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Monday, January 9, 2023
MSC Containership Grounds on Italian Breakwater -Video
Accidents

MSC Containership Grounds on Italian Breakwater -Video

A Mediterranean Shipping Company containership appears to be grounded on the breakwater at the Port of Gioia Tauro in Italy. AIS data from MarineTraffic.com

January 9, 2023
Total Views: 15758

Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Salvage Continues for Grounded Fishing Vessel on Santa Cruz Island
Accidents

Salvage Continues for Grounded Fishing Vessel on Santa Cruz Island

Salvage crews are making progress on the salvage of the grounded fishing vessel Speranza Marie on Southern California’s Santa Cruz Island—the largest

December 21, 2022
Total Views: 4799

Friday, December 16, 2022
Fishing Vessel Grounds on Southern California’s Santa Cruz Island
Accidents

Fishing Vessel Grounds on Southern California’s Santa Cruz Island

A 60-foot fishing vessel carrying roughly 1,000 gallons of diesel ran aground on Santa Cruz Island of the coast of Southern California on Thursday morning,

December 16, 2022
Total Views: 3266

Friday, December 9, 2022
Taiwanese Trawler Loaded with Diesel and Fuel Oil Grounds on Saint Brandon
Accidents

Taiwanese Trawler Loaded with Diesel and Fuel Oil Grounds on Saint Brandon

By Vel Moonien (gCaptain) – MAURITIUS – Taiwanese trawler has run aground in Saint-Brandon in the Indian Ocean with diesel and fuel oil on board. A

December 9, 2022
Total Views: 5963

Friday, November 18, 2022
Electrical Genset Failure Led to Towing Vessel’s Loss of Steering and Grounding -NTSB
Accidents

Electrical Genset Failure Led to Towing Vessel’s Loss of Steering and Grounding -NTSB

An electrical generator set (genset) failure and subsequent loss of steering led to the grounding of a towing vessel near Greenville, Mississippi, the National

November 18, 2022
Total Views: 3829

Wednesday, November 9, 2022
young-yong-tanker aground
Grounding Incidents

US Approves Salvage Of Sanctioned Oil Tanker Aground Near Singapore

By Chen Lin and Isabel Kua (Reuters) – The United States has allowed some transactions to take place with a sanctioned oil supertanker in effort to free

November 9, 2022
Total Views: 9058

Monday, November 7, 2022
Grounded Supertanker Could Take a Month to Free -Indonesia Navy
Accidents

Grounded Supertanker Could Take a Month to Free -Indonesia Navy

JAKARTA, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities said on Monday it could take up to a month to free a crude oil tanker stuck in its waters,

November 7, 2022
Total Views: 3756

Thursday, September 1, 2022
Ship Carrying Ukrainian Corn Grounds in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait
Accidents

Ship Carrying Ukrainian Corn Grounds in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait

Update: The M/V Lady Zehma has been refloated and moved to an anchorage. Bosphorus Strait reopened to ship traffic -General Directorate of Coastal Safety A

September 1, 2022
Total Views: 6170

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
HMS Prince of Wales
Grounding Incidents

UPDATE – UK Carrier HMS Prince Of Wales Incident

UPDATE: Today the Royal Navy news site Navy Lookout provided the following comments: “The reason HMS Prince of Wales could not begin her planned deployment

August 30, 2022
Total Views: 218001

Friday, August 5, 2022
Expedition Cruise Ship Grounds in Norway During Shipyard Return
Accidents

Expedition Cruise Ship Grounds in Norway During Shipyard Return

An expeditionary cruise ship belonging to Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten ran aground and was later refloated in a western Norwegian fjord north of Bergen on

August 5, 2022
Total Views: 7449

Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Maersk Containership Briefly Grounds in Savannah River
Shipping

Maersk Containership Briefly Grounds in Savannah River

A 332.5-meter-long Maersk containership apparently ran aground, and was later refloated, in the Savannah River en route to the Port of Savannah on Tuesday. AIS

June 14, 2022
Total Views: 13284

Friday, April 29, 2022
Interlake Steamship Bulk Carrier ‘Kaye E. Barker’ Grounds in Lake Michigan
Accidents

Interlake Steamship Bulk Carrier ‘Kaye E. Barker’ Grounds in Lake Michigan

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a commercial bulk carrier that ran soft aground on a sand bar at the entrance to Muskegon in West Michigan late Thursday.

April 29, 2022
Total Views: 5082

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Norwegian Escape Bow
Cruise Ships

NCL Cruise Ship Pulled Free After Grounding

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) A Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. luxury liner carrying thousands of passengers that ran aground while trying to leave a port in

March 15, 2022
Total Views: 12622

Monday, March 14, 2022
Evergreen Containership Aground in Chesapeake Bay
Accidents

Evergreen Containership Aground in Chesapeake Bay

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

March 14, 2022
Total Views: 27968

Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Reunion Island Grounding: France Takes Over Clean-Up of Tresta Star
Accidents

Reunion Island Grounding: France Takes Over Clean-Up of Tresta Star

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

March 9, 2022
Total Views: 2975

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Three Taiwanese Fishing Trawlers Run Aground in Mauritius
Accidents

Three Taiwanese Fishing Trawlers Run Aground in Mauritius

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

February 23, 2022
Total Views: 4469

Monday, February 7, 2022
U.S. Navy-Chartered Tug and Barge Refloated in Florida
Defense

U.S. Navy-Chartered Tug and Barge Refloated in Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard, working with state and local partners, has completed salvage efforts for the grounded Military Sealift Command-chartered tugboat Sea

February 7, 2022
Total Views: 2927

Friday, February 4, 2022
Photos and Video Show Grounded Tanker on Reunion Island
Accidents

Photos and Video Show Grounded Tanker on Reunion Island

We’re getting our first look at the Mauritian tanker that ran aground Thursday on Reunion Island, the overseas French department in the Indian Ocean. The

February 4, 2022
Total Views: 8888

MSC-Chartered Tug and Barge Run Aground in Florida
Accidents

MSC-Chartered Tug and Barge Run Aground in Florida

U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale and Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations crews rescued four people from the 70-foot tugboat Sea

February 4, 2022
Total Views: 11416

Thursday, February 3, 2022
Maersk Megaship Refloated in Germany -Update
Accidents

Maersk Megaship Refloated in Germany -Update

Update: An army of tugs led by the Sovereign and Neuwark towed the Mumbai Maersk free at high tide early Friday morning. Six additional tugs were involved in

February 3, 2022
Total Views: 31542
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