Tag: grounding

The US Coast Guard continues to respond to multiple barge groundings due to low water levels in the Lower Mississippi River.

Anticipating heavy weather, officials in Gibraltar agreed to a plan to scuttle the stern section of the grounded OS 35 bulk carrier in place off the city’s coast.

A bulker carrying Ukrainian grain on the safe passage corridor ran aground in the Bosporus, according to Turkish maritime authorities, temporarily closing the channel. 

The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) informed that a leak of HFO is observed from the grounded bulker "OS 35". The incident comes as authorities were preparing to remove all oil from the ship.

After a bulker collision with an LNG carrier on August 30 off Gibraltar, the Gibraltar Contingency Council declared it “major incident,” as the hull of the bulker "OS 35" ruptured and leaks have been spotted in the area.

The crude oil tanker "Affinity V" ran aground in the Suez Canal on August 31, backing up maritime traffic, according to local media and analysis of the ship's location in vessel tracking software. The vessel has now been released and is back on course.

A coal-loaded inland vessel ran aground on the Waal near Nijmegen on 24 August, with the Captain managing to free the ship after a while.

An Indonesian inter-island ferry ran aground early on August 23. 202 passengers and 17 crew were safely evacuated while the investigation is ongoing into the circumstances behind the grounding.

The Port Authority of La Palmas in the Canary Islands is responding to a small dredger that ran aground on the coast of La Isleta, on August 16.

Hurtigruten’s coastal cruise ship the Richard With ran aground at the entrance to the Sognefjord on August 5. The cruise ship was traveling without passengers.