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Shipping Casualty Corner

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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:09 am

From BYM:
USA. Coast Guard assists 3 aboard disabled vessel near Manistee, Mich.
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=101243

From The BBC:
MV Carrier: Fuel pumped off Llanddulas ship at low tide
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-nort ... s-17650468
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:33 am

From Gulfnews:
Salvagers will renew bid to retrieve tanker
See http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/envir ... -1.1005984

From Yahoo:
Chile navy rescues four from Antarctic ship
See http://news.yahoo.com/chile-navy-rescue ... 09554.html

Comment: The second story gets the "You've GOT to be Kidding Me!" award. Check out the boat these guys were out there in!
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:48 am

From The Professional Mariner:
Tanker leaks heavy fuel oil into Mississippi River in Louisiana
See http://www.professionalmariner.com/ME2/ ... 2E575BA051
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:47 am

From The U.S. Coast Guard:
Photo Release: Cargo ship's crew applauded by Coast Guard
See http://www.d13.uscgnews.com/go/doc/21/1365527/

From The World Maritime News:
Vietnam: Police Investigates Vung Tau Container Tanker Collision and Sinking
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/51798
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:53 am

From The U.S. Coast Guard:
Coast Guard holds formal hearing on Eggners Ferry Bridge accident
See http://www.d8.uscgnews.com/go/doc/425/1366627/

From The World Maritime News:
New Zealand: Rena Wreck Takes on More Water
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/51862

From Baird Maritime:
IUMI issues Spring Statistics: Major losses continue to concern
See http://www.bairdmaritime.com/index.php? ... Itemid=205
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:40 am

From The Detriot News:
Ship runs aground in Lake Michigan; crew safe
See http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2012 ... -crew-safe
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:10 am

From The World Maritime News:
Help on the Way for MV Plancius that Lost Power in South Atlantic
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/51936
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:25 am

From BYM:
USA. Coast Guard rescues 3 from vessel taking on water in Lake Erie
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=101543

From The U.S. Coast Guard:
UPDATE: Coast Guard responds to grounded vessel near Manistee, Mich.
See http://www.d9.uscgnews.com/go/doc/443/1366831/
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:57 pm

From The Daily Mail:
Another Costa calamity: Concordia's sister cruise liner 'ignored' passenger pleas to help stranded fishing boat... on which two of its three crew died
See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -dead.html

From The Post Courier
Survivor: Ship was crowded
See http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20120418/news01.htm
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:02 am

From BYM:
USA. Coast Guard assists 2 from grounded fishing vessel on St. Marys River
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=101696

From The World Maritime News:
UK: IMO Legal Committee Adopts Amendments to Increase Limits of Liability for Shipping
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/52707
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:10 am

From The Professional Mariner:
Manager: Delta Mariner 3rd mate should have noticed trackline error
See http://www.professionalmariner.com/ME2/ ... 25162CBE36

From The World Maritime News:
New Zealand: Rena Update – Progress on Salvage Activities
See http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/52796

From The Telegraph:
British captain of liner 'devastated' after cruise ship sails past drifting fishermen who died
See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -died.html
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:54 am

From CruiseIndustryNews:
Coast Guard and Navy Coordinate Rescue of 10 From Burning Fishing Vessel in Pacific
See http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruis ... cific.html

From CruiseIndustryNews:
Allure Suffers Engine Room Fire
See http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruis ... -fire.html

From The Times Of India:
Centre moves Supreme Court against Cyprus ship which sank INS Vindhyagiri
See http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 790564.cms

From Zeenews:
Ship fire case: Court grants bail to 2 S Koreans
See http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharasht ... 71035.html
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:17 am

Fom BYM:
USA. Coast Guard locates unresponsive man, capsized canoe in Omena Bay, Mich
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=101792
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:22 am

From The Professional Mariner:
Inland Salvage retrieves sunken anchor barge from Gulf seabed
See http://www.professionalmariner.com/ME2/ ... 1558EF95F7

From BYM:
USA. Henderson Volunteer Fire Department rescues man after boat capsizes in Lake Ontario near Henderson, N.Y.
See http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=101865
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Re: Shipping Casualty Corner

Postby Michael H. Standart » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:48 am

From Gulfnews:
Grounded oil tanker off Mumbai will be auctioned
See http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/gr ... -1.1012673
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