Tag: vessels collide

A Norwegian naval officer stands trial on January 16, accused of negligence that led to the 2018 collision between the Helge Ingstad he commanded and an the oil tanker Sola TS crude, after which the military vessel sank. 

The Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority published its report on the collision between the 118-metre-long cargo ship ‘MS Edmy’ and the fishing vessel ‘MS Tornado’ in Langesundsbukta bay, that resulted in significant material damage to the fishing vessel.

A bulk carrier collided with a container carrier at the southern anchorage area of Bosphorus due to adverse weather conditions, on 21 November.

NTSB published its accident report on a November 25, 2021 accident, when the liquefied petroleum gas carrier Gas Ares collided with the outermost of two harbor tugs moored alongside the no. 1 loading dock at the Motiva Port Neches Terminal.

A failure to keep watch nearly had disastrous results on the ocean off the Bay of Plenty coast, New Zealand, as the near 20 metre fishing vessel, FV Commission, collided with a 266m container ship, the Kota Lembah, on July 2021.

Thirteen people were saved from a fishing vessel off Virginia after it reportedly collided with an MSC containership.

A general cargo vessel named MIKA collided with a local fishing vessel on 19 October, off Ravenna, Italy.

In a new edition of feedback, CHIRP Maritime contains several reports that involve loss of life to highlight never to relax our vigilance when onboard. One case refers to a collision between a passenger ferry and tug, that resulted in fatalities.

A product tanker collided with a fishing vessel off the Netherlands on September 29, and an oil spill was reported.

Two ships, a tanker and a containerships, collided on September 28 along the Malacca Strait, reporting serious damages.