In the night from April 17 to 18, the 'Guardamar Calíope' assisted a boat 51 nautical miels east of Arrecife. The crew rescued 56 sub-Saharan migrants. The response was coordinated by the CCS Las Palmas of Salvamento Marítimo. The 'Salvamar Adhara' assisted a boat eightn nautical miles south of La Restinga. Its crew rescued 76 sub-Saharans. The resonse was coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salamento Marítimo. Photo: https://twitter.com/salvamentogob/status/1780859022985363715
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STENA GERMANICA
Several electrical faults in the engine room probably caused a crew member on the 'Stena Germanica' to die while on duty. That was the conclusion of a report on the incident from the National Accident Commission. On June 27, 2022, the ship engineer died on board the ferry, en route from Gothenburg to Kiel. The Swedish investigators believed that he likely died of electrocution and not natural causes as was initially assumed at the time of the death. The electrical installation work might have been faulty from when the vessel was new but went undiscovered because it did not impact the operation of the systems. The engineer was found unconscious next to a ballast pump in the engine room. He had been looking for a water leak. CPR was attempted without success, and the reports assumed that the death was due to cardiac arrest or similar circumstances, which were listed as natural causes. The investigation however identified that about two weeks later, on July 14, another engineer also looking for the cause of a water leak at the ballast pump received a strong electrical shock. Stena hired an electrical company that came aboard on July 15 to investigate the problems in the electrical system, and at the same time reported the incident to the police. They informed the authorities that the first incident which resulted in the death could have been an electrical accident. The investigators reported that the second engineer had leaned forward to feel where the water was coming from when he received a strong electrical shock from a wet solenoid value. At the time, the second engineer was not aware that it was the same position where the first engineer had been discovered. Several different errors caused the component to become energized. A gasket was missing and critically there was no protective grounding on the part. The incoming cables to the solenoid had also been changed which they determined meant that it was energized the entire time the pump was in operation. Because it was outside the ordinary isolated fault system, the problem was not detected. Further, because the value was operating no error messages were recorded. The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority concluded that when the second engineer touched the components looking for the water leak and when he came in contact with the water, he was shocked. They speculated that the first engineer encountered a similar situation leading to his death. The report recommended paying attention to the risks of improperly performed electrical work on board ships. It highlights that only people with the required knowledge of electricity and a ship’s special electrical system should be permitted to work on the systems. They also recommended that Stena review routines for training the crew on accident responses and shortening the time from the alarm till they reach the scene. They also recommend that Stena develop routines for consulting with shoreside medical services in the case of electrical shocks or electrocution aboard one of its ships.
Port Hedland
Thirty-eight vessels at anchor off Port Hedland, waiting to load iron ore.
Agaete
In a ruling last week, the Court of Justice of the EU rejected an appeal presented by Fred. Olsen S.A. over a sentence dictated by the General Courts of the EU in March 2018, whereby the continued exclusive use of the Port of Agaete on the Island of Gran Canary, by Fred. Olsen, constituted a subsidy by the Government of the Canary Islands to said shipping line.
GUARDAMAR CALIOPE
In the night from April 17 to 18, the 'Guardamar Calíope' assisted a boat 51 nautical miels east of Arrecife. The crew rescued 56 sub-Saharan migrants. The response was coordinated by the CCS Las Palmas of Salvamento Marítimo. The 'Salvamar Adhara' assisted a boat eightn nautical miles south of La Restinga. Its crew rescued 76 sub-Saharans. The resonse was coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salamento Marítimo. Photo: https://twitter.com/salvamentogob/status/1780859022985363715
DEO-JUVANTE
A man was injured in the morning of April 17, 2024, at aroudn 9 a.m. after he fell into the water fromthe 'Deo Juvante' in the port of the IJsseloog sludge depot on the Ketelmeer. The KNRM lifeboats from the Urk staation rushed to the scene of the accident. The man had already been pulled out of the water. After providing first aid,hen was taken to the KNRM Urk boathouse by a Coastguard helicopter. An ambulance was waiting there to take him to the hospital. It is not known what caused the man to fall from the ship. Report with photos: https://www.dedrontenaar.nl/nieuws/112/305890/man-gewond-na-val-van-schip-op-het-ketelmeer
Cancun
Two identical 37-metre, 459-passenger catamarans have been completed by Wight Shipyard Co (WSC). The Incat Crowther-designed vessels will be transported to Cancun, Mexico, for Ultramar early next month.
Rotterdam
The first paperless, instantly financed and fully door-to-door tracked container made its way from Korea to the warehouse of Samsung SDS in Tilburg via Port of Rotterdam on blockchain-based platform DELIVER. ABN AMRO, Port of Rotterdam and Samsung SDS demonstrated that blockchain technology enables interoperability, and that integrated container tracking and tracing, required cargo documentation processing and financing can all be done in a trusted, secure and paperless way.
MSC ARIES
The 25 crew members of the 'MSC Aries' were safe, the shipping company MSC said on April 17, adding that discussions with Iranian authorities were in progress to secure their earliest release. They were also working with the Iranian authorities to have the cargo discharged. The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), the leading seafarers' union, said on April 17 that their priority was the welfare and safety of the seafarers onboard and has been in touch with family of the crew, who have reported that they were safe and being treated reasonably. The ITF continued to call on the Iranian authorities to urgently release the crew and the vessel.
BAQUEIRO
On April 16, 2024, at aroudn 3 p.m. the 'Baqueiro' suffereded engine trouble and was towed into Castletownbere by the Spanish hospital ship 'Esperanza del Mar' (IMO: 9220536), which was habitually in the vicinity of the Spanish fishing fleet and stepped in to offer assistance. The towing began 120 miles off the Irish southwest coast, and both vessels were due to arrive in Castletownbere on April 17.
Marseille
On 27 June the Corsican Parliament officially approved the upcoming 15-month public ferry service between Marseille and the island, starting on 1 October 2019.
Dar es-Salaam
In one of the biggest pushbacks against Chinese president Xi Jinping’s Belt Road Initiative Tanzania has suspended the construction of the $10bn Bagamoyo port project, citing the onerous financial conditions put in place by Beijing. The project, which broke ground four years ago and was set to be run by China Merchants Holding International, would have been the largest port in East Africa. Tanzania’s president John Magufuli has accused the Chinese project backers of presenting “exploitative and awkward” terms in exchange for financing. Chinese financiers set “tough conditions that can only be accepted by mad people,” Magufuli told local media. “They told us once they build the port, there should be no other port to be built all the way from Tanga to Mtwara south,” Magufuli told a delegation of business people at State House in Dar es Salaam earlier this month. “They want us to give them a guarantee of 33 years and a lease of 99 years, and we should not question whoever comes to invest there once the port is operational. They want to take the land as their own but we have to compensate them for drilling construction of that port,” he said. Magufuli also said the new Bagamoyo port risked undermining the ongoing $522m expansion of Dar es Salaam port that would enable it to triple its current capacity when complete by the end of this year. Source : Splash247