The Dutch Maritime Police in cooperation with the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) is conducting an investigation into the incident involving the container ship Baltic Tern. The ship lost five containers in the North...Read more
Two of the five containers that fell off the container ship Baltic Tern near the Dutch Wadden Island Ameland on Wednesday 7 April have been recovered. The Coast Guard reports that the tank tainer with...Read more
A submarine’s command team made a number of errors that could have led to a high speed collision with a ferry, the most notable of which was staying at periscope depth instead of deep diving...Read more
Abdul Fahl of provider of mutual insurance and related risk management services TT Club has said that there are substantial delays in finding damaged ships a place of refuge, illustrated by the MSC Flaminia, Maersk...Read more
The Eemslift Hendrika safely arrived at the port on Flatholmen in Ålesund at 5 pm. The listing ship was towed there after Smit Salvage managed to secure towing lines to two tugboats on Wednesday night....Read more
The Norwegian Coast Guard has succeeded in getting Smit Salvage’s crew on board the listing Eemslift Hendrika. The salvage attempt was to be postponed until Thursday 8 April, however, action was taken sooner because the...Read more
A ship lost five containers on Wednesday 7 April, approximately 27.5 kilometres north of Dutch Wadden Island Ameland in the North Sea. Another two containers are at risk of falling overboard as well, reports the...Read more
Due to the weather in the area around the listing Eemslift Hendrika, the salvage operation has to be postponed until Thursday morning 8 April, reports the Norwegian Coast Guard. The ship has been adrift since...Read more
The Netherlands Coast Guard has towed the container ship Escape to a safe position. The ship was sailing in circles above the Dutch Wadden Island Vlieland since 9 pm Tuesday night 6 April because something...Read more
With waves of fifteen to eighteen metres high and much wind, the Norwegian Coast Guard says that for now it can do nothing but watch the Eemslift Hendrika. The ship has been adrift off the...Read more
Norwegian Coast Guard vessel Sortland is now at the Eemslift Hendrika, which has been adrift since Monday evening. A surveillance aircraft has also shot new footage of the ship showing that the work boat that...Read more
Boskalis has confirmed that its subsidiary Smit Salvage has been hired to salvage the Eemslift Hendrika, which is currently adrift without a crew off the coast of Norway. A salvage team will be deployed as...Read more
A multi-purpose vessel sailing under the Dutch flag ran into trouble off Norway on 5 April. It concerns the Eemslift Hendrika co-owned by Amasus Shipping in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The cargo on board has shifted...Read more
The last ships stranded due to the Suez Canal blockade passed the important waterway on Saturday 3 April. The Egyptian state company Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has announced this. The Suez Canal was open for...Read more
The 25-strong Indian crew of the container ship Ever Given is at risk of being detained as part of the investigation into the cause of its grounding in the Suez Canal. The Times of India...Read more
A day after Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage pulled the container ship Ever Given free, enormous container ships and tankers are once again sailing in large convoys through the Suez Canal in both directions. The blockage...Read more
Refloating the container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal will not earn dredging firm and maritime services provider Boskalis millions. ‘This has no effect on Boskalis’ annual profit,’ says CEO Peter Berdowski. He is,...Read more
The container ship Ever Given, which ran aground in the Suez Canal on Tuesday 23 March, has been refloated. After the stern of the ship came loose on Monday morning, the bow has now also...Read more
The rescue operation to refloat the grounded ship in the Suez Canal is expected to resume around 11.30 am on Monday morning. The stern of the ship has already been pulled loose. That was the...Read more
Strong winds were not the main cause of the container ship Ever Given running aground in the Suez Canal, as was reported earlier. The Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, the state-owned company that owns...Read more
