A Maltese-flagged cargo ship caught fire yesterday while stuck in heavy ice in the Azov Sea. The vessel, the M/V Captain Ivan Vikulov, sent a distress signal to maritime authorities [...]
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NOME, Alaska – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy begins breaking the tanker vessel Renda from the ice near Nome, Alaska, Jan. 20, 2012. The vessels will now [...]
NOME, Alaska — The tanker vessel Renda and the Coast Guard Cutter Healy arrived just offshore of Nome Saturday at 5:13 p.m. and preparations are commencing to ensure a safe fuel [...]
- by LT Connie Braesch, USCG The Coast Guard has a long history of braving harsh Alaskan elements to rescue mariners in distress, protect the U.S. interests in the international waters, [...]
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The famed Northeast passage, shipping lanes through the Arctic Ice, is now open for cargo traffic between Europe and Asia, says Russia’s environmental agency, the Federal Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring Service, in a recent [...]
New notation, ‘ShipRight FDA ICE’, introduces procedures which can help owners to manage their risks Lloyd’s Register has given shipowners and operators a vital new tool to help assess designs [...]
With the news of nuclear troubles in Japan, another close call largely escaped the press. On May 6th the Russia’s Taimyr, a nuclear-powered icebreaker deployed in the Yenisei Bay, battled [...]
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