Tag: hazardous weather at sea

Adverse weather conditions impacting South Africa this past week have led to yet another large container vessel losing as many as 99 containers off the east coast of South Africa, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).

On July 9, 2024, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin encountered unexpectedly strong adverse weather conditions off the South African resulting in 44 containers lost at sea, and 30 containers on the vessel damaged.

Summit LNG announced it will send its damaged Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) for repairs after suffering damage in Bangladesh.

Heavy fog has disrupted maritime operations in the Qiongzhou Strait near China's Guangdong province, coinciding with widespread snow and freezing rain that is anticipated to impact travel across the country in the coming days.

NorthStandard’s Strike & Delay class has added Weather Cover to its range of risks, offering shipowners and charterers insurance protection against adverse weather conditions that can pose a threat to ships.

A cruise ship has safely made its way back to the United Kingdom following a tumultuous encounter with a powerful storm in the Bay of Biscay.

Hong Kong Merchant Shipping has published an Information Note to present an incident where a fatal accident happened outside the accommodation block under adverse weather, in order to draw lessons learned. 

As the Nautical Institute reports, a loaded VLCC was underway. The vessel’s weather routing service was forecasting waves with a significant height of more than six metres. The vessel’s speed was slowed to between five and six knots to reduce the chances of shipping seas on deck.

Last night, in complete darkness and rough weather, the OceanViking team evacuated 29 people from an unseaworthy boat drifting in the Maltese search and rescue region.

A general cargo vessel's starboard contacted a steep rocky shore, after a heavy rain squall caused significant clutter on the master’s radar display.