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The collision occurred when the chemical tanker changed course to avoid a towboat The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a Preliminary Report concerning the October 29, 2011 collision between the chemical tanker Elka Apollon and the container ship Nederland in the Houston Ship Channel.The collision occurred when the chemical tanker changed course to avoid a towboat and fuel barge that were entering the Houston ship channel.The information in this report is preliminary and will be supplemented or corrected during the course of the investigation."At 0906 central daylight time (CDT) on Saturday, October 29, 2011, the 799-foot Greek-flag chemical tanker Elka Apollon, outbound in the Houston ship channel, collided with the 777-foot inbound Panamanian-flag container vessel MSC Nederland at a point in the channel referred to as Five Mile, which is close to the channel's intersection with the Bayport ship channel.Prior to the collision, the pilots agreed via VHF radio to a port-to-port passing. As the Elka Apollon began its maneuver to meet the MSC Nederland, the towboat Mr. Earl pushing a fuel barge was exiting the Bayport ship channel off the tanker's starboard side. The pilot on the Elka ApollonMSC Nederland. The pilot on the MSC Nederland saw the ...

There were no reported injuries Marine salvage contractors have have suspended operations for the removal of damaged containers aboard the motor vessel Elka Apollon, a 799-foot chemical tanker, Thursday.Removal of damaged containers aboard the motor vessel Nederland, a 782-foot container ship,were completed Wednesday and salvage experts had planned on removing the remaining containers aboard the Elka Apollon Thursday, but due to high winds operations were put on standby."The Coast Guards number one priority is the safety of the responders during a response," said Capt. Hal Pitts, deputy commander of Sector Houston-Galveston. "We take multiple factors into account when we perform operations, including weather conditions."Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a report at approximately 9:47 a.m., Saturday, that the Nederland and Elka Apollon collided near the Bayport Ship Channel andHouston Ship Channel intersection.Three containers fell from the Nederland onto the deck of the Elka Apollon. One of the containers, containing tractor equipment, leaked a small amount of hydraulic fluid onto the deck.The ship channels are still open to traffic.There were no reported injuries and the Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the incident.Source: USCG

600 tonne oil spilled out after the collision of two vessels It has been over a year since a massive 600 tonne oil spill off the coast of Mumbai when the MSC Chitra collided with MV Khadija. An environment panel's report has pegged the losses to be over Rs 500 crore, out of which only Rs 1 crore has been paid by the ship's owners.

No injuries have been reported The US Coast Guard reports that it is responding to a collision between a container ship and chemical tanker at the point where the Houston ship channel and the Bayport Ship Channel meet.At 9:47 a.m. Coast Guard sector Houston-Galveston received a report that the 782-foot container ship, MSC NEDERLAND, had collided with the 799-foot chemical tanker, ELKA APOLLON.Three containers from the NEDERLAND have fallen onto the deck of the ELKA APOLLON. Some hydraulic fluid from one of the containers containing tractor equipment is leaking onto the deck of the tanker.No injuries have been reported and the shipping channels remain open. The vessels owners/operators are working on a salvage plan to return the vessels to operation.The ELKA APOLLON is a Greek flagged chemical/oil products tanker owned by Lydia Investments and operated by European Product Carriers. The NEDERLAND is a Panama flagged container ship owned by Messina Shipping Ltd. And operated by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co.The Coast Guard will be investigating the incident to determine the cause of the collision.Source: USCG

Search for the missing 10 people were still going on A freighter sank Friday evening following collision with another cargo ship in the sea area off the coast of eastern China's Qingdao city, according to Qingdao municipal authorities.Of the total 19 crew members aboard the sunk vessel, all believed to be nationals of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, nine were rescued, including three injured who were sent to hospital for treatment.Search for the remaining 10 people were still going on, according to officials from Qingdao Municipal Government.The Panama-flagged freighter Oriental Sunrise sank after it collided with the Panama-flagged cargo ship Hamburg Bridge at 7:35 p.m. Friday Beijing Time in the sea area near Qingdao.Rescue operation was launched soon following the accident by local maritime rescue center. Currently a total of 13 ships are there conducting the search and rescue operation.Source: Xinhua

Search for missing crewcontinues At least two people were confirmed dead while two others remain missing after two ships collided on Friday off the western coast of Taiwan, officials said.The collision, between the 997-ton 'Te Hsing' and the 34,610-ton 'Taroko' Liberian-registered vessel, happened at around 3:30 a.m. local time some 22 nautical miles (40.7 kilometers) off Penghu Island, which is an archipelago located off the western coast of Taiwan.According to reports, the Te Hsing, which was carrying 13 crew members - eight Taiwanese, four Indonesian, and one Burmese - took off from Kaohsiung in southwestern Taiwan and was traveling toward the Taiwan-held island of Kinmen off China's southeastern coast.Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau chief secretary Chang Kuo-ming confirmed that a Taiwanese and one Indonesian crew member had died at the scene after the collision. In addition, the captain of the vessel, a Taiwanese national, and another Indonesian have been reported missing.Kuo-ming noted that the first 72 hours of search and rescue operations are the most crucial, adding that personnel were already working with the Ministry of National Defense and the Coast Guard Administration.Meanwhile, crew members of the Taroko vessel, which was on its way from Hong Kong to Taichung Harbor in central ...

Eight crew members are missing The Marine Safety Investigation Unit within Transport Malta is investigating the collision involving Malta registered motor ship Reina 1 that happened in the Adriatic Sea.The 1991-built 2,345 gross tonnage general cargo Reina 1 was involved in a collision 18 nautical miles off Albania in the early morning of Thursday 20 October 2011 at about 0300 local time with the 1983-built 10,870 GT Turkish flagged passenger roro cargo ferry MF Ankara.]The Marine Safety Investigation Unit is informed that following the collision, the Reina 1 sank and eight crew members are still reported missing. A search and rescue operation is being conducted by the competent authorities. It is also reported that the master and chief officer of the Maltese ship have been hospitalised, whilst the Turkish ship returned to her port of departure.No pollution has so far been reported.Since this morning, the Marine Safety Investigation Unit is in constant contact with the International Safety Managers of the Maltese general cargo in Turkey and the Turkish maritime authorities in Ankara.The Maltese authorities will be deploying officials to investigate the accident and will be liaising closely with the Turkish authorities in their investigation of the accidentSource: Transport Malta

Ferry crashed into a mooring pillar after departure from an outlying island Over 70 commuters were injured-some seriously-after their passenger ferry crashed into a mooring pillar after departure from an outlying island before dawn on Friday.The Hong Kong Marine Department said some of the 76 injured on the central Hong Kong-bound ferry were airlifted to various hospitals, with one person in critical condition and two others seriously injured. In total, 10 of the passengers were hospitalized while most other injuries were minor.The ferry was carrying around 140 passengers enroute from Cheung Chau, an island in the southwest of the city that is also a popular destination for tourists. The ferry crashed into the pillar just five minutes after departing from the Cheung Chau pier at around 0515 local time, the government department said. Passengers told local television that many were asleep when the accident took place and were thrown out of their seats.New World First Ferry Services Ltd, which operated the ferry, said the skipper has 10 years of experience, but said it needs to investigate on the causes of the accident that took place in the dark though visibility was clear. The Marine Department said a preliminary report on ...

The cause of the accident was yet to be determined Seventy-four people were injured after a Hong Kong ferry crashed into a mooring pillar Friday, the city's marine department said.Of the injured, nine were in a serious condition and had to be air-lifted to hospital, Patrick Wong, a spokesman for Hong Kong's Marine Department told AFP."At about 5am this morning, a 29-metre long ferry carrying 140 passengers crashed into a concrete mooring facility by a typhoon shelter shortly after departing Cheung Chau," Wong said."The boat did not sink, but some people were hurt."The commuter ferry was carrying people from Cheung Chau, a small island off the city's southern coast, to the main Hong Kong island.Wong said an investigation into the accident had been launched, adding that visibility at the time was normal.The cause of the accident was yet to be determined."We were all thrown out of our seats when the ferry crashed -- people were bleeding all over, from the head, nose and lips," a passenger told local broadcaster Cable News TV."It was very chaotic inside, none of the crew came to help us, we had to help ourselves," another passenger told the station.Last year, eight people died in Hong ...

The "Philipp" has "failed to stop" after a collision with the "Lynn Marie" The "Philipp" has "failed to stop" after a collision with the scallop dredger "Lynn Marie" six miles off the Manx coast in the Irish Sea in April 2011, according to an official report released now.The Marine Accident Investigation Branch report recommended raising crew competency onboard the "Philipp". It also advised the container ship managers to ensure navigation and anti-collision aids were used properly. After the collision the container feeder did not stop and no attempts were made to communicate with the fishing vessel to see if it required assistance.The report concluded that the watch keeper onboard the "Lynn Marie" did not notice the container ship's direction change towards his vessel until it was too late.You can view the MAIB report by clicking here.Source: MAIB