The Dutch Safety Board has issued an interim warning to the fishery sector for beam trawlers with a length of less than 24 metres. Investigations completed to date into the very serious occurrences involving the...Read more
Norwegian public broadcasting company NRK reports Smit Salvage has been hired to aid in the salvage of the Eemslift Hendrika, which is currently adrift off the Norwegian coast. In the meantime, a Norwegian Coast Guard...Read more
Multraship will salvage the Urk cutter UK-171. The ship sunk twenty nautical miles north of the Dutch Wadden Island Schiermonnikoog. The crane ship Cormorant is already on site, together with a tugboat.Read more
A fishing cutter has capsized some twenty miles north of Schiermonnikoog. The three people on board were picked up by another fishing cutter, reports the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM). They were the only...Read more
The automatic identification system (AIS) is a valuable tool that shares critical vessel information with other vessel operators. However, its usefulness depends on accurate data entry. In a recent Mars Report, not entering the vessel’s...Read more
A collision between a Turkish fishing boat and a Greek tanker has claimed at least 4 lives. The incident happened early in the morning on Wednesday 11 November about 30 kilometres south of the Turkish...Read more
A team of experts of the government of Trinidad and Tobago has visited the FSO Nabarima to assess its condition. Venezuelan officials explained to them the reasons for its listing in September and the team...Read more
The Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA wants to pump the crude oil from the listing FSO Nabarima, which is reported to be leaking oil as soon as possible. The aframax tanker Icaro is on its...Read more
The FSO Nabarima is in danger of sinking off the coast of Venezuela with around 1.3 million barrels of oil on board. This is reported by the Fishermen and Friends of the Seas action group.Read more
Why was the Gulf Livestock 1 heading straight for the heart of category 4 storm Maysak, the worst typhoon of the year to date in the East China Sea? That is what maritime experts are...Read more
Another two crew members of the cargo ship that sank off the coast of Japan during a heavy storm were rescued on Friday 4 September. A day later, the Japanese authorities had to temporarily halt...Read more
The Japanese coastguard is engaged in a large-scale search for the missing livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1, which got into trouble on Wednesday due to typhoon Maysak. The ship had 43 people on board, one...Read more
