Tag: grounding

Operations to remove the wreck and all the debris from the Wakashio, off Point d’Esny, were concluded on 16 January 2022.

The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) published its report on the grounding of Beaumaiden just off the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm last year.

In January 2015, the car carrier ‘Hoegh Osaka’ listed off south England due to stability issues, leading to cargo damage of over 400 units. Investigation showed that, despite a change in its itinerary, the plans for cargo loading had not been changed and no calculation of the vessel's stability had been made, a practice which was highlighted as a common malpractice in the car carrier sector.

In a recent notice, the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping provides lessons learned from an incident where a bulk carrier dragged its anchor and went aground while anchoring at Kanggava Bay.

The Public Ministry of the Court of Cagliari concluded the investigations related to the sinking of CDRY Blue, where it detected serious negligence.

MV Wakashio’s captain, who was imprisoned in Mauritius for 16 months, after the ship ran aground causing an oil spill, has returned to India after his release.

In Mauritius a court sentenced the captain and first mate of the MW Wakashio, whose grounding in 2020 caused the worst oil spill on the coast of Mauritius, to 20 months in prison.

Three cargo ships were grounded due to the super typhoon Rai, on the western coast of Negros island, Philippines.

American club summarizes an incident where a Second Officer was significantly distracted from his primary watchstanding duties when he was working on the passage plan, resulting to the vessel's grounding.

AMSA describes an incident where one personnel was injured after losing balance after the ‘pilot’ vessel ran aground during sea trials.