The "Osman Gazi 1" which is running between İstanbul's Yenikapı port and Güzelyalı, Bursa, collided with the ro-ro ship "UND Ege" in the Sea of Marmara on Dec 26, 2011, narrowly avoiding capsizing. The passengers remained seated during the collision at 8.44 a.m. The ro-ro ship hit the upper port side of the ferry's hull. After he ferry, which was carrying 830 passengers and 150 vehicles, was hit, panic broke out among the passengers. The ferry returned to Yenikapı after the crash, where the passengers were evacuated from the ferry. There was massive damage on the ship's bow. The ferry had departed from Güzelyalı at 7:30 a.m.

After the sinking of the "Krasnoselsk" it turned out that the ship had 80 tons of diesel fuel and 4 tons of butter oil on bord. Diesel fuel started to leak. The fire department was on site but it was impossible to lay out booms. Wave height in Hundeidvika was 10-12 meter in the night. The crew was taken by taxi to Sykkylven. Police had been notified about the sinking at 9.42 p.m. The vessel was smashed against the quay and suffered holes in the hull. Norwegian report with photo: www.smp.no/nyhete...

Iraq has spent $14 million USD (16 billion IQD) a 7,000 ton commercial freighter called Baghdad. The director of the Marine Shipping Company Samir al-Karkhi told AKnews the vessel will enter service in February and will address many of the obstacles faced by shipping in Iraq. "The Ministry of Transport is making great efforts to restore the merchant fleet in the country." Iraq is trying to refurbish and rebuild its merchant navy. The dozen or so vessels in working under an Iraqi flag from the 1950s were seized or destroyed in the first and second Gulf Wars or as a consequence of U.N. sanctions that followed in 1991. The government plans to rebuild the Iraqi civil flotilla by buying nine large ships at a cost of $110 million USD (128 billion IQD).www.zawya.com/sto...

A British-registered ship that was held in a Finnish port after authorities discovered 69 surface-to-air missiles and 160 tons of explosives onboard has permission to travel again, but without those materials or its captain, a port official said Monday. The M/S Thor Liberty was headed to China and had docked in the southern Finnish port of Kotka to pick up anchor chains when police last week discovered and seized the missiles and explosive piric acid on board. The Patriot missiles were an official shipment from Germany to South Korea, while Finnish authorities said the explosives were a legitimate shipment for China. But the missiles lacked proper transit documents, and the explosives weren’t safely stored, police said. www.salon.com/201...

Arrived in front of Aliaga, ready for beaching.

Arrriving Gadani Beach at 26.12.11

Beached at Aliaga 26.12.11

arrived Gadani Beach for scrapping

The storm Dagmar is affecting the Hurtigruten-vessels of Harstad. The "rollfjord" has shortcut its route after a rough ride and berthed in Trondheim on Dec 25, 2011. The ship has canceled the sailing Trondheim-Bergen-Trondheim and will take up the northbound route from Trondheim on Dec 29. Norwegian report with photo: nrk.no/nyheter/di...

The storm Dagmar is affecting the Hurtigruten-vessels of Harstad. The "Kong Harald" has shortcut its route after a rough ride and berthed in Trondheim on Dec 25, 2011. The ship has canceled the sailing Trondheim-Bergen-Trondheim and will take up the northbound route from Trondheim on Dec 29. Norwegian report with photo: nrk.no/nyheter/di...