Lessons learned: Sleep results in vessel grounding
The Swedish Club published its Monthly Safety Scenario for March 2024, describing an incident in which an officer fell asleep and woke up realising that the vessel had grounded.
Read moreThe Swedish Club published its Monthly Safety Scenario for March 2024, describing an incident in which an officer fell asleep and woke up realising that the vessel had grounded.
Read moreThe Parana River in Argentina has reopened after the removal of the grounded ship Clara Insignia, loaded with wheat, which had blocked the channel near the Rosario grains port hub.
Read moreThe Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully rescued 71 passengers from the MV Reina Hosanna, a passenger vessel that experienced engine failure near Capul, Northern Samar.
Read moreThe U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is responding to a passenger ferry that ran aground near Maalaea Harbor, Maui, Hawaii, on 22 January.
Read moreThe Brazilian authorities are responding to an incident involving the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Minerva Rita, which suffered hull damage after running aground in a critical area along the Amazon River.
Read moreIndonesian teams have successfully freed the 23-year-old tanker Liberty, registered under the flag of Cameroon that run aground in the waters of the Singapore Strait.
Read moreOn December 1st an unmanned tanker, identified as the King Rich, was swept ashore by large waves, leaving it stranded on the coast of the Cham Islands, Vietnam.
Read moreAn accident involving a grounding is being investigated by the Transport Safety Board and the Japanese Coast Guard.
Read moreOn 7th November, efforts were underway in an attempt to refloat a Great Lakes freighter that went aground causing a local tourist attraction along the St. Clair River in Michigan.
Read moreWith minimal additional environmental impact., the stranded ferry Marco Polo (15,955 gross tonnes) was successfully refloated. Today, the salvage operation is anticipated to be finished, but the oil cleaning is anticipated to take much longer.
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