On the morning of May 20, 2024, the 'SD Solent Racer' sufferered a serious engine fire at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour. The polot boat was bringing pilot back after taking the HMS 'Iron Duke' out. The fire was eventually extinguished by the crew. The vessel was brought back in alonside an MoD Police boat with Serco tugs being on standby. Video: https://x.com/i/status/1792504272271061301
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GARIBALDI
On May 20, 2024, the 'Garibaldi' issued a PAN PAN call after going adrift near Santander. The CCS Santander of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Deneb' to assist, which took the yacht in tow and safely pulled it to the Marina del Cantábrico.
Ulsteinvik
On June 8, 2021, the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION (IMO 9880685) was docked out at the Norwegian Ulstein shipyard. Full article + photo gallery: https://www.cruisedeck.de/national-geographic-resolution-ausgedockt/
Brake
on 01.05.21 J.Müller celebrate the 200th anniversary of the company German report: https://jmueller.jp-labs.de/jubilaeum/
MICHEL
On May 18, 2024, at around 4:00 a.m. LT the cargo m/v 'Mohammed Z' (IMO: 8805078) with 11 crew members, including nine Syrian and two Egyptian nationals, on board sank en route from Istanbul Anchorage to Sulina about 26 nautical off the city of Sfântu Gheorghe in the Black Sea after a collision with the 'Michel', which was en route from Odessa to Varna with a cargo of steel pipes. The Romanian authorities launched an SAR operation and notified two merchant vessels sailing in the area to assist. The 'Michel' rescued eight castaways and took them to Constanta for medical treatment. One of them was suffering from two injuries and has been admitted to the hospital. The Romanian authorities have also deployed a helicopter from the Romania Air Force and two rescue vessels, the 'Artemis' and 'Apollo' from ARSVOM to search the three missing crewmembers. Two police boats have also joined the search. According to a port inspection conducted in Egypt, the vessel had deficiencies, including inoperative safety lamps and improperly maintained life buoys. An investigation into the accident was ongoing with the cooperation of the rescued crew members. The 'Michel' arrived in Varna with structural bow damages on May 19 at 7.20 a.m. UTC.
DALI
The 'Dali' was towed away on the early morning high tide of May 20 at around 7 a.m. Prior to this the ship was pumped clear of seawater used as ballast to secure it on the seabed beneath the wreckage of the bridge. Large sections of the crashed bridge also had to be cleared laying across the bows of 'Dali' were removed, using blasting materials where necessary. Once pumped clear of her ballast water, five tugs gently pulled the ship clear of her position and, sailing at a mere one knot, towed her back to the port of Baltimore, where it was moored at the Seagirt Marine Container Terminal at 3.20 p.m. UTC. Still loaded with most of her containers, the 'Dali' showed a gaping hole above the waterline of her starboard side. The ship will receive basic repairs in Baltimore where it was likely all her containers will be unloaded, before the ship leaves for a shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, for more extensive repairs to be completed. Meanwhile, investigators including the FBI continued to probe the circumstances surrounding the allision, terming it a criminal investigation. The ship’s crew remained on board with their visas having expired and unable to return home or even leave the ship until the investigators have completed making their enquiries. The Unified Command continued to clear the remaining wreckage from the Fort McHenry Federal Channel. It anticipated that the operational width of the federal channel may soon be 400 feet wide to a depth of 50 feet. With the removal of the 158-foot-wide M/V Dali, Unified Command salvage crews, using crane and barge assets already on site, will work to remove any remaining bridge wreckage. This effort will be continued until the federal channel is restored to its original width of 700 feet and all steel below the mudline has been removed. The Maryland Transportation Authority continued to oversee the removal of the remaining steel and concrete outside of the federal channel. Photos and video: https://www.keybridgeresponse2024.com/post/update-29-photo-release-m-v-dali-refloated-moved-away-from-key-bridge https://www.keybridgeresponse2024.com/post/update-31-multimedia-release-unified-command-releases-time-lapse-of-m-v-dali-refloat-relocating
Ashdod
The Israel-Palestine conflict has crept into the maritime sector. The two Israeli ports Ashdod and Ashkelon had to be closed after rocket attacks on port infrastructure as well as other port complexes in the region. Vital Israeli port infrastructures in the Ashdod and Ashkelon area were hit in spite of the air defense system iron dome. The port of Ashdod siffered widespread damage. The cargo ships 'Mona' (IMO: 9101534) and 'Ahmet Onel' (IMO: 8420361), were nearly hit by rockets. In a separate incident, the military wing of Hamas - the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade - has declared that they have bombed an Israeli Gas Platform off Gaza, which has been continuing to burn ever since.
Lüneburg
- there is an access control system for the port: registration at www.hafen-lueneburg.de - special services: drinking water, shore power, acceptance of domestic sewage, acceptance of washing water on request
EVER FELICITY
On the morning of May 20, 2024, at around 7.40 a.m., two stevedores, a 57-year-old worker from Ishinomaki City and a 53-year-old worker from Osaki City, were found collapsed on the 'Ever Felicity', which was berthed at the at Hibarino Kita Pier in the Ishinomaki Port in the Miyagi Prefecture. A crew member had alerted the fire department. The two were taken to the hospital due to carbon dioxide poisoning. The 57-year-old man, who was found unconscious, was in a serious condition. It was believed that the two people collapsed due to lack of oxygen while entering the ship's cargo hold to load cargo. Palm shells used as biomass fuel were piled up inside the hold. The Ishinomaki Coast Guard Station started conducting a detailed investigation into the cause of the accident and whether there were any safety issues. Report with photo: https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/news/national/%E9%85%B8%E6%AC%A0%E7%8A%B6%E6%85%8B-%E7%9F%B3%E5%B7%BB%E6%B8%AF%E3%81%AE%E8%B2%A8%E7%89%A9%E8%88%B9%E3%81%AE%E5%80%89%E5%BA%AB%E3%81%A72%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%8C%E5%80%92%E3%82%8C1%E4%BA%BA%E6%84%8F%E8%AD%98%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%8E-%E5%80%89%E5%BA%AB%E5%86%85%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AF%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E7%87%83%E6%96%99%E3%81%AE-%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B7%E6%AE%BB-%E5%AE%AE%E5%9F%8E/ar-BB1mGAy9
RIDENS
In the night of May 19, 2024, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed by the departmental directorate of public security that a boat with migrants on board had set sail in the Gravelines sector. The CROSS Gris-Nez mobilized the 'Ridens' to relocate and verify the situation. The 56 boat people were recovered by the 'Ridens' and then dropped at the port of Calais, where they were taken care of by the land emergency services and the border police.
Thyboron
On May 6, 2021, at 10 a.m. a trawler newbuilding caught fire in Thyborøn. The 'L 120-Linette' was ablaze at the shipyard quay. The fire brigade, police and the lifeboat 'Martha Lerche' of the DSRS were on site. Bundles of flames shot out of the ship, and there was heavy smoke development. The fire had started in the cargo hold when insulation material went alight. Not until May 7 at 2 a.m. the emergency services managed to extinguish the flames on the vessel. The temperatures inside the ship were extremely high. The construction of the trawler began in 2020. Alfred Fisker Hansen and Tommy Svart had ordered the trawler in Vestværft design. The hull was built in Poland and then towed to Thyborøn where it was completed at the Thyborøn Skibs & Motor. The completion in June should now be obsolete. The predecessor ship of the same name is to go to Sweden. The new building is 28.6 meters long and 8.7 meters wide with a planned crew of eight with one trainee. Report with photo and video: https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/lemvig/skib-i-flammer-paa-havnen-i-thyboroen-politiet-opfordrer-til-at-lukke-vinduer-og-doere
Beirut
The French container giant CMA CGM is working on a plan to rebuild the port of Beirut within three years. Political stalemate in Lebanon has meant that no decisions have been made after the huge explosion that killed 200 in 2020. CMA CGM first presented the plan to the Lebanese authorities in September, which includes the reconstruction of damaged quay facilities and warehouses, along with a port expansion and digitization. The total price was estimated to be between 400 and 600 million. dollar. Another offer was announced on April 9, 2021. German companies presented a multi-billion dollar plan to rebuild the port and surrounding districts, which was also devastated by the violent explosion.