Safety & Piracy
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2020 Jan 07
COSCO Oceania
Fire outbreak reported on board Cosco ship
A fire outbreak was reported on board Cosco Pacific, a very large containership owned by...
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2019 Dec 30
Songa Iridium
Container Ship Runs Aground in Bosphorus
The Liberian-flagged container ship Songa Iridium suffered engine failure while sailing south in the Bosphorus and...
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2019 Dec 27
Pirates Have Attacked 5 Ships in 4 Days in the Singapore Strait
Pirates attacked five ships over four days in one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, including two...
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2019 Dec 16
Pirate and ship
Pirates Kidnap 20 Seafarers from Tanker off Togo
Twenty crew members have been kidnapped from a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker off...
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2019 Dec 03
Seafarer
Carriers must train their crews for IMO 2020 or risk criminality, warns seafarer union
Seafarer representatives are increasingly worried that the forthcoming IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulations could result in...
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2019 Nov 19
NCDOT-bonner-bridge-tug
Barge crash at I-10 bridge leaves residents stuck at home
Barges crashed into I-10 over the San Jacinto River, causing a shutdown of the major thoroughfare last...
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2019 Nov 14
MV-Khosrov-Bey
Fatal fall onboard attributed to alcohol
Transport Malta's MSIU issued an investigation report on the fatal fall of the second engineer onboard the general cargo ship MV Khosrov Bey while underway in November 2018. The investigation noted the high level of...
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2019 Nov 13
Urgent regional cooperation needed to tackle rising piracy attacks in Gulf of Guinea
Last week, Pirates kidnapped nine crew members from the Norwegian-flagged MV Bonita while the vessel was at anchor off the...
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2019 Nov 11
Seafarer
Loneliness of seafarers highlighted in report
Long working hours, isolation and extended periods away from home put seafarers at risk of poor mental health, new...
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2019 Nov 05
Piracy
Pirates Kidnap Four Seafarers from Greek Tanker off Togo
Armed pirates have kidnapped four crew members from a Greece-flagged tanker off the coast of Togo, the...