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Beached at Chittagong 18.06.19

The "Confederation" serving between Wood Island and Pictou sustained minor damage when it hit a dock in dense fog at the Wood Islands terminal on June 14, 2019. The ship experienced slight damage to a rubber bumper when it allided with a portion of the older docking infrastructure on the west side of the berth. The "Confederation" pushed a concrete capping on the dolphin and moved it a few feet. The ship’s rubber bumpers protected the ship. The bumper has already been repaired. The accident happened at very slow speed. Nobody was hurt. One sailing was cancelled so officials could carry out a detailed inspection of the vessel and confirmed that no further damage occurred to the ship.

The "Ardmore Sealifter" rescued a Toronto man and his crew on June 13, 2019, when stormy weather forced them to abandon the "Boundless", a 38-foot cutter. None of the four people on board was injured. The boat set sail from Baddeck, N.S. on June 5 with the aim of reaching the south coast of Portugal, a 6,600 kilometre trip, a month later. About 600 kilometres east of New York City, the "Boundless" encountered strong winds and waves about six metres high. A wave hit the boat in a fashion that snapped the aluminium rudder which was then parallel to the surface of the water. The skipper Geoff Fairbank and the crew, which includes Neil Hetherington, Marty Cameron and Alan Dalquen, sent out a MayDay. The "Ardmore Sealifter", about 30 kilometres south of the boat, changed course and the captain turned the tanker to make it parallel with the sailboat. Then a ladder rope was dropped down about 12 metres. Shortly after that, the mast of the boat hit the hull of the tanker and was snapped. But all of the crew were taken off safely. The "Boundless" was lost at sea. The tanker which had sailed from Castellon, entered the port of New York on June 18. Report with photos: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-man-neil-hetherington-sailboat-boundless-atlantic-ocean-daily-bread-food-bank-1.5178256

The "Goma" suffered an engine damage while crossing the Hjørundfjord on June 16, 2019. The ship was towed to the Vegsund slip by a tug. After operator Fjord1 inserted the spare ferry "Dalsfjorden", traffic on the Lekneset-Sæbø route was back to normal only on June 18. Norwegian report with photo: https://www.smp.no/nyheter/2019/06/18/Normal-drift-p%C3%A5-ferjesamband-etter-dagar-med-tr%C3%B8bbel-19284837.ece

In the Scheer Port at the Naval Base in Kiel a dinghy of the "Rhön" fell nto the water from the "Rhön". The fire brigade was alerted at 3.30 p.m. by the crew of the tanker. Several crew members had plunged into the water. One man was injured and had to be taken to hospital. The dinghy was recovered and was to be investigated. The tanker which was participating in the manoever Baltops was released on June 16 due to a damage which needed to be repaired.

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arrived Alang Anchorage 18.06.19

A passenger has died aboard the "Ben My Chree" on June 17, 2019. The 67-year old man from England fell ill on the afternoon while the ferry was sailing from Heysham to Douglas. A Coastguard rescue helicopter was deployed to give medical assistance to staff who were treating the passenger. Police have not given any further details about the man's death.

The ferry service Leirvåg - Sløvåg on the Fensfjord had to be suspended until further notice in the early morning of June 18, 2019, after the "Melderskin" had to be sidelined due to a technical problem on board. The operator Norled was expecting the ferry to sail as normal from 06.50 a.m. again.

The tank barge "Eiltank 18", 2075 ts (EU-No.: 04011810), was in a head-on-collision with the"Gino" (ENI-No.: 05502270) along with a barge on the Waal at Heerewaarden on June 18, 2019, at 4.30 a.m. The German tank barge was underway from Antwerp to Germany when it crashed into the "Gion", which was coming from Duisburg, off the Fort Sint-Andries. Bothe ships proceeded to an emergency jetty in Haaften after the accident. The transport inspectorate, the police Bommelerwaard and Rijkswaterstaat attended. Both ships were loaded with inflammable substances, but nothing leaked out. No one was injured. Dutch report with photos: https://www.bd.nl/bommelerwaard/twee-binnenvaartschepen-botsen-frontaal-op-de-waal-bij-heerewaarden~aed64643/

On June 18 at 9 a.m. the Swedish Coast Guard had pumped off more than 32 tons of diesel fuel from the grounded "Bonita" in the Lurö archipelago. The decision to drain the fuel was taken jointly with the Swedish Transport Agency in the evening of June 17 after the vessel's owner could not present a separate recovery plan. The measure was necessary to minimize the risk of oil discharges in connection with the vessel being unloaded. The weather was favourable and the Coastguard had control over the situation. With the oil removal the Coast Guard's mission was terminated and it became the owner's responsibility to refloat the ship. Swedish report with photos: https://www.kustbevakningen.se/hallbar-havsmiljo/nyhetsarkiv/grundstott-fartyg-i-vanern-har-tomts-pa-bransle/

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The "Ocean Rainbow" has been arrested at the outer anchorage of the port of Chittagong on June 16, 2019, as per order of the local High Court in a litigation. The vessel, laden with cargo, had arrived at the port on June 14.

The "Solomon Sapphire" nearly capsized on June 16, 2019, after being rammed by the Taiwanese fishing boat "Wind Best 707" in Majuro while at anchor. She was hit at the starboard foreship. The crew was initially told to abandon ship, but the vessel righted itself, though with a significant list, and the only damage appeared to be a huge dent in the bow. The captain on the Taiwanese boat was injured, but the crew on the "Solomon Sapphire", consisting of seven Solomon Islanders, nine Filipinos and three Portuguese, one each from New Zealand, Panama and the Dominican Republic was safe.

In the morning of June 14, 2019, there was was smoke development in the engine room of the "Kistefjell" outside Harstad. The Troms Police District first announced that there was a fire in the engine room. After the fire service was alerted it turned out that oil had spilt onto hot areas and created smoke, but no ppen flames. One person was driven to the emergency room for smoke inhalation. There were 56 passengers on board the boat when the incident occurred. None of them got exposed to smoke or was otherwise injured. The speedboat berthed at Harstad at 10 a.m. and remained stationary since.

The "Eiltank 18", 2075 ts (EU-No.: 04011810), was in a head-on-collision with the pusher tug "Gino" (ENI-No.: 05502270) with a barge on the Waal at Heerewaarden on June 18, 2019, at 4.30 a.m. The German tank barge was underway from Antwerp to Germany when it crashed into the "Gion", which was coming from Duisburg, off the Fort Sint-Andries. Bothe ships proceeded to an emergency jetty in Haaften after the accident. The transport inspectorate, the police Bommelerwaard and Rijkswaterstaat attended. Both ships were loaded with inflammable substances, but nothing leaked out. No one was injured. Dutch report with photos: https://www.bd.nl/bommelerwaard/twee-binnenvaartschepen-botsen-frontaal-op-de-waal-bij-heerewaarden~aed64643/