Shipping Casualty Corner

[Michael H. Standart]

A thread started for obvious reasons if you check out the news I'm calling attention to. If it runs aground, sinks, burns, blows up, collides or in some fashion gets in a heaping helping of trouble, this is the place I'll put it.

From Yahoo:
Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze
See http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-nucle ... 04278.html

From The World Maritime News:
Turkish Freighter Dogu Haslaman Sank at Aegean Sea
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/42774

From The Belfast Telegraph:
Grounded ship hits rail services
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/42774

[Michael H. Standart]

From BYM:
Sea Shepherd. The Steve Irwin and Brigitte Bardot are struggling slowly northward through another storm.
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=97047

From The Khaleej Times:
3 critically hurt in tanker fire off Fujairah
See http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArti ... ion=theuae

From Zeenews
Vietnam cargo ship sinks, 22 dead: shipping firm
See http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/vie ... 49578.html

From Monsters & Critics:
Oil leaking from ship three months after New Zealand grounding
See http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/ ... -grounding

[Michael H. Standart]

From BYM:
UK Coastguards assist Woodvale Trans-Atlantic challenge rowers
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=97051

From BendBulletin:
Hundreds of workers needed to put out daylong fire on Russian submarine
See http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/201 ... 112310403/

From Monsters & Critics:
Lead: Weather raises fears stranded cargo ship will break up
See http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/ ... l-break-up
Comment: It's nothing short of astonishing that the Rena has even lasted this long!

[Aaron2010]

A crippled oil tanker carrying 54,000 tonnes of oil is resting off Belfast lough. The Genmar Companion has been anchored near the Irish coastline since December 16th and has patiently waited for assistance. The ship is too large to enter Belfast docks for repairs. A ship to ship transfer of oil has been granted and the BW Seine is on her way to the rescue.

Link to news

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/oil-move-from-tanker-delayed-16097572.html


Note - (On February 25th 2011 the BW Seine rescued over a dozen men from the sea when the fishing boat 'Faro De Hercules' capsized and sank. The BW Seine deviated from her course and conducted a search and rescue operation which lasted over 16 hours.)


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[Michael H. Standart]

From Monsters & Critics:
State of crippled cargo ship worsens
See http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/ ... ip-worsens

From Yahoo:
Pirate-themed cruise ship runs aground in Fla.
See http://news.yahoo.com/pirate-themed-cru ... 03321.html

[Michael H. Standart]

From The World Maritime News:
New Zealand: Rena Hull Cracks Further
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/42952
Comment: The photo says it all!

From The BBC:
Belfast Lough transfer of tanker's oil cargo delayed to Tuesday
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16381417

From The Hellenic Shipping News:
Doomed Asian Bulk Carriers Go Down
See http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/New ... 54ef547e34

From The World Maritime News:
Cargo Vessel OSM Arena Drifts Towards Chennai Coast, India
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/43013

[Tom.Insley]

From The World Maritime News:
New Zealand: Rena Hull Cracks Further
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/42952
Comment: The photo says it all!

Hmm... looks like a "top-down" break.

[Michael H. Standart]

>>Hmm... looks like a "top-down" break.<<

That's the sort of thing you might expect when the bow of the ship is parked on top of a reef. If the first article is any indication, it looks like the reef is having the last laugh!

From The World Maritime News:
New Zealand: Rena Barely Holds Together
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/43121

From The Telegraph Australia:
Explosion destroys boat on Sydney Harbour and capsizes near the eastern suburbs
See http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/e ... 6236104319

From The Barents Observer:
Submarine’s torpedo compartment was on fire
See http://www.barentsobserver.com/submarin ... 58932.html

[Andrew Clarkson]

Thanks very much for creating this interesting and totally fascinating thread Michael, I'm a daily visitor!

[Michael H. Standart]

>>Thanks very much for creating this interesting and totally fascinating thread Michael, I'm a daily visitor!<<

Wish I could say it's a pleasure, Andy, but of course, it's not. I take no joy in any sort of shipping casualty, but they do happen and this forum has a special interest in this sort of thing, hence my reasons for calling attention to these events when they happen along with any follow up.

From The World Maritime News:
Two Ships Collide Off Brunsbuttel, Germany
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/43243

And also:
New Zealand: State of Stricken Rena Remains Uncertain
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/43204

Comment: I think it's a safe bet that the Rena is not coming off that reef intact, if ever. If the ship hasn't split in half, it's only a matter of time before it does.

[Michael H. Standart]

From Stockhouse:
Tanker collision triggers small fuel oil spill off coast of Singapore
See http://www.stockhouse.com/News/Financia ... 770&src=cp

From The World Maritime News:
New Zealand: Rena to Face Worst Weather Since Grounding
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/43330

From RIANovosti:
Strong storm hampers efforts to secure Russian ship in distress
See http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120105/170625181.html

From CNW:
TSB deploying team to investigate a marine accident in Surrey, BC
See http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/902161/ ... -surrey-bc

From The BBC:
Tow established with drifting ship Federal Miramichi
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe- ... y-16424078

[Michael H. Standart]

From RIANovosti:
Irina refrigerator ship endures storm, drifts into Pacific
See http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120106/170639257.html

From The New Zealand Herald:
Damaged anti-whaling ship returns home
See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10777131

From The World Maritime News:
New Zealand: Rena Container Removal Operation Continues
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/43455

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Professional Mariner:
OSHA cites Tenn. yard after fatal fire aboard pontoon dredge
See http://www.professionalmariner.com/ME2/ ... E3C82CD62F

From The BBC:
Stricken cargo ship Rena breaks up off New Zealand
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16458574

Comment: A stark photo in the second story, but it says it all. I'm astonished that the hull girder made it as long as it did before finally giving up the ghost!

[Michael H. Standart]

From BYM
New Zealand : Rena on the rock update
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=97265

Comment: At the bottom of the page is a link to an extensive series of photos of this sorry affair.

From The Australian:
Christmas Island phosphate ship MV Tycoon in rescue drama
See http://www.theaustralian.com.au//news/n ... 6239335337

Comment: This one is a new screwup!

[Dave Gittins]

Here's a particularly good video of the Rena wreck.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/raw-vid ... na-4680270