Casualty – Pusher tug SHOEI MARU capsized after collision – 23.11.2024

Last Saturday 23rd November around 1800 hrs local time the pusher tug SHOEI MARU and the 229 metre bulk carrier YIANNIS NG that had just departed the Port of Kobe collided with each other. None of the 21 crew members of the bulker  were injured, but the pusher tug capsized due to the force of […]

Renaming – YULIA to NOELLE G – November 2023

One of the Chinese built Handysize Bulk Carrier (Bulker) trading around – YULIA was sold during November, 2023 and renamed as NOELLE G. She was built at Avic Weihai Shipyard, Weihai, China in 2011 as HARLEQUIN as a single deck, single hull but with double bottom with 9 watertight bulkheads. With 6 Holds she has […]

Casualties – 1952 built self discharging bulk carrier MICHIPICOTEN arrived safely in port – 08.06.2024

After yesterday – Saturday 8th June , 2024 we reported that the bulker MICHIPICOTEN collided with something underwater on Lake Superior and had water ingress ( https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-1952-built-self-discharging-bulk-carrier-michipicoten-taking-water-08-06-2024/)  has safely anchored in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She was loaded with taconite when she began to take on water after  colliding with something underwater. Taconite is a low-grade […]