CASUALTIES

Full City pair stuck in Norway while judge takes holiday

THE TWO crew members of the Full City charged with gross negligence face at least two more weeks in Norway without knowing their fate because a local judge had gone on holiday.

District judge orders return of passports to Full City accused

THE DISTRICT judge assessing the Full City case has demanded that the two Chinese crew members detained by police are given their passports back.

Cosco Busan report slams officers and shipmanagers

THE PILOT, the master, the shipmanager and the port ship traffic service system all came in for wide-ranging criticism in the report into the 2007 Cosco Busan collision with the San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge The Cosco Busan, while navigating from berth to sea with a pilot on board during restricted visibility, collided with one of the base towers of the Bay bridge and breached its fuel oil tanks.

Crew face criminal case after Full City grounding

TWO seafarers detained by Norwegian police after the grounding of the bulk carrier Full City are were waiting to hear whether they will be forced to stay in the country until a court trial next year.

AET’s Eagle Tucson grounding completes tanker hat-trick

THE GROUNDED crude oil tanker Eagle Tucson, which held up deep-draught traffic at the mouth of the Mississippi River, was understood to have been refloated.

Casualty Briefs - 8th October 2009

 

Entries still open for Shipping Industry Golf Challenge

ENTRIES are still being taken for the annual Shipping Industry Golf Challenge to be played next Tuesday, October 20 at Mona Vale Golf Club in Sydney.