Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Ropax JEAN NICOLI from 11.01.2020 to March 2020.
The second ropax from Corsica Lines to call at Palumbo Malta Shipyard was the 1998 built JEAN NICOLI. She entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Saturday 11th January, 2020 in the morning around 0955 hrs 4 days after the first ropax PASCAL PAOLI left the yard. She was built in 1998 by Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, […]
Casualties – Cargo Ship RHODANUS aground – 13.10.2019
Authorities in France responded to the grounding of the 90 metre cargo ship RHODANUS on the island of Corsica early Sunday 13th October morning after she ran aground in a pristine marine reserve in the Strait of Bonaficio off the French Mediterranean island of Corsica without oil spill according to the maritime police. She was […]
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 […]
Casualties – Human Error identified in CSL VIRGINIA and ULYSSES Collision on 07.10.2018
The investigation into the collision involving a roll on/rolloff vessel and a containership in the Mediterranean Sea last October identified human errors on a multitude of levels as the root cause of the accident. According to Tunisian, French and Cypriot investigators who revealed their findings on Monday, the investigation revealed that the watch officer on […]
