Feb 2, 2016 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
On or about 31 jan 16, another fire broke out aboard the “AIDA Prima” at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s shipyard in Nagasaki early on Jan 31, the third such incident in January. A worker at the Koyagi plant of MHI’s Nagasaki Shipyard &...
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Feb 1, 2016 | Maritime Violations, Global, Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea, Domestic, Foreign
On or about 25 2355H Jan 16, unnoticed, robber boarded an anchored general cargo ship, stole ship properties, and escaped while at Guanta anchorage, Venezuela (LAT 10°16’3”N, LONG 064°34’3”W). The incident was noticed later by the duty crew on safety rounds. Source;...
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Jan 29, 2016 | Maritime Violations, Global, Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea, Domestic, Foreign
On or about 23 0630H Jan 16, duty crew onboard an anchored LPG Tanker on routine rounds noticed foot marks on the upper deck aft area. while at Visakhapatnam Anchorage, India (LAT 17°39’0”N, LONG 083°23’0”E). Alarm raised and a thorough search was made. It was...
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Jan 29, 2016 | South East Asia (SEA), Regional, North East Asia (NEA), Global, North East (NE), South East (SE)
On or about 23 0630H Jan 16, duty crew onboard an anchored LPG Tanker on routine rounds noticed foot marks on the upper deck aft area. while at Visakhapatnam Anchorage, India (LAT 17°39’0”N, LONG 083°23’0”E). Alarm raised and a thorough search was made. It was...
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Jan 29, 2016 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
On or about 26 Jan 16, the “Badri Prasad” has been arrested in Singapore on Jan 18, 2016 at 7:45 p.m. following action by Asialegal LLC. The vessel is worth $5.72 million. The reasons behind the arrest were currently unknown.The vessel was also arrested in...
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Jan 29, 2016 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
On or about 25 1400H Jan 16, the cargo vessel “Dong Thien Phu Silver” was in collision with the “Ocean Osprey” off Myanmar The cargo ship sank, an an SAR operation was launched by the MRCC Myanmar. All 14 Vietnamese crew members were rescued...
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Jan 21, 2016 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
On or about 14 Jan 16, the “Minerva Pisces” was reported as having been supposedly involved in a hit and run accident in the East China Sea, around midnight 50 miles northeast of Miaozihu island, in which the fishing boat “Zhe Pu Yu 42234” was...
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Jan 21, 2016 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
The tanker Sunway Maru sank after collision with aggregate carrier Daifuku Maru No 8 in Tokyo Bay on several nautical miles off Kawasaki. The both ships were proceeding in same direction and crossing routes, but due to human mistake collided in moderate weather and...
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Jan 12, 2016 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
On or about 11 Jan 16, cables started burning aboard the “Aidaprima”. The fire started at the building yard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki at 8.30 p.m. LT in the aft of the ship and was accompanied by dense smoke development. The fire rescue of...
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Dec 18, 2015 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
Officials said six Filipino crewmen are missing after their cargo ship collided with a chemical tanker and sank near Indonesia. Six other crew members were rescued. Batam port official Gajah Rooseno said Thursday the Danish cargo ship Thorco Cloud collided with the...
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Dec 16, 2015 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
A Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship caught fire in waters off South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju, but all 15 North Korean crew members are safe, a Coast Guard official said Tuesday. The 2,516-ton ship called the South Korean center for monitoring marine...
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Dec 15, 2015 | Regional, Maritime Incidents, Domestic
4 people, including a baby, were killed and 10 others left missing after a speedboat sank in a river on the Indonesian part of Borneo island, a rescue official said Monday, December 14. The boat was carrying 53 people up the Kapuas river Sunday when it hit a log and...
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