The 'Ocean Viking' has rescued 64 people in distress during two missions off the coast of Lybia on June 8. Among them were 12 unaccompanied minors. The 'Ocean Viking' got assigned the port of Marina di Carrara, more than 1,000 km away, to disembark them with an ETA as of June 12. The main countries of origin of the migrants were Bangladesh, Eritrea, Pakistan and Ethiopia. One body floating at sea was spotted and recovere during the two rescue operations.
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KING SARON
On the morning of June 10, 2024, the 'King Saron' suffered a mechanical breakdown while serving the scheduled route from Rhodes to Symi. There were 396 passengers on board. The Port Authority of Rhodes was informed by the Master of the catamaran about a rise of the temperature in the port side main engine. The ship returned under its own power to the port of Rhodes, where the passengers disembarked safely. The Central Port Authority of Rhodes banned the ship from sailing until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance by the monitoring classification society.
DALI
As part of the Unified Command response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving today restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime transit through the Port of Baltimore. Since March 26, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving worked to clear Key Bridge wreckage and move the 'Dali' from the Federal Channel. Following the removal of wreckage at the 50-foot mud-line, the Unified Command performed a survey of the Federal Channel on June 10, certifying the riverbed as safe for transit. Surveying and removal of steel at and below the 50-foot mud-line will continue to ensure future dredging operations are not impacted. The Unified Command had safely moved the 'Dali' on May 20 and widened the Limited Access Channel to 400 feet May 21, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels to transit through the Port of Baltimore. Now, the fully operational channel enables the flexibility to regain two-way traffic and cancel the additional safety requirements that were implemented because of the reduced channel width. Fully restoring the Federal Channel to its original width and depth involved the removal of about 50,000 tons of bridge wreckage from the Patapsco River. At its highest point, the Unified Command, consisting of six agencies, led the response efforts among about 56 federal, state, and local agencies, represented by 1,587 individual responders. Additionally, about 500 specialists from around the world operated a fleet of 18 barges, 22 tugs, 13 floating cranes, 10 excavators, and four survey boats. Subject matter experts from all over the U.S. also provided essential technical knowledge to the Unified Command. The wreckage will continue to be transported to Sparrows Point for follow-on processing. Follow-on work in the channel from this point on is part of routine maintenance, ensuring future dredging operations will not be impacted.
KM.UMSINI
On June 9, 2024, at 4.20 a.m. WITA a fire broke out aboard the KM 'Umsini' at the at the former Soekarno-Hatta Makassar Port Pier in Makassar Harbour, caused by sparks from the auxiliary engine no. 3 on deck 2. The fire was extinguished at 9.30 a.m. All 1677 passenghers were safely evacuated, no injruies were reported. The South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Police Labfor and Inafis Team and the KNKT (National Transportation Safety Committee) launched an investigation on June 10. Reports with photos and video: https://makassar.kompas.com/read/2024/06/10/214139678/km -umsini-in-Makassar-port-burned-fire-emerging-from-a-motorcycle-help#. https://www.kompasiana.com/daeng2011/6667b3c834777c6e2e1ed932/kisah-km-umsini-yang-terbakar#google_vignette https://video.okezone.com/play/2024/06/11/1/181633/polisi-olah-tkp-kebakaran-km-umsini-di-pelabuhan-makassar
FD ATHINA
On Jjune 10, 2024, at noon, the Port Authority of Aegina was informed by the Master of the 'Flying Dolphin Athina' about a damage to the starboard side main engine on its scheduled route from the port of Agistrio to the ports of Aegina and Piraeus, with 77 passengers. on board. 11 passengers were bound for the port of Aegina and 66 passengers were bound for the port of Piraeus. 20 passengers were to board the hydrofoil in the port of Aegina. All passengers were forwarded to their destinations by the owner company.
KNRM-JT VISSER
On the evening of June 8, 2024, the German flagged pleasure yacht 'Angela' from Westerenmde ran aground in the Seaport Canal near Delfzijl within sight of the harbour with two people on board. Another skipper tried to help, but because the tide was low, it was no longer possible to refloat the yacht. The lifeboat 'Jan and Titia Visser' was deployed from Eemshaven and assessed that the pleasure yacht was too tilted to allow the people on board safely. They therefore transferred to the lifeboat and were taken to the port of Delfzijl, waiting for the next high tide so that the pleasure yacht could be towed off. Report with photos: https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/actueel/2024/06/09/duits-motorjachtje-vaart-zich-vast-op-stenen-van-zeehavenkanaal/