Tag: grounding

According to local reports, the heavy lift vessel was found stalled 2.4 nautical miles north-northwest of Cape Yehliu in northern Taiwan.

The Swedish Club published its Monthly Safety Scenario for October, describing how mistakes during maintenance led to blackout and the subsequent grounding of a vessel. 

The Singapore-flagged cargo ship "MILDRED," loaded with 85,000 tons of iron ore from Uruguay, ran aground on 23 October at the entrance of the Ereğli Iron and Steel Factories port in Zonguldak, Turkey.

In its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB presents an incident where a small coastal cargo vessel ran aground in a constricted channel. 

On 19 October the MV Spil Ningsih, a fully loaded container vessel, contacted the authorities to report that it had grounded near Ste Anne Island. 

The Blue Lagoon, a Barbados-registered cargo ship, ran aground near on 1 October in Orchid Island off Taiwan's southeastern coast amid rough seas caused by Typhoon Krathon.

A Maltese-flagged cargo ship, the Ruby, is currently navigating through UK waters while carrying 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a potentially explosive fertiliser.

Emergency personnel in Greenland are addressing a significant oil spill caused by the sinking of the expedition vessel Adolf Jensen near Nanortalik.

UK MAIB has completed its preliminary assessment (PA) on the grounding of bulk carrier Indian Partnership that took place off the coast of Misool Island, Indonesian archipelago in April 2023. 

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where, on April 21, 2023, the bulk carrier John J Boland grounded twice in Port Dolomite, Michigan.