Tag: grounding

On Sunday, oil tanker Seavigour broke down in a single-lane section of Suez Canal, causing a brief disruption on the global waterway.

The general cargo vessel Xin Hai Tong 23 grounded due to engine failure while transiting the Suez Canal, as part of a northbound convoy, on its route from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Egypt.

On 17th May, the Mark W. Barker, the first U.S. ship built last year on the Great Lakes since 1983, ran soft aground in the Detroit River after the freighter lost propulsion.

Walla Walla, the Washington State Ferries vessel that was grounded on April 15th, is now back in service after investigations found the cause and measures were taken. 

A cargo ship under the flag of Malta ran aground near Halki, on the rock island Agioi Theodoroi, with seventeen crew members onboard. 

The MV Pentalina had 60 people on board when it grounded at St Margaret's Hope on Saturday night near the village of St Margaret's Hope.

Icelandic Coast Guard has been conducting an operation since last week to salvage the cargo ship Wilson Skaw that ran aground at Ennishöfði in Húnaflói on April 18th.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) received reports this weekend that 596 passengers and 15 crew members were aboard ferry Walla Walla, when it run aground in Rich Passage near Bainbridge Island.

According to the Gibraltar Port Authority, as a result of the adverse weather conditions at sea last week, the OS 35 has shifted slightly from its position and separated further in the area of the hull previously damaged.

The Belize Port Authority detained the grounded 98.25-meter Panamanian-registered general cargo vessel HERCA-1 on March 26th for investigation.