A Sandy Hook ship pilot has died following a fall while boarding a tanker arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday. The incident follows the fatal fall of another Sandy Hook Pilot in late December 2019. According to a press statement, Sandy Hook Pilot Captain Timothy M. Murray died from injuries sustained after falling from a pilot ladder. The incident … [Read more...]
Disgruntled Armed Security Guard Held Vessel and Crew Hostage
We're just now catching wind of a bizarre security incident aboard a Eagle Bulk vessel in which a seemingly disgruntled security guard took the vessel and its crew hostage at gunpoint for three days before surrendering. NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping provided details of the incident, which took place in late July in the Indian Ocean as the vessel was about to transit the … [Read more...]
Massive Explosion in Beirut Port Area Rocks Lebanon’s Capital
By Samia Nakhoul and Yara Abi Nader BEIRUT, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A huge explosion in a port warehouse district near the center of Beirut killed more than 25 people, injured over 2,500 others and sent shockwaves across the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, shattering windows and causing apartment balconies to collapse. Officials expected the death toll to rise sharply as emergency … [Read more...]
Suicide Aboard Military Sealift Command Ship Prompts Unions to Call for End to “Gangways Up” Order
The heads of the three unions representing Military Sealift Command civilian mariners are calling on MSC to reevaluate the "Gangways-Up" order as concerns mount over the mental health safety of the mariners. In a July 29 letter to Admiral Michael A. Wettlauer, Commander of the Military Sealift Command, the president's of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA), … [Read more...]
Large Bulk Carrier Runs Aground in Mauritius
Update: Mauritius Environmental Minister: No Oil Spill from Grounded Wakashio A large bulk carrier has run aground on an Indian Ocean reef off Mauritius. The Panama-flagged MV Wakashio was underway from China to Brazil when it ran aground Saturday night off Pointe d'esny on Mauritius' south-eastern coast during a voyage from China to Brazil. At 203,130 deadweight … [Read more...]