Accidents

Salvors will use five tugs to attempt to refloat the Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay on Tuesday. Details of the refloating operation were released as part of a

A Maersk-operated containership lost around 90 containers in heavy weather this week during an eastbound voyage in the North Pacific Ocean, the company has

Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D.  A year ago, MV Ever Given rammed its bow into Asia, ran its stern onto Africa, and her midships straddled the Suez Canal for

The U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Western Towboat have established a unified command in response to a tug grounding in

Dredging around the stuck Ever Forward kicked off over the weekened with two dredges now working to clear mud from the around the ship’s hull. Port of

A large-scale oil spill is unlikley from the sunken Felicity Ace car carrier, the ship’s manager said in an update. Felicity Ace sank on March 1 around

A roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier belonging to Dubai-based Salem Al Makrani Cargo Company capsized and later sank in the Persian Gulf about 30 miles from

A team of technical experts has boarded the grounded Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay this week to evaluate the condition of the ship and determine a plan for

Update: Ever Forward remained grounded on Tuesday in Chesapeake Bay. A 334-meter containership owned by Evergreen Marine is aground in Chesapeake Bay not far

By Vel Moonien in Mauritius – The French authorities in Reunion Island have decided to take over the clean-up of the grounded Tresta Star last week. The

An engine room fire aboard a towing vessel started when diesel fuel spray hit an uninsulated section of the engine’s exhaust system, the National

A dinghy operator is lucky to be alive after a close call with large containership near England’s Port of Southampton on Sunday. According to local

A captain’s assumption and poor communication led to a collision between an offshore supply vessel and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in Sabine Pass, the National

A salvage team has successfuly boarded the Felicity Ace car carrier and attached a tow line to stop it from drifting more than a week after the ship was

The Felicity Ace carrying around 4,000 vehicles continues to burn more than a week after catching fire in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Azores Islands. White

By Vel Moonien in Mauritius – Three Taiwanese trawlers have run aground on reefs off Mauritius’ Bain-des-Dames and Pointe-aux-Sables, at the

The Euroferry Olympia will be towed to port in Platygiali, Greece where a search will continue for ten people still missing after the roll-on/roll-off

The fire on the Felicity Ace ship off the coast of Portugal’s Azores Islands is expected to generate at least $155 million in losses for Volkswagen, Porsche,

By Vel Moonien in Mauritius The Mauritian-flagged tanker that ran aground earlier this month on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is in the process of

Two large salvage tugs are expected to arrive at the Felicity Ace car carrier which remains adrift after a fire in the Atlantic Ocean. An update from the