Ukraine Crisis – Crew Member Killed after Bangladeshi ship was hit by Russian Navy Missile – 02.03.2022
On Wednesday 2nd March, 2022 around 1730 hrs the anchored Bangladeshi bulker BANGLAR SAMRIDDHI was hit by a Russian navy missile with the cause of 1 crew member fatality. The 2018 built bulker was partly loaded and anchored at the Olvia Anchorage, Mykolaiv Port area, Ukraine, Black sea. She arrived from Eregli, Turkey on Tuesday […]
Broken Up – Offshore Tug/Supply Vessel THOR I – September 2021
The 35 year old offshore tug/supply ship THOR I was broken up in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Tuesday 21st September 2021. She was built on 1st June 1986 by Orskov Yard at Frederikshavn in Denmark as CHALLENGER III trading for 3 months where she was renamed as OIL CHALLENGER by Ocean Inchcape trading for 5 years […]
Beirut Blast – 21 Bangladesh Navy crew injured – 04.08.2020
At least four Bangladeshi nationals have been killed and around 100 more, including 21 members of the Bangladesh Navy, have been injured in two massive explosions that rocked the port of Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday. In a press release on Wednesday 5th August, 2020, the Inter Service Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) confirmed at least […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – NGO ships MARE JONIO and SEA-WATCH 3 enter Sicilian Ports – 20/21.06.2020
On Saturday 20th June, 2020 the 1972 built tugboat MARE JONIO owned by NGO Mediterranea with 67 illegal immigrants entered Pozzallo Port, Sicily rescued the day before from offshore Lampedusa. First to disembark was the only woman aboard followed by 4 young Bangladeshi Nationals. These group of 67 were all young and in healthy conditions […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – 78 rescued immigrants by vessel MARINA on 03.05.2020 disembarked at Porto Empedocle on 09.05.2020
On Sunday 3rd May 2020 NGO Alarm Phone said that they had alerted the Maltese and Italian authorities to launch a rescue immediately without delay as around 90 people were in distress on a wooden boat in Malta’s search and rescue area. Alarm Phone raised alarm about the migrants’ wooden boat early in the morning, […]
Accidents – Injuries and Deaths while ship is scrapped – 03.09.2019
An accident killed two shipbreaking workers and injured 13 others while they were scrapping the container ship CSL VIRGINIA at Ziri Subedar Shipbreaking Yard in Chattogram, Bangladesh, last Saturday, August 31st. Eyewitnesses said that a heavy cable had collapsed on the container ship and struck 15 workers at once. Two were killed instantly while the remainder […]
