Tag: accidents

As the Nautical Institute reports, routine maintenance on a fuel oil pump for the auxiliary boiler was scheduled while the vessel was at anchor.

As the Nautical Institute reports, a vessel was at anchor near a port. As part of regular maintenance checks, a member of the engine room crew went into the funnel space to verify whether the funnel flaps were working.

On 24th May, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced that Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue teams, rescued a Korean national after he fell from a merchant vessel in Qatari waters. 

As the Nautical Institute reports, a loaded bulk carrier arrived at an anchorage off a busy port. Once at anchor, the plan was to use the ship’s cranes to discharge the cargo of scrap steel into self-propelled lightering barges made fast alongside both sides.

On 24th May, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video, in which he claims that a Russian surveillance ship had been attacked by Ukrainian drone boats in the Black Sea, about 90 miles northeast of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait.

On 22th May, a small tour boat  with 12 French tourists and 3 crew on board ran aground in Borebukta, Spitsbergen, Arctic, prompting an air rescue for tourists.

According to International news, last week, the Dutch tall ship Europa tipped over during a relaunch following a drydocking period in Cape Town, South Africa. The vessel was damaged in the accident.

According to International news, on Wednesday 17th May, 39 people reported missing after a Chinese fishing boat capesized in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

After concluding with the investigations on the incidents, Maritime NZ has filed charges in relation to two fatal incidents at ports last April.

The Shiling, a Singaporean flagged vessel that was detained in New Zealand in April, put out a request for assistance after it lost power and steering.