On May 12, 2024, at 4 a.m. a fire broke out aboard the 'Ostrovnoy 7' at the berth of Aspers LLC in the Diomede Bay of Vladivostok, where the crab fishing vessel was being repaired. Firefighters were on the spot within five minutes. At that moment, the cabins in the stern of the ship were burning. No one was hurt. The fire area was about 50 square meters. The cause was being established by investigators from the Ministry of Emergency. The Primorsky investigative department for transport of the Eastern MSUT of the Investigative Committee of Russia was conducting a pre-investigation check under Art. 216 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of safety rules during work, resulting in the infliction of major damage through negligence). Report with video: https://www.newsvl.ru/accidents/2024/05/12/223808/
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SAGAR YUVRAJ
The 'Sagar Yuvraj' was in collision with a Kerala fishing boat with six people on board 32 nautical miles away from Chavakadu in the wee hours of May 13, 2024. The fishing boat had left Ponnani on May 10 for deep-sea fishing. It was split into two. The crew of the cargo ship saved four fishermen, while two more died in the incident. After the arrival of the Indian Coast Guard and Navy teams the bodies of the two were recovered.
Vado Ligure
Terminal operator APM Terminals (APMT) has released a video of the final three ship-to-shore (STS) cranes arriving at the Vado Gateway terminal, which it hopes will be the next major logistics hub for the Mediterranean and Europe. The Vado Gateway terminal is scheduled to open on December 12, 2019, and will be built with a 700-meter deep-sea berth specifically to handle the latest Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS), as well as an automated gate and stacking area. APMT announced the inauguration date in July 2019 – a story PTI reported on at the time. Located in the Vado Ligure Port Complex in the northwest of the country, it will be the first semi-automated port in Italy and be integrated with an already existing reefer terminal.
Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest universal port, saw its inland and hinterland cargo traffic grow by 12.1% – 2.57 million tons – in the first quarter of 2019, according to its latest financial results. The data also shows that, for the first quarter of 2019, the Port has handled 34,640 TEU – 20ft standard containers – an increase of 20% in comparison with the same period last year.
MOBY KISSO
The 'Moby "Kiss' suffered an engine failure on the afternoon of April 11, 2024, while maneuvering to approach the docks of the port of Piombino. It hit the metal passenger access ladder, positioned on the pier, almost destroying it. The ferry remained stationary for the rest of the day and resumed service on May 12. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhYMGtipahU
TORM INNOVATION
On May 11, 2024, at 8.30 p.m. an injured crew member of the 'Torm Innovation', en route from Copenhagen to Gibraltar, had to be medevacd 113 miles north of the Galician Coast. The CCS of Salvamento Marítimo in Finisterre deployed a Helimer 401 helicopter which rendezvoused wuth the ship off A Coruña, to where the ship had diverted to shorten the distance. The patient was airlifted at 10.30 pm. and taken to shore at 11 p.m. Ihe Urxencias Sanitarias de Galicia-061 mobilized an ambulance to the airport of the city to be able to transfer the injured person to the hospital.
Mumbai
The Government of Maharashtra, India, India has named the Virgin Hyperloop One – DP World Consortium as Original Project Proponent (OPP) for the Pune-Mumbai Hyperloop Project, making it the first hyperloop project in the world. In a statement, Virgin Hyperloop One described it as a “landmark announcement” for the building of the Mumbai-Pune hyperloop transportation system.
Balboa
Starting August 1 and until November 30, 2019, the Panama Canal will promote the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) annual recommendations on speed and maritime transit aimed at protecting cetaceans, which include whales, dolphins and other large aquatic mammals, during their nearby seasonal migration. With these measures, ships should proceed at a speed of not more than 10 knots in specified areas. Panama has monitored this requirement since December 1, 2014 when maritime traffic separation devices (TSS) were installed by both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean entry points to the Canal.
ABDULLAH
The 'Abdullah', which was freed by Somali pirates on April 14, reaches Cox's Bazar's Kutubdia on the evening of May 13 with 23 crew members on board. It had entered Bangladeshi territory on May 12. The crew will be brought to the KSRM lighter jetty by a lighter ship on May 14. There their family members will welcome them. Then they will go to their respective homes. After loading 56,000 tons of limestone, the vessel departed from the port of Mina Saqr on April 30, it went to a nearby port for taking fuel before heading for Chattogram.
ALBIZ
The captain of the 'Albiz', en route from Brest to Moerdijk, was medevaced in the night of May 11, 2024, about 60 kilometers northwest of Ushant. The 44-year-old man, who fell ill, was airlifted by an H160 helicopter from the French Navy in good conditions. The captain was dropped off at the Brest University Hospital at 12:18 a.m.
Mombasa
The new Lamu Port in Kenya took a big step towards completion yesterday with the announcement that its first of 22 berths is finished. According to the South Sudan and Ethiopia Transport Corridor Development Authority, the second and third berths will be completed by December 2020.
Montevideo
Shandong BaoMa Fisheries Group has shelved plans to build a port in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo that could accommodate 500 Chinese vessels, amid legal complications and strong opposition from local residents and environmental organisations. The US$200 million project, which included a free trade zone, shipyard and fish processing and freezing plants, on a private 28-hectare site in Punta Yeguas, a mostly rural area with a public park, required a change in the legal designation of the land.