ships

Posted 07/25/07 at 09:59 AM

Chinese police tracking a vessel on a border river in southwest China reportedly received a big surprise when they allegedly found 270 crocodiles, Xinhua News Agency reported. According the the report, the seizure was the largest this year in Guangxi region. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)