628 results found for 'Casualty'

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  • Intercargo: Cargo Liquefaction Still a Major Risk for Dry Bulk Shipping

    4 February 2019

    Intercargo: Moisture related cargo failure mechanisms continue to be a major concern for dry bulk shipping.

  • “K” Line, Partners Stage Oil Spill Response Drill

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    An emergency response drill was performed on the May 9th 2014 to ensure preparedness of optimum response towards any major maritime accidents that resulted in large-scale oil spill with human casualty. The scenario of the drill evolves as “K” Line VLCC “TAMAGAWA” collides with a ferry boat in Tokyo bay when she is heading towards […]

  • One seafarer dead after fire breaks out on MSC boxship

    29 June 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    While en route from Colombo to Singapore, MSC Messina, a containership operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), caught fire that left one crew member dead.

  • 45 rescued from burning ferry off Philippine coast

    24 July 2020
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    Forty-five crew members were evacuated from a fire-stricken ferry off Cebu on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.

  • UK Coastguard Rescues Man after Going under Ferry

    16 June 2014

    A man had a lucky escape after being thrown into the water, dragged under a ferry but surfacing on the other side. Portland Coastguard received several 999 calls during the evening of Friday 13 June 2014 reporting that a small grey inflatable dinghy had suffered engine failure whilst in the path of the Sandbanks chain […]

  • Unknown Ship Involved in Hit and Run off India

    9 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Unknown merchant vessel collided with the Indian fishing boat Oceanic, leaving three fishermen dead off Kerala.

  • Alphaliner: RMT Reaches List of Owners with Toxic Ships

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Singapore-listed containership owner and operator Rickmers Maritime Trust (RMT) has become the latest casualty in a growing list of boxship owners with toxic vessel assets that are unable to generate sufficient funds to pay their outstanding debt obligations, according to Alphaliner. While numerous privately-owned shipowners and KG vessel funds have already filed for bankruptcy in the last three years […]

  • SOLAS, MARPOL Amendments Entered into Force on 1 January 2014

    2 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    A number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and the 1988 Load Lines Protocol entered into force or took effect from 1 January 2014. The amendments cover passenger ship safety (in relation to safe return to […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    7 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 1-7, 2019).   One Killed in Calcasieu Accident The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles is conducting a Marine Casualty Investigation in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement Division to determine the […]

  • Report: Ship Involved in Kerch Strait Fire Barred from Usual Port amid US Sanctions

    23 January 2019

    Maestro and Venice/Candy listed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for petroleum shipments to Syria.

  • Stolt Disappointed with MSC Flaminia Ruling

    14 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Stolt Tank Containers: We were disappointed and disagree with the ruling.

  • FISH Platform – Safety and Health in Fishing Industry (The Netherlands)

    24 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Fishing Industry Safety and Health Platform (FISH Platform) provides for the needs of the fishing industry on a joint approach to improve the safety and health of fishermen and reducing accidents in the industry as well as the harmonisation of EU fishing training and certification. That is the main conclusion of the first meeting […]

  • Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Project Moves Forward

    13 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    After nearly four years of painstaking efforts, on November 28, the reclamation project of the artificial island of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge for Zhuhai and Macao ports, undertaken by the consortium of CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. and CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. and the consortium of CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. and CCCC […]

  • Malta: Boston Army Captain Performs Memorial Dive to HMS Maori

    22 October 2012

    Captain Ken McIntosh and Major Dave Stone have taken part in a very different act of remembrance. While visiting Malta, the pair carried out a dive to the wreck of HMS Maori and attached a Royal British Legion Memorial Cross to the ship. HMS Maori was a Tribal-class destroyer in the Mediterranean Fleet and was […]

  • Grounding of Sabre Spirit Under Investigation

    13 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the grounding of the Sabre Spirit, a 190-foot Panamanian flag roll-on/roll-off cargo ship, after the vessel ran aground Friday morning off Current Cut, between the islands of Saint Thomas and Great Saint James, U.S. Virgin Islands, and was refloated afterwards with the rising tide.   There is no sign […]

  • Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast of Egypt

    3 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) 18th Board meeting, convened in Cairo, has approved the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Project entitled “Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast of Egypt” to be implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.  With a total budget of $31.4 million over seven years, the project aims to […]

  • Action Plan for East Asia Domestic Ferry Safety Adopted

    19 December 2011

    A detailed action plan addressing domestic ferry safety in the East Asia sub-region was agreed by participants in a forum on the subject organized by IMO and held in Bali, Indonesia, on 6 and 7 December 2011. Attended by delegates from several governments as well industry organization Interferry, the Regional Forum on Domestic Ferry Safety […]

  • Top News of the Week 16th – 20th of June

    22 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    China Rejects P3 Network, Plan Abandoned The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China denied support to the P3 Network, proposed by Mærsk A/S (Maersk Line)  together with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM S.A. The MOFCOM’s decision follows a review under China’s merger control rules.   Rising Concern over […]

  • After almost 40 years in the region, ABL settles in New Zealand

    20 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Energy and marine consultancy ABL has expanded into New Zealand with the aim of supporting the country’s maritime and offshore energy markets. ABL New Zealand, located at Mount Maunganui, will offer the full range of energy and marine consultancy services, with a particular focus on marine surveying and consulting to support the country’s maritime industries. […]

  • VIDEO: Tanker Breaks Free after Grounding off Texas, No Pollution

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    An oil tanker that ran aground Tuesday, 35 miles east of Galveston, was freed yesterday from grounding as it refloated at 10:32 p.m, the US Coast Guard said. At approximately 8:30 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call from the captain of the SN Federica, a 750-foot Italian flagged oil tanker, reporting that […]

  • Koole Maritiem Removes Sunken Dredger from Harbour of Thorsminde, Denmark

    9 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    In the afternoon of the 21st of November of 2011, the dredger Helle Saj travelling through a dense fog, collided with her sister ship Tonne, just 400 meters off the harbour entrance of Thorsminde and sank. Although the ship was lost, fortunately there were no casualties. Koole Maritiem, just completing a salvage project in Sweden, […]

  • France: incident at Dunkirk LNG terminal

    26 July 2016

    Send out tests at France’s fourth LNG import terminal in the port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) have been stopped due to an incident which led to the evacuation of the terminal’s workers. “The Dunkirk LNG terminal, currently in test phase, was put into safe conditions this night, because of LNG presence in the flare, causing LNG […]

  • Engine-Room Fire Disables Tanker, Kills One Crewman

    17 August 2014

    U.S. Coast Guard air and cutter forces continue to assist the 22-person crew of a 485-foot, Tokyo Marine’s chemical tanker Pine Galaxy after a fire in the main engine-room disabled the vessel, leaving it without propulsion, about 700 miles west of Cape Blanco, Oregon, Wednesday, August 13. The fire was extinguished using installed fire fighting […]

  • Van Heck Launches Its Fast ‘Green and Easy Oil Recovery’ System

    25 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Van Heck is world renowned for its water management systems ideally suited to the maritime and dredging industries. Van Heck now reveals its newest world premiere, a complete pump system that enables the controlled, contained, fast (fuel-) oil recovery after incorrect or ‘off-spec’ fueling and in the event of grounding or calamity at sea. The […]

  • German gas carrier grounded due to underdeveloped ECDIS

    7 April 2020
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    A German gas carrier grounded off Indonesia in 2018 due to the not fully developed ECDIS, a report shows.