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NYK Hosts Safety Conference

Aug 04, 2015

Over three dates in July, NYK hosted a safety promotion conference for shipowners and ship-management companies at the NYK head office in Tokyo and at Imabari city in Ehime prefecture. This conference is held every year as part of the “Remember Naka-no-Se” safety campaign…

China Shipping Tanker Catches Fire off Shanghai

Aug 04, 2015

Oil tanker Ye Chi reported fire in superstructure in living quarters to MRCC Shanghai caught fire yesterday (August 3) afternoon off Dayangshan Island, Shanghai. Five crew were seriously injured in fire, they’ve been taken to hospital, one of them died…

Five Rescued from Yatch in Solent, UK

Aug 03, 2015

Five people have been rescued from the Solent after their small leisure boat suffered engine failure and began taking on water. The occupants of the boat made a 999 call to the Coastguard but were unable to give a precise location which…

WGMA Urges Participation in Menhaden Survey

Jul 30, 2015

The West Gulf Maritime Association (WGMA) is urging its members with ships arriving at any port in the western US Gulf to participate in the Menhaden survey.The annual Menhaden spawn (typically April through October) has created challenges for ships transiting local waterways…

NYK Vessel Rescues 336 in the Mediterranean

Jul 29, 2015

On July 14, Hermes Leader, a car carrier operated by NYK Line, rescued 336 people in the Mediterranean Sea. On July 14, the vessel received an emergency call for help while sailing to port of Gioia Tauro, Italy after transiting the Suez Canal…

Tanker and Cargo Ship Collided in Shanghai

Jul 27, 2015

General cargo vessel 'Jiang Xia Xiang' collided with the tanker 'Bai Chi' on July 23, 2015, at 1 a.m. in the Wusong area, Shanghai, on the Yangtze river.  The cargo ship was loaded with 7000 tons of stone, the tanker was carrying 30000 tons of crude oil…

21 Dead as Cargo Ship Hits Party Boat North of Cairo

Jul 24, 2015

Egypt's health ministry said that the death toll from a collision of a cargo ship with a boat carrying people celebrating an engagement, on the Nile the night before has risen to 21, as divers searched for missing passengers. There were…

USCG Rescues Woman from Missouri River

Jul 23, 2015

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Gasconade rescued a woman from the Missouri River near the I-680 Bridge, Monday.While at homeport, a crewman working late to mow the grass heard screaming and saw the woman floating down the river…

Piracy Attack on Small Tankers Continues - ICC

Jul 22, 2015

Published today, a new report from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) highlights a continuing trend in South East Asia in the hijacking of small coastal tankers by maritime pirates, averaging one attack every two weeks…

Devonport Workers Entombed in Submarine Ballast Tank

Jul 22, 2015

A pair of workers were sealed inside the ballast tank of a nuclear submarine in Plymouth, it has emerged, reports BBC. Colleagues had mistakenly sealed the tank at Devonport base in Plymouth, where Britain's nuclear submarines are refitted…

Ship Crashes into Mansion in the Strait of Istanbul

Jul 22, 2015

Majed and Randy,  Sierra Leone-registered dry cargo ship collided into a Ethem Pertev's water-front mansion located on the Bosporus in Istanbul's Kanlıca neighborhood. Luckily no one was injured in the incident. The accident happened due…

MOL Bulk Carrier Rescues Castaways

Jul 17, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that on July 5, 2015, the MOL-operated bulk carrier Spring Zephyr safely rescued all three survivors clinging to driftwood 165 km east of the island of Mindanao, the Philippines.Details of the…

NYK Vessel Rescues Fishermen on Philippines Coast

Jul 15, 2015

On July 7, Crimson Polaris, a wood-chip carrier operated by NYK Line, rescued nine fishermen in distress off the coast of the Philippines. While Crimson Polaris was sailing from Australia to China through a navigational lane in the South China Sea on July 7…

Livestock Carrier Sinks off Gulf of Aden

Jul 13, 2015

A cargo ship carrying thousands of livestock was sailing from Somalia to the United Arab Emirates when it encountered high waves and strong winds and sank off the coast of Gulf of Aden.  All animals are perishing and two of the 29 crew still missing…

Campaign Targets Improved Ship Recycling Conditions

Jul 07, 2015

IndustriALL has launched the “Campaign to clean up Shipbreaking - the world's most dangerous job”, as announced by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform. IndustriALL, which represents 50 million workers in 140 countries, calls upon governments to make the shipbreaking industry safer for workers…

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