Casualties – Car Carrier AL SALMY 6 sinks – 17.03.2022
On Thursday 17th March, 2022 around 0600 UTC the 1983 built car carrier AL SALMY 6 developed heavy list in the Persian Gulf off Iranian coast in rough weather. An Iranian official said that 16 crew members have been rescued from the United Arab Emirates ship that sank 30 miles from Iran’s Asaluyeh port while […]
Casualties – Container ship COSCO PACIFIC fire – 04.01.2020
On Saturday 4th January, 2020 the 2008 built 10,062 TEU capacity container ship COSCO PACIFIC while underway in the Arabian Sea from Port Klang, Malaysia to Nhava Sheva, India reported fire in container or containers, in a cargo hold. The ship interrupted scheduled voyage and headed for Colombo, Sri Lanka arriving there in the morning […]
Drug Bust – French warship seizes over $ 5 Million in Drugs at the Middle East – June 2019
The French Navy frigate FS FLOREAL F 730 apprehended a vessel carrying over 520 kilograms of narcotics while on patrol in the Arabian Sea late last month, Combined Maritime Forces said in a statement. Operating under the command of the Pakistan-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, FLOREAL’s crew conducted a routine inspection of a small […]
CASUALTY – Container Ship MAERSK HONAM – March 2018. Tuesday 6th March 2018 around 1520 GMT, the Maersk liner vessel MAERSK HONAM reported a serious fire in one of its cargo hold. En route from Singapore towards Suez, the vessel is currently positioned around 900 nautical miles southeast of Salalah, Oman. After being unsuccessful in […]
