Maiden Call – Cruise Liner CARNIVAL LEGEND at Malta – 01.06.2024
The month of June started with another Cruise Liner Maiden Call – CARNIVAL LEGEND, one of 6 Spirit Class that were built in Finland by Kvaerner Masa-Yards at Helsinki. With yard number 501 she was launched on Monday 17th December, 2001, and christened by English actress and author Dame Judi Dench in Harwich, Essex, UK, on Wednesday 21st August, […]
Maritime Accident – Collision between a Jetski and High Speed Craft GOZO EXPRESS – 24.05.2024
Today Friday 24th May, 2024 around 1355 hrs the High Speed Craft (HSC) GOZO EXPRESS reported to Valletta VTS that they had a collision with a Hired Jet Ski with 2 souls aboard in the North Comino Channel. The 2 souls, a man (Helm) and a woman both French Nationals were recovered by a rib […]
Maritime Accident – 300m container ship DALI rammed a Bridge at Baltimore, USA – 26.03.2024
The most severe US bridge allision since the Tampa Skyway Bridge disaster in 1980 happened around 0128 hrs of Tuesday 26th March, 2024 in the while the ship was under pilotage. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being rammed by the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) built 299.9m long (loa) container ship DALI causing […]
Casualty – Fishing Vessel KAPITAN LOBANOV sunk after missile hit with fatalities – 19.03.2024
The 1977 built RUS flag and owned fishing vessel KAPITAN LOBANOV sunk last Tuesday 19th March with 3 crew members killed and 4 others with injuries after she was accidentally struck by a missile fired from a Russian Navy ship in the Baltic Sea off Russia’s Kaliningrad region Around 1100 hrs Kalin grad time her crew […]
Maritime Accident – Harbour Pilot dead following ship boarding mishap in Turkey – 04.02.2024
On Sunday 4 th February the Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has confirmed that a local maritime pilot identified as Oguz Kok died as a result of a vessel boarding accident that occurred in the Bosphorus Strait. He was attempting to board the Cook Islands-registered bulker NEW SIHAM at the southern entrance of the […]
Maritime Accident – MSC Sinfonia faces challenges after damages in Syracuse, Italy – January 2024
Last 6th January, 2024 MSC Cruises liner MSC SINFONIA faced challenges during sudden whirlwind and finished ahead crashing into other boats moored at the Marina and one of the docks of the Foro Italico breaking free from her mooring lines. The incident happened while the ship was undergoing maintenance at Porto Grande, Syracuse, Sicily with […]
Maritime Accident – Cruise Liner MSC SINFONIA broke mooring ropes due to Whirlwind – 06.01.2024
In the afternoon of Saturday 6th January, 2024 the cruise liner MSC SINFONIA snapped her moorings due to a sudden whirlwind and finished ahead crashing into other boats moored at the Marina and one of the docks of the Foro Italico . The 2002 built 275 meter long liner was without passengers since she was […]
Maritime Accident – Cruise Liner SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY caught up in storm with 100 souls injured – November 2023
Around 100 souls were injured when the cruise liner SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY was caught up in a storm and veered dramatically during a safety manoeuvre. Most of the injuries were described as minor by cruise company Saga, but five people were taken to hospital when the ship docked in Portsmouth on Monday 6th November. One […]
Maritime Accident – Turkish Ship KAFKAMETLER Undamaged from Mine Explosion in Black Sea – 05.10.2023
On Thursday 5th October, 2023, the Turkish built, owned and flagged (TUR) general cargo ship KAFKAMETLER underway in the Black Sea sailing to Ukraine’s Izmail port did not sustain damage from a mine explosion. Port Authority reported that an explosion occurred 15-20 meters astern of the 88 metre long ship while she was underway […]
Accidents – Car Carrier DON QUIJOTE broke moorings knocking a Dock Crane in Germany – 09.07.2023
Around 2100 hrs of Sunday 9th July the stern mooring lines together with the bollard of the Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s 25-year-old car carrier DON QUIJOTE broke and ripped out, causing the vessel to drift in the Bremerhaven Harbour from the west bank to the east bank at the Lloyd Werft shipyard and damaged the floating and dry […]
