Container cargo ship Marina took part in the migrants rescue operation on May 4, after the advice of MRCC Malta. They took around 78 migrants onboard. While ship is still waiting for the further instructions, the supplies on ship are running out very fast. Provisions are generally for 15 crew members, but with so many […]
As per the recent news that is coming from the maritime sector, a Filipino crew member on cruise ship Oasis of the seas, died of the corona virus. He was admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with corona infection. Name of the crew member is Carlos Baluran, from Philippines. 3 crew members of the […]
Several containers were blown away from ship OOCL UNITED KINGDOM by strong wind force in Belgium port of Zeebrugge Belgium. As per the port authority, empty containers were being offloaded during morning on 2nd May 2020. A sudden gush wind started to flow. This led few containers being thrown away in water and some fell […]
Drugs Found in Cargo Hold of Cargo Ship in Hamburg Bulk Carrier named BUDVA, arrested by German police after search operation found large quantity of drugs in cargo hold of a bulk carrier ship. The ship was coming from Brasil via morocco. Right now all 23 crew are being investigated, though 1 crew has been […]
There has been an incident of cargo ship collision with bridge in Japan. The cargo ship named AMATERASU-IMO Number 9157600 collided with Koasn Ohashi Bridge pillar at Ube port. It is reported that the ship has sustained damages to the structure. While there are no damages to the bridge as far as we know. Though […]
In a sad event that took place near West Africa, Nigerian coast, pirates managed to board a product tanker named Vemahope. As per the reports that are coming, around 10 seamen were taken by the pirates (kidnapped) from the ship. The ship was enroute from Lagos to Cameron. The AIS of the ship is believed […]
The container shipping giant, Maersk have stepped up the cargo shipping to another level. They have started a weekly service of cargo train from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. This is part of Maersk Intercontinental Rail (ICR) network. Earlier they have started this kind of service from china to Europe. This service comes after customer […]
One of the Maersk container vessel, MAERSK VILINIUS reported to have fire in the engine room. The fire was brought under control by the crew, after hours of struggle. Fire seemed to have damaged the propulsion system of the as Ship cannot use the engine. Master of the ship asked for towing assistance from the […]
As per the news coming, Spanish Law Enforcement have caught a offshore Supply Ship, which was carrying 4 tons of cocaine. As per the reports, this ship was being monitored for quite a long period of time and is part of big cocaine business. It is believed that cocaine was loaded somewhere in the Caribbean […]
