Casualty Reports Archive

US probes new offshore Gulf of Mexico fire

THE US Government has started an investigation into a fire that burnt through an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico on last week.

Membai almost back to normal as last boxes fished out of channel

TWENTY-five days after fully cellular containership MSC Chitra and bulk carrier Khalijia 3 collided in Mumbai harbour on August 7, the Indian Navy completed its task of escorting vessels and surveying the navigation channel, an official said.

Pollution fear as loaded tanker runs aground in Arctic waters

THE GROUNDING of a tanker loaded with diesel in the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic has sparked a new pollution alert in the sensitive northern waters.

Timber loss leads to new calls for lashing review

A SUBSTANTIAL loss of timber from a ship off the UK coast for the third time in three years is set to reopen the debate underway at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on tighter rules on the lashing of deck cargo.

Casualty Briefs - 9th September 2010

 

Japanese chemical tanker attacked

PIRATES attacked a Japanese-operated chemical tanker on September 5 and made off with an undisclosed sum of money while the ship was sailing off the Anambas Islands, Indonesia.

Mystery of the M. Star explosion still awaits a solution

More than a month after the blast, there is no clear answer as to whether it was a terrorist attack, an old mine or just a floating container, reports DAVID OSLER

Indian Navy foils Gulf of Aden pirates

INTERVENTION from an Indian Navy ship frustrated attempts by Somali pirates to capture any of the dozen vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden in formation under Indian protection, a spokesman said last week.

Casualty Briefs - 16th September 2010

 

Anti-piracy petition to IMO nearly 1m-strong

SOME 920,000 people have signed an online petition against Somali piracy, which will be presented today to International Maritime Organization (IMO) secretary general Efthimios Mitropoulos to mark World Maritime Day.

Asian owners call for stronger action against piracy

ASIAN shipowners have called for “stronger action” against piracy in the South China Sea.

Newhaven port and ferry firm are fined over death

AN ITALIAN ferry operator and a British port have been fined a total of ￡185,000 (US$290,100) over the death of a seafarer in Newhaven Docks five years ago, after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found numerous failings on the part of concerns.

Videotel exposes dangers of watertight doors

PREPARING its latest training material on the dangers of closing automatic, remote-controlled watertight doors highlighted the work involved in producing videos, DVDs and computer-based training.

Casualty Briefs - 30th September 2010

 

Casualty briefs 24 May 2012

Maritime

Apathy rules as just eight IMO members respond over armed guards

AS THE shipping industry looks to the International Maritime Organization to issue guidance this month on maritime security, it has emerged that just eight out of 160 member states have provided details to the IMO about how they approach the issue of armed guards.

Flammable gas found on board MSC Chitra

TRACES of the flammable gas phosphine have been found on board MSC Chitra, the Mediterranean Shipping Co containership that has been out of action since a collision earlier this month forced the closure of India’s top container port complex.

MSC told it must pay for cost of Indian clean-up

TWO INDIAN port authorities have sent Mediterranean Shipping Co a demand for the entire clean-up cost of the recent oil spill that closed Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Mumbai, despite the carrier’s insistence it was not to blame for the collision that sparked the shutdown.

Chaos on the cards as box claims flood in

SHIPPERS have been warned of a cargo claims chaos in the wake of the MSC Chitra casualty where hundreds of containers have been washed overboard outside India’s Jawaharlal Nehru and Mumbai ports.

Khalija 3 owner ordered to pay US$7m to Smit

SMIT has reportedly won a legal bid to prevent the removal of a cargo from the port of Mumbai until the brass plate owner of the bulk carrier involved in a recent spectacular collision pays it US$7m, according to the local Lloyd’s agents.