Coastal Ro/Ro freighter requests help as ice formation threatens hull
The captain of the coastal freighter Grigory Lovtsov asked for emergency assistance, as the ship faced sea ice formation threatening hull damage.
Read moreThe captain of the coastal freighter Grigory Lovtsov asked for emergency assistance, as the ship faced sea ice formation threatening hull damage.
Read moreRock on the seabed may have caused previously unknown holes in the hull of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives.
Read moreIn light of experience with the transport of road vehicles on ro-ro ships, IMO MSC published guidelines for securing road vehicles on board such ships.
Read moreThree decades after the sinking of the ferry Estonia on September 28th 1994, authorities from Estonia and Sweden have started new investigations on the wreck.
Read moreThe Ro-ro cargo ship Lion A hit a pier at Iskenderun port, Turkey, on June 24, after suffering an engine failure.
Read moreEMSA is coordinating a working group charged with the development of a set of guidelines on the carriage of alternative fueled vehicles (AFV) on board ro-ro ships.
Read moreThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) issued an investigation report into the striking of a dock by the roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry 'Spirit of Vancouver Island' in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, in April 2020. The investigation identified gaps in the effectiveness of safety management.
Read moreThe US Coast Guard issued a marine safety alert on fire hazards on ro-ro vessels and the importance of proper cargo stowage. This follows a recent casualty onboard a Ro-Ro cargo ship in Jacksonville.
Read moreTransport Malta issued an investigation report on the engine-room fire onboard the Maltese-registered RoRo cargo vessel Eurocargo Trieste, following departure from the port of Livorno in November 2019. The investigation identified an accidental fuel spill onto a hot surface, as the most likely cause of the incident.
Read moreNorwegian Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly -a joint venture between Kongsberg and Wilhelmsen- have signed with the Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO to equip two new vessels with autonomous technology, and to manage their operations at sea. The fully electric ships will replace 2 million km of truck transport, saving 5,000 tonnes of CO2 every year.
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