Tag: Vietnam

On September 17th, the Evergreen container ship Ever Oath encountered a significant setback when its engines failed while approaching Vung Tau, Vietnam.

According to Vietnamese officials, on 14th July, a Wan Hai containership made contact with a bulker. While neither vessel appears to have sustained significant damage in the allision, a portion of the cargo handling equipment at the dry bulk terminal collapsed. 

Vietnamese authorities report two missing crew members from a cargo ship that sank in the South China Sea off Vietnam's south-eastern coast on March 11th.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance maritime and port cooperation between Singapore and Vietnam.

An explosion took place onboard a bulker while it was undergoing repair in Vietnam, on February 2, injuring eight shipyard workers.

Reports from Vietnam indicate that a cargo vessel was stranded in the storms and was washed ashore in the high surf, on January 26.

Vietnamese authorities were deployed for a rescue operation of a cargo ship in distress, but upon arrival at the scene some of the crewmembers refused to leave the ship.

A general cargo vessel capsized and sank off Vietnam on 22 June, with the Vietnam Maritime Search & Rescue Coordination Center managing to save all eight seafarers.

Container caught fire after explosion in cargo hold of container ship MORNING VINAFCO, docked at Ben Nghe, Ho Chin Minh, Vietnam, in the afternoon Sep 4. 

Amid ​the pandemic, there is a rapid surge in volume of over-dwelled import containers at Tan Cang - Cat Lai Terminal and Tan Cang - Hiep Phuoc Port.