The 20 crew members of the 'Krishna 1' was detained by Malaysian authorities for allegedly entering the country's territorial waters without proper documentation. The crew, comprising of 11 Indian, 8 Filipino, and 1 Indonesian nationals, were apprehended on April 11, 2025, after disembarking the tanker at East OPL Malaysia (EOPL). Despite the intervention by a shipping agent, they were subsequently handed over by the Malaysian Army to the district police and are currently being held under Section 6(1)(c) of Malaysia's Immigration Act for illegal entry. The local police was awaiting a comprehensive report from the Immigration Department, which is expected by April 17. Following the detention, the embassies representing the crew's respective countries have been notified.
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SYROS TRADER
On the morning of April 17, 2025 ,a fire broke out in the wiring of the 'Syros Trader', which was moored at the quay of the Westpoortweg in Amsterdam. Some smoke development was remarked at around 07:50, after which the fire brigade was alerted. They arrived on the scene with three fire engines and a cherry picker. The flames were able to be extinguished quickly. The crew members did not have to be evacuated and remained unscathed. The police attended with the patrol boat 'Kokmeeuw' (MMSI: 244110531).
New Orleans
The US Coast Guard is continuing efforts on containing an oil spill on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. First assets were deployed on September 11 after a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans observed a sheen on the water earlier in the day during a routine overflight. Fifteen hundred feet of boom has been deployed to contain the sheen while oil spill response company OMI Environmental Solutions has been contracted to contain and recover the product. The Coast Guard is yet to provide details on the cause or source of the spill. The incident is still under investigation. In addition to US Coast Guard assets, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office has joined the response effort and six oil spill response boats have been on site as of September 13.
HUMADIVI
The 'Humadivi' appeared to have had pieces of mooring ropes in both the ship's propeller and the bow thruster at the time of the allision on Oct 12, 2024, with the Borgharen weir in the Maas. Because the ship got stuck in the weir, shipping traffic was disrupted for a week and the water level on the canalised river dropped sharply. The investigation results of the allision were published today in the half-yearly overview of shipping accidents by the Dutch Safety Board: "When investigating the ship, a piece of mooring rope was found in both the propellers and the bow thruster. It is not clear when this mooring rope ended up in the propeller. The skipper did not notice that there was anything in the propellers prior to the allision with the weir; they seemed to be functioning normally." The final conclusion is: “It is therefore not possible to state with certainty what caused the ship to stop at the Noorder bridge and to drift to the buoy line. Video images showed that both the propulsion and the rudder were still in use just before.” Based on the results of the exploratory investigation, it was decided to stop the investigation. The 'Humadivi' was sailing from Bosscherveld towards Belgium with a cargo of sand and got stuck in the weir around 8:30 a.m. During the days before, there had been a lot of rain in the source area of the Maas, which meant that the water level and current were high for the time of year. At the Noorder bridge in Maastricht, the ship lost all speed. Subsequently, it turned around the bridge pillar as a result of the current, after which it sailed downstream towards the Juliana canal. However, at the Borgharen weir, the ship drifted towards the buoy line. In response, the crew attempted to reach the right bank next to the weir, but failed. The ship got stuck with its stern under the shipping opening of the weir, which was partially open at the time. As a result, the ship took on water and partially sank. One of the crew members was able to jump from the ship to the shore, the other crew member was safely taken off by the fire brigade. The salvage operation was difficult. It was not until Oct 18 that the ship was successfully pumped out, partially unloaded and pulled out from under the weir. Due to the almost week-long opening of the weir, the water level in the Maas had dropped considerably, which caused problems for nearby houseboats and harbours. After the ship was removed, the weir could be closed again. The water level then recovered, after which shipping could be resumed on Oct 19.The skipper has sailed on various tankers throughout the Netherlands for more than 12 years, including on the Maas. At the time of the allision, he had been sailing as skipper of the 'Humadivi' for 12 days. Before that, he had sailed with the ship for two weeks to get to know it. During that time, the same route was always covered. The day before the incident, the ship was already near the weir. The skipper then waited a day before leaving for Belgium, precisely because of the high water level. No indications were found of technical problems with the ship, which was inspected by a Dutch inspection agency in 2022.
STAR APOLLO
The 15 Indian crew members of the 'Star Apollo' have not been paid their salaries since the start of their contracts, lasting between four and eight months. In total, they are owed almost $80,000. The crew’s health is also becoming an issue, according to the International Transport Workers Federation. The vessel is currently docked at the Batamec Shipyard. ITF Inspector Mohammad Gulam Ansari, based in India, who is supporting the crew, said: “This is an Indian shipowner exploiting Indian seafarers, treating them like slaves. It’s yet another example of an owner refusing to take responsibility.” A video and image of the crew showrf them holding signs for help. Some of them include “when we ask for [our] salary, the company is threatening to block our COC (certificate of competency) and INDoS numbers”, “we don’t have proper food on board”, and calls to the ITF and the flag-state to resolve the situation. The owner of the vessel is the Vindhyawashini Offshore. The crew also used a sign to name not just the owner of the vessel but also the RPSL agent Avvic Ocean and the sourcing agent Great India Shipmanagement. Report with photo: https://splash247.com/abandoned-osv-crew-take-to-social-media-to-get-paid/
Port of Spain
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Southampton
Dutch dredging and offshore outfit Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded contracts in the United Kingdom and Romania worth a combined €85m ($94m). Portsmouth City Council has contracted Boskalis to construct new sea defenses in Southsea, near Portsmouth, in a joint venture with VolkerStevin. Boskalis will deploy a large trailing suction hopper dredger to replenish the beach and will construct revetments using rock barges. Project execution is expected to start early 2020 and is estimated to take five years.
TYCHO BRAHE
Passengers on the Øresund Line's ferry 'Aurora', which, together with the ferries 'Tycho Brahe' and 'Hamlet', operates a shuttle service between Helsingør and Helsingborg, were delayed on the morning of April17, 2025, because the ship could not enter the port of Helsingør, which was blocked by the 'Tycho Brahe' which had a technical issue. The technical problem meant that the 'Tycho Brahe's departure for Helsingborg was delayed by 30 minutes. Therefore, the 'Aurora' had to wait outside the harbor until the 'Tycho Brahe' had departed. After that, everything sailed as planned again.
Nassau
Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) has officially resumed operations and welcomed back its first commercial vessel following Hurricane Dorian. The 57,062-ton crude oil tanker Agathonissos, owned by Greece-based Eletson, returned to the yard to complete repair works that began before the hurricane arrived in the Bahamas earlier this month. The shipyard also said it remains on track for the next planned cruise ship visit, Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Ecstasy, scheduled to arrive on October 5.
Brunswick GA
The American port of Brunswick has reopened on a “case by case” basis after Sunday’s capsizing of a car carrier in a nearby channel. The Golden Ray overturned with 24 crew members inside sparking a dramatic, successful rescue mission over the weekend. Authorities are still assessing how to remove the vessel, which is stuck on St Simons Sound. A half-mile perimeter has been established around the Golden Ray, which sits half in the water with its starboard side pointing skyward. An oil boom has been placed around the ship. Salvage teams are likely to start taking the bunker fuel from the ship this weekend.
