Maritime

CORSICA LINEA ferry contacted bottom, breached hull, water ingress in Bastia, France   Ferry PAGLIA ORBA serving Bastia Corsica – Marseille line, France, contacted bottom while entering Bastia port in the morning Jan 25, sustaining at least two hull breaches with ensuing water ingress, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Fire engines pumps and divers were

MARITIME ACCIDENT: Australian coastal freighter grounding Coastal freighter TRINITY BAY ran aground on Harrington Shoal while transiting Great Barrier Reef in the morning Jan 19, 2021, was refloated in some 2 hours, and continued her voyage to Cairns, according to FleetMon. It stated: “No damages were found, because the ship grounded on a sandy bottom.

How Albanian freighter runs aground in Lefkada, Greece General cargo ship VELA I ran aground, or probably, drifted aground, in Lefkada Bay, Lefkada Island, Ionian sea, Greece, in the morning Jan 25, 2021, according to FleetMon. It stated: “The ship loaded with stone was en route from Itea, Gulf of Corinth, to Malta. For reasons

Bulk carrier EUROSUN runs aground in Sri Lanka Bulk carrier EUROSUN loaded with cement clinker ran aground on southeast coast of Sri Lanka, NE of Hambantota, around 0000 UTC Jan 23, while en route fromAbu Dhabi to Trincomalee, according to FleetMon. It stated: “As of 1330 UTC, the ship was still aground, no news yet

Container ship collided with tug and oil barge, 3 crew missing, barge leaking palm oil Container ship TANTO BERSINAR collided with tug MITRA JAYA XIX towing oil barge, loaded with palm oil, at around 0315 WIB (UTC +7) Jan 23, off Gresik port in outer anchorage area, Java sea, Surabaya, according to FleetMon. It stated:

Iranian and Chinese very large tankers detained for illegal activities in Indonesia   Two Very Large Crude Oil tankers, Chinese FREYA and Iranian HORSE, were detained by Indonesian Maritime Security Agency in Pontianak waters, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, for illegal oil transfer, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Both ships AIS were switched off (HORSE AIS off

MARITIME ACCIDENT: Collision at Valdez Marine Terminal Alaska An accident involving crude oil tanker and tug took place at Valdez Oil Terminal Alaska, on Jan 11, details of an accident having been released on Jan 19, 2021, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Crude oil tanker POLAR ENDEAVOUR was about to leave terminal after she completed