In the morning of April 11, 2024, a fire broke out aboard the FGS 'Bayern' in a dock in the overseas port in Bremerhaven. The Bremerhaven fire department was alerted at around 10 a.m. The fire broke out when a unit was being put into operation and was extinguished by the crew. Three people were exposed to smoke, and one person was taken to the hospital. A total of around 22 fire and rescue service personnel were involved in the operation. The police have started an investigation into the cause of the fire. The fire brigade had already been called to the naval ship on MArch 31 because of a fire. There was a slight development of smoke below deck. The operational security service and the Navy personnel had initiated initial firefighting measures and were able to make thework easier for the fire brigade. One person suffered smoke inhalation but was able to continue working.
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RUTH PARK
On April 2, 2024, the 'Ruth Park' suffered a mechanical fault that resulted in it unexpectedly heading to starboard and then to port side. The 'Ruth Park' was sailing along the Parramatta River near the Gladesville Bridge when the vessel lurched to starboard before moments later heading in the opposing direction. After ensuring the two passengers on board had disembarked safely at Barangaroo wharf on April 2, the ferry was removed from service. The incident came two days after the 'Lauren Jackson' suffered a problem with its steering indicators near Barangaroo wharf in Sydney’s CBD on March 31, requiring a system reset.The 'Ruth Park' was tied up at the Balmain shipyard. According to the operator Transdev, the 'Ruth Park' experienced a mechanical issue, together with the effects of wash created by another passing vessel. The issue was caused by a faulty component has been resolved, with the component replaced, and the vessel was due to return to service following successful sea trials. An investigation determined the incident was not the result of any steering failure.
Tanger-Med
Tangier will today celebrate the opening of the largest container port in capacity terms in the whole of the Mediterranean, something that will bring enormous competition to the likes of Algericas just 25 nautical miles away across the Strait of Gibraltar. The $1.6bn expansion of Tanger Med port, located to the east of the Moroccan city of Tangier, due to be unveiled today will create Africa’s largest port with an annual capacity of 9.5m teu. The port is operated by APM Terminals, Eurogate and a local firm.
Ho Chi Minh
Samsung C&T Corp., a construction unit under Samsung Group, said Tuesday it has won a US$179.5 million project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Vietnam. Under the deal with Petrovietnam Gas Corp., Samsung C&T and Vietnamese firm PTSC will build the Southeast Asian country’s first LNG terminal, in the coastal area 70 kilometers southeast of Ho Chi Minh City for 40 months. The project also calls for the construction of LNG tanks and other related facilities, according to Samsung C&T. Samsung C&T has a 61 percent stake in the project. Source: Yonhap
SALVAMAR ADHARA
On April 11 a cayuco was located in the vicinity of La Restinga (El Hierro). The CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Adhara', which escorted the boat to the port. There were 71 peodle aboard, among them one woman and several minors. The castaways were cared for by the health and safety teams, Report with photos: https://twitter.com/salvamentogob/status/1778387720269656168
IVNOSYS
On April 10, 2024, shortly before 10 a.m. the 'Ivnosys' caught fire on the Guadalquivir River two miles from Gelves after alliding with a high tension cable. The catamaran had left the Gelves dock bound for Isla Mínima shortly before 9:50 a.m. Its mast hit one of the high-tension cables that cross the river at the height of the Vega de Gelves.All eight people on board, six passengers, a skipper and a deckhand, jumped into the water to escape the flames and were rescued by a zodiac. Two have required health care on site without hospitalizing being necessary. Firefighters, rescue workers and police attended. To extinguish the fire, firefighters from the Mairena del Aljarafe, Santiponce and Sanlúcar La Mayor parks were working from the river bank, where the boat ran aground. The flames have completely destroyed the boat and it has been left semi-sunken. Firefighters have also worked to prevent the fire from reaching solid ground and approaching a nearby hayloft. In addition, a part of the municipality of Gelves has suffered a power outage due to this event, which was being recovered little by little through the work of Endesa technicians. The recent rains have caused the tidal coefficients to be significantly higher than usual. Reports with photos: https://www.gelves.es/es/actualidad/noticias/El-accidente-provocado-por-un-barco-al-chocar-con-un-cable-de-alta-tension-a-500-metros-de-Puerto-Gelves-provoca-un-apagon-en-todo-el-municipio/?urlBack= https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sevilla-00357/noticia-catamaran-calcinado-gelves-sevilla-estaba-valorado-millon-euros-transportaba-turistas-20240410135937.htmls
Charleston
South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), Southeast's deepwater port, said that five rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes arrived at Wando Welch Terminal to further modernize operations. The Port has received 14 of the 24 new cranes ordered for the Wando terminal; the terminal currently has 52 RTGs overall. Meanwhile, SCPA reported its strongest May on record, with 204,457 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled last month.
Brownsville
The Port of Brownsville is closer to deepening the Brownsville Ship Channel after receiving a key permit June 6 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to advance the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project (BIH) to its construction phase.
CUYAHOGA
The nvestigations into the fire on the 'Cuyahoga' in Ashtabula Harbor on March 15 were expected to move into a new phase next week, according to an Ashtabula Fire Department Invesigator. The Ashtabula Fire Department, the United States Coast Guard, and the National Transportation Safety Board all have jurisdiction in the case, as well as investigators from the ship's owners and insurance companies of all the entities involved.The vessel was docked for work at the time of the fire, with about two dozen workers doing repairs and another 15 crew members on board preparing to take the vessel to Erie for more work. At that time, a cargo hold caught fire. The first step after bringing the fire under control was to remove the 400,000 gallons of water and foam that were used to extinguish the fire.
ZAPOLYARYE
The 'Zapolyarye' sank in Murmansk on April 9, 2024. Rosprirodnadzor specialists conducted a thorough examination of the area where the ship has sunk in the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea. It had belonged to Vostok LLC, which is currently bankrupt. After the arrest, the ship was at the shipyard pier and probably sank due to its disrepair. Rosprirodnadzor took water samples both directly from the site of the shipwreck and five kilometers away for analysis. The contaminated area has already been treated with a sorbent, and oil booms have been installed around the vessel. The results of the study will make it possible to determine the level of threat to the environment and develop further measures. The North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office, the Murmansk Investigation Department and the Western Interregional Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia started an investigation into the incident. Report with photos: https://www.ecopravda.ru/rossiya/spetsialisty-rosprirodnadzora-vzyali-proby-na-meste-zatopleniya-sudna-v-murmanske/
Rotterdam
Container throughput continues to grow in Rotterdam. Following a record year in 2018 and a record quarter in 2019, April of this year was the best month ever for the Port of Rotterdam. 13.6 million tonnes of container freight was handled in April 2019. The previous record month was August 2018 (13.2 million tonnes). Measured in TEU, the standard unit for containers, April 2019 was the second-best month ever, with 1.3 million TEU, just a fraction lower than the record month of August 2018.
San Diego
Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, and General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard christened the largest combination container/roll-on, roll-off (“con-ro”) ship ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, CA on Saturday, June 15. The new vessel is named ‘Lurline,’ an iconic name in Matson’s long history, dating to the construction of Captain William Matson’s first ship of that name in 1887. Four more ships were given the name in subsequent years; this vessel will be the sixth. The new Lurline is the first of two new ships being built for Honolulu-based Matson by NASSCO at a total cost of approximately $500 million for the pair, and the third of four new vessels that Matson will put into service during 2018, 2019 and 2020. Named in honor of the ocean deity revered in the native Hawaiian culture, Matson’s two “Kanaloa Class” vessels under construction at the NASSCO shipyard are being built on a 3,500 TEU* vessel platform.