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Posted in accident reporting, allision, bridge, containership on Sep 20th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Our good feiwend John Konrad of the great gCaptain site sent us the following email. It’s certainly worth clicking the clicks:
It’s been a few months since I sent those interested in the Cosco Busan an email. My apologies, the incident in New Orleans has been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, container accident, containership on Sep 14th, 2008
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How does BBC News explain the complexity of maritime trade to its viewers? It tags a container with a GPS and tracks it around the world with the [...]
Posted in accident reporting, containership, oil spill, pollution on Aug 4th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Hear the pitter-patter of running feet? Could be ship managers running to their lawyer’s office, or ambulance-chasing lawyers running after ship managers, following the indictment of Hong Kong-based Fleet Management by the US Department of Justice. It’s a case that could have [...]
Posted in Fire, Uncategorized, capsize, containership, ferry, fire safety, sinking on Jul 7th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 100 firefighters extinguish massive fire on cargo ship
Associated Press - July 6, 2008 11:44 AM ET MIAMI (AP) - More than 100 firefighters have extinguished a massive fire on a cargo ship on the Miami River.
Agency finds safety problems in [...]
Posted in accident reporting, allision, containership on Apr 5th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Cosco Busan pilot John Cota has invoked his right under the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution, which protects accused persons from self-incrimination, not to appear at the US National Transportation Safety Board hearings which start on 8th April. Through lawyers, he [...]
Posted in container accident, containership on Mar 7th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! North of England P&I club,NEPIA, reports that container damage and loss continues to be a problem on container ships.
‘Container losses and collapsed stows in heavy weather continue to occur,’ says the club’s head of loss-prevention Tony Baker. ‘Such weather is not altogether [...]
Posted in container accident, containership on Feb 4th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! In the latest issue of its loss-prevention newsletter Signals the North of England P&I club reports that container damage and loss continues to be a problem on container ships.
‘Container losses and collapsed stows in heavy weather continue to occur,’ says the club’s [...]
Posted in allision, collision, containership, oil spill, pollution, ship accidents, sinking on Jan 27th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Titas pipeline on blaze after hit by trawler
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
“Soon after the propeller of the vessel hit the pipeline with a bang, a huge swirl was created in the river and we thought our boat was sinking,” saidÂ
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Posted in Fire, collision, containership, grounding, oil spill, oil tanker on Jan 3rd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Container Vessel Runs Aground Off South Coast of UK (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
2 (Bloomberg) — A container ship ran aground in the Dover Strait, the world’s busiest shipping lane, the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard agency said.
Bering Sea – disabled freighter The US [...]
Posted in ATSB, Australia, BC Ferries, Bermuda, collision, container accident, containership on Dec 20th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Just released by the ATSB:
On the morning of 23 April, the Australian fishing vessel Peter Crombie was at anchor about 30 miles south of Robe, South Australia and the vessel’s three crew members were below decks sleeping. The Panamanian registered bulk carrier [...]
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