On May 27,2024, the 'Ivan Kalinin' caught fire at the pier in the Zolotoy Rog Bay in the Kalinin area. The crew was evacuated independently, and no one was injured. Firefighters arrived at the scene seven minutes after the call. Thick black smoke was coming from the ship's refrigeration facilities. The firefighters were able to extinguish the open fire, which was raging in an area of about 20 square meters, and reconnaissance started using a thermal image camera. At 5:41 p.m. the fire was completely extinguished. Investigators from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations started establishing the cause of the fire. The Vanino Transport Prosecutor's Office organized an inspection of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on maritime safety, as well as compliance with the fire safety regime. Report with photo and video: https://www.newsvl.ru/accidents/2024/05/27/224111/#ixzz8bbK24xnV Vladivostok news on VL.RU
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SADIE
On May 26, 2024, the US Coast Guard medevaced an injured crew member from the 'Sadie' near Chirikof Island, Alaska. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic command center received a medevac request on the evening from the captain of the tug for a 38-year-old man experiencing a head injury. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak hoisted the patient and transported him to awaiting emergency services in Kodiak.
Rio de Janeiro
The Mexican tank m/v ’Irmã Dulce’, 72900 dwt (IMO: 9548691), which was under construction at Estalairo Maua in Rio de Janeiro, suffered water ingress in the engine room and aft peak in the night of May 4, 2020. The stern came to rest on bthe bottom at a water depth of four to five meters. The accident was apparently caused by a leaking valve. In the afternoon of May 5 divers managed to stabilize the ship. It was the second of a series of four for Transpetro and was launched in 2014. The order for all three ships still under construction was later canceled. The Panamax had currently been 95% completed. Report with photo: https://splash247.com/near-complete-brazilian-tanker-newbuild-sinks-at-pier/ .
Port Elizabeth
On May 2, 2020, at 08.50 a.m. the NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew and EC Government Health EMS were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority to respond to rendezvous with a bulk carrier approaching Port Elizabeth from Cape Town to attend to a 52 year old Iraqi crew member onboard the ship suffering an emergency medical condition, not Covid-19 related. The sea rescue craft 'Spirit of Toft' was launched accompanied by an EMS rescue paramedic and rendezvoused with the ship seven miles East of Cape Recife. The EMS rescue paramedic and an NSRI rescue swimmer were transferred onto the ship and the patient was found to be in a critical condition. The paramedic took over emergency medical treatment from the ships medical crew and the patient, secured into a stokes basket stretcher, was transferred onto the sea rescue craft and the EMS paramedic and NSRI medics continued with medical care onboard the sea rescue craft while the patient was brought to the NSRI Port Elizabeth sea rescue base and in the care of paramedics he was transported to hospital by EMS ambulance. Despite extensive efforts by hospital medical staff the patient passed away.
MARVEL 3
On May 21, 2024, at 6.14 a.m. a number of pirates aboard five small boats approached the 'Marvel 3' along with the scrap loaded barge 'Seronggong 8' off the Tompiok Utara Becon in pos. 1° 30.16' N 104° 31.37' E. The pirates stole scrap metals from the barge.
ALASKA VICTORY
On May 25, 2024, the US Coast Guard and Alaska Rescue Coordination Center teamed up to medevac a crew member from the 'Alaska Victory' 30 nautical miles southeast of Togiak, Alaska. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District received a relayed phone call from fishing vessel, requesting a medevac for a 42-year-old man experiencing a leg injury. The injured crew member was transferred ashore in Togiak by a local fisherman on a small boat. Once in Togiak, an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center transported the patient from Togiak to Anchorage where he was met by emergency medical services.
Libreville
22 and 36 nautical miles Northwest of Libreville the latest acts of piracy occurred in positions 00° 30.50’N 009°06.21’E and 00° 55.24N 009° 08 09E and involved two fishing trawlers named 'amerger II' and 'Amerger VIIÄ – the first taking place 20 nautical miles off Libreville and the second 36 n.miles off Libreville. Both incidents involved a single speedboat described as a skiff powered by three engines and having 13 pirates on board. The pirates were reported as being English-speakers which gives rise to suspicions of them being of Nigerian origin, despite this being some distance from Nigeria. The boarding of each trawler resulted in three of the crew from each vessel being kidnapped. The nationalities of those kidnapped are reported as three Indonesian, two Senegalese, and one South Korean.
Durban
On May 3, 2020, at 10.15 a.m. the NSRI Durban launched the sea rescue craft 'Alick Rennie' to transport a ShipsMed doctor to a bulk carrier at the outer anchorage off-shore of the Port of Durban. The Port Health Authorities had arranged for the doctor to take sample swabs from a crewman onboard the ship, which is due to enter Port, for Covid-19 laboratory testing prior to the ship being granted permission to enter Port. Observing all Covid-19 Department of Health and Port Health Authority safety regulations and protocols on arrival at the ship the doctor was transferred onto the ship and sample swabs were collected from the crewman. The doctor returned to the sea rescue craft accompanied by the samples that he had collected and he was brought into Durban Port without incident. Port Health Authorities evaluated the samples to determine safe passage for the ship to enter Port. The operation completed at 11.40 a.m.
GCL LEADER
On May 21, 2024, at 5.12 a.m. five perpetrators, armed with knives, boarded the 'GCL Leader' west of Pulau Cula in pos. 1° 2.8' N 103°39.7' E. An oiler was being restrained, and the intruders stole engine parts.
MATSON LANAI
On May 25, 2024,, the US Coast Guard medevaced a crew member from the 'Matson Lanai', en route from Long Beach to Shanghai, about 125 nautical miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District command center received a medevac request on May 24 at 3:39 p.m. from the captain, who reported a crew member was experiencing stroke-like symptoms. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from the Air Station Kodiak hoisted the 27-year-old man at 7:35 a.m. and transferred him to an awaiting commercial medevac service in Dutch Harbor.
Port Elizabeth
On April 30, 2020, at 11.15 a.m. the NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were alerted by TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) requesting assistance to evacuate a Filipino crew member of a bunkering tanker at anchorage off-shore of the Port of Port Elizabeth. The man required transportation to a dentist as soon as possible and considering the Covid-19 lockdown the Port Health Authorities advised the tasking of NSRI to carry out the operation, taking into consideration that NSRI are well prepared for all Covid-19 Department of Health protocols, regulations and precautions. At 1 p.m. the sea rescue craft 'JLT Rescuer' was launched and rendezvoused with the tanker thre miles off Port Elizabeth in calm seas. The patient was transferred onto the sea rescue craft and he was brought to shore and transported to a dentist appointment by the ships agent. At 3.30 p.m. the patient returned to the Port of Port Elizabeth and he boarded our sea rescue craft JLT Rescuer and we transported him back to the ship and returned to base without incident.
Grenaa
After the gas explosion aboard the Danish dredger vessel ‘Grete Fighter‘, 582 gt (IMO: 7944762), on April 23 in the port of Grenå,the Grenaa Shipyard has not yet received a report from the Labor Inspectorate on the cause of the accident which was thought to be be due to gas emissions or diesel fumes. However, the yard has already chosen to tighten security in several areas. On April 28, a joint meeting was held where staff and management discussed what they could do to be 100 percent sure the accident cannot recur. It was decided to buy a lot of technical equipment to prevent such an explosion in the future, and some new procedures for this type of work will be intrduced. The two survivors of the accident were in critical condition.