Vessels News


Cargo Ship Stranded on Welsh Coast to be Broken Up

Apr 08, 2012

Cargo ship 'MV Carrier' stranded on North Wales coast declared a 'constructive total loss', to be scrappedThe MV Carrier will be cut into manageable sections on the shore at Llanddulas, near Colwyn Bay, and sent to a scrap yard by road, according to a BBC news report…

US Tall Ship Sets Sail to Commemorate 1812 War

Apr 08, 2012

America's tall ship, Coastguard Cutter 'Eagle' sets sail for cruise to 12 portsThe U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America’s tall ship, has sailed for the 2012 Summer Training Cruise and participation in Operation Sail 2012 and War of 1812 Bicentennial events in New Orleans…

Rena Shipwreck – Storm Sends More Containers Adrift

Apr 04, 2012

Maritime New Zealand Authority updates wrecked container ship condition in storm conditions Salvors report the aft section of the wreck being subject to rolling movement in  rough seas, with waves of 8-10m hitting the vessel. It is…

Piracy – Hijacked Ship Freed by Iranian Commandos

Apr 04, 2012

Iranian commandos reportedly stormed, released the Bolivian-flagged 63,400 dwt bulk carrier from pirate controlMilitary sources informed the report that Iranian commandos stormed the Iranian-owned, Bolivian reglistered bulk carrier Eglantine…

Ship Aground Off Coast of Wales

Apr 03, 2012

A cargo ship, 82 m in length, registered in Antigua, is pinned against the sea defence wall at Llanddulas, North WalesThe ship, carrying a cargo of bulk limestone, with a crew of seven Polish seamen on board was thought to have struck a rock near Raynes Jetty at Llanddulas…

Ship Bonded to Leave Port After Marines Accidentally Shot Fishermen

Mar 29, 2012

Italian tankship whose marines allegedly killed Indian fishermen mistakenly as pirates, to post bond, then can leave Kochi PortNearly six weeks after marines on board the Enrica Lexie allegedly killed two fishermen, mistaking them for pirates…

Piracy – Pirates Scuttle Own Boat, Sent Home 400 Miles Empty Handed

Mar 28, 2012

Would-be pirates apprehended by French warship sent back to Somalia after sinking their own raiding boatEU Counter Piracy Naval Forces (EUNAVFOR) have tracked down and stopped a group of suspected pirates who were believed to have tried to…

Piracy – Warship Frees Captives off Somalia Coast

Mar 27, 2012

Pirates deprived of mothership dhow, crew freed, by Spanish warshipThe EU Naval Force Flagship ESPS Patino located a Yemeni registered dhow that was suspected of being involved in acts of piracy off the Somali coast.The previous day a…

Piracy – EU Naval Force Protects WFP Shipments to Somalia

Mar 26, 2012

Portugal sends warship for counter-piracy in Horn of Africa area & to protect World Food Program shipments to SomaliaOne of Portugal's largest warships, the Vasco de Gama Class frigate NRP Corte Real added its name to the list of ships (EUNAVFOR) operating in the Horn of Africa sea area…

Persian Gulf Tanker Fire: US Navy Saves Crew

Mar 15, 2012

Navy, USCG rescue mariners after tanker blaze off Iran coast. The destroyer USS John Paul Jones has rescued 24 Filipino mariners who had been stranded after an explosion disabled their tanker in the Persian Gulf. The crew of the tanker Stolt Valor…

Costa Concordia – USCG Assists Investigation

Mar 01, 2012

U.S. Coast Guard is helping Italian authorities investigate the Costa Concordia disaster. Vice Admiral Brian Salerno told a House Committee the USCG is also on guard against safety violations on foreign flagged vessels that use U.S. ports…

Tugs "Get a Lift" to Moroccan Port

Feb 24, 2012

Recently, two Damen Stan Tugs 2608, the Ibrahim 1 and the Jacques, were shipped from the anchorage of Halong Bay, Haiphong (Vietnam) to Casablanca by the Atlantic Winter, an 800t lifting capacity HLV chartered by Danish Heavy Lift carrier Thorco from Reederei Heino Winter…

Tidewater PSV Named For New Orleans Native Cindy Brown

Feb 21, 2012

Platform supply vessel Cindy Brown Tide was delivered to offshore-service giant Tidewater on Oct. 24, and chartered to oil company BP in the Gulf of Mexico. The boat's namesake is someone missed by many. 'The vessel was named for Cynthia Niklaus Brown…

Disney Fantasy: German Shipbuilding at its Best

Feb 15, 2012

These are the pictures which are going around the world on the occasion of towing again an enormous cruise ship out of the covered building docks and pull it in high precision work via the very narrow inland waterway across the grassland of the river Ems towards the open ocean…

Craig Group Invests $79m in New Vessels

Feb 06, 2012

North Star Shipping, a division of the family-owned global shipping and energy services firm The Craig Group, has been awarded a major new contract with Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd. Under the contract the company, which provides offshore support vessels to the industry…

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