Maritime Safety News - 6th November 2008
Nov 6th, 2008 by bobcouttie
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1 of 2 Katmai rafts didn’t fully inflate
Seattle Times - United States
One of the two life rafts launched from the sinking fishing vessel Katmai was not fully inflated when found, according to testimony Monday in Seattle
Year after SF Bay spill, ship crew still detained
The Associated Press
Fleet Management is charged with ordering at least one of Chinese crew member to alter documents after the accident. Both are also charged with
Fatal accident inquiry opens into tanker sailors’ deaths
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A FATAL accident inquiry has opened into the deaths of two sailors who were killed when their ship was hit by massive waves in the Pentland Firth.
Pirates attack Danish tanker off Somalia
Times of India - India
… navy or coast guard to police its coast. While maritime piracy worldwide has declined in recent years, piracy off Somalia has soared
UK Near Miss in Dover Strait TSSThe UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued a summary of its preliminary examination of a near miss incident that occurred in the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) on 10 July 2008 between a bulk carrier and a product tanker:At 0438 UTC on 10 July 2008
Sixty African refugees found dead on Yemen beach
Reuters - USA
… of piracy worldwide between January and September this year were in the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali coast, according to the International Maritime
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Safety training courses urged in report on ‘Pere Charles’ sinking
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
AN INQUIRY into the loss of the Pere Charles fishing vessel has recommended that marine authorities consider establishing port training courses i
USCG Issues Safety Alert On Class B AIS
By Tim Flanagan, Managing Editor
In either mode, AIS enhances a user’s situational awareness, makes possible the accurate exchange of navigational information, mitigates the risk of collision through reliable passing arrangements, facilitates vessel traffic management …
Rebels say no contact with Cameroon government over hostages
AFP
The Bakassi Freedom Fighters (BFF) said they had seized the 10 — seven French, two Cameroon nationals and a Tunisian — on a French oil vessel off the
No control over Napoli ‘for days’
BBC News - UK
The vessel was being towed to Portland, Dorset, after being damaged when it was decided to ground it off Sidmouth amid fears it could sink and cause a .
Ships seen topping out at 15,000teu
A further major step upwards in the size of box ships is unlikely despite new studies and designs for much larger ships, according to Ocean Shipping Consultants. Speaking yesterday at Informa’s Boxship conference in Hamburg, director Andrew Penfold said: “We are at the limit of what we can handle in the ports.”
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