Rescue crews responded to fire on the ''Kim Thu', which docked at Pier 36 in Honolulu on April 26, 2024. Five people were injured. At about 3:34 p.m. the Honolulu Fire Department responded to the incident. Two people needed to be treated for fire-related injures.
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COLOR FANTASY
On April 28 at 8.04 p.m. a rescue helicopter from Roskilde medically evacuated a patient from the 'Color Fantasy', en route from Kiel to Oslo, which was sailing near Sejerø at the time of the medevac request. The patient was flown to Skejby for further transport to hospital.
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.
KMP MISHIMA
On the afternoon of April 26, 2024, the KMP 'Mishima' allided with the wooden fishing boats KML 'Tunas Muda' and KML 'Dia Harapan'in the Bone Regency, South Sulawesi (Sulsel). The ferry had experienced electrical trouble and lost rudder control when leaving the port en route to Kolaka Port, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) at around 1.30 p.m. WITA. Tere were no casualties in the incident. However, all passengers were transferred onto other ships., as the 'Mishima' was removed from the schedule. The worst damage was to the KML 'Tunas Muda'. Reports with photos and video: https://www.rri.co.id/bone/daerah/656333/kmp-mishima-tabrak-2-kapal-kayu-di-pelabuhan-bajoe https://sultra.tribunnews.com/2024/04/26/kmp-mishima-batal-ke-kolaka-sulawesi-tenggara-usai-tabrak-kapal-kayu-di-bajoe-kecelakaan-viral?page=1# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM_FGH7bs_Y
CAPTAIN ANTONIS
The 'Captain Antonis' ran aground on April 26, 2024, en route from Montevideo near the Vung Tau estuary on April 26 with a cargo of more than 68,000 tonnes of corn and wheat, while moving to the anchorage to wait for quarantine procedures at 15:30 p.m. The Maritime Administration of Vung Tau and local authority immediately mobilised salvage teams to the scene. After 10 hours the ship was refloated and safely berthed in the SP-PSA International Port of Phu My on April 28 at 6 a.m. UTC.
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.
CLIPPER KYTHIRA
A fire broke out in a cargo hold of the 'Clipper Kythira' on the morning of April 28, 2024, at the bulk terminal opf the Southampton Docks off the Herbert Walker Avenu. Scrap metal was burning. The hold has been sealed and fire crews are cooling the outside of the ship with jets of water. Exterior scans showed that he temperatures within the hold were dropping as a consequence. Fire crews remained on scene and continue to cool the exterior of the vessel.
SALVAMAR ALPHERATZ
On the morning of April 29, the crew of the 'Salvamar Alpheratz' accompanied a canoe near Los Cristianos, south of. Tenerife, with 111 sub-Saharan migrants on board, among them four women. The fishing vessel 'Carmen Delia' had remained on standby until the arrival of the SAR boat. The response was coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo. Photo: https://twitter.com/salvamentogob/status/1784965507046608999
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.