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Protestors board Rabaul ships

Gary Dixon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:53:38 GMT

Ferry and two cargoships occupied in wake of tragic sinking of Rabaul Queen off Papua New Guinea.

Chinese cargoship grounds

Gary Dixon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:53:49 GMT

Master of Shen Zhou 3 rapped for not immediately reporting incident off the Philippines.

USCG probes grounding

Gary Dixon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:34:01 GMT

Claus-Peter Offen vessel refloated by tugs after going aground in Savannah River.

Ship holed in quay crash

Gary Dixon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:20:51 GMT

Kopervik's Fri Moon leaked small amount of diesel after hitting pier in Norway.

Clash captains held

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:07:30 GMT

Masters of PIL boxship and Russian cargo vessel arrested in Japan following collision that sank the latter.

Maersk wary after fire

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:54:39 GMT

Danish owner tightens up rules for taking volatile MEKP on board following Maersk Charlotte blaze.

QM2 suffers power cuts

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:27:03 GMT

Two black-outs on Carnival-owned cruiseship off Australia during maintenance work.

Two ships ground in storm

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:44:09 GMT

Russian ro-ro and Turkish general cargoship forced ashore in Black Sea gales.

Leaking ship pumped out

Gary Dixon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:51 GMT

German firefighters called to Bock’s Smaragd at Brake after water ingress reported.

Engineer lost from bulker

Gary Dixon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:14:41 GMT

Chennai seafarer feared dead after going overboard from Poompuhar Shipping Corp vessel.

Aframax and bulker collide

Gary Dixon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:23:00 GMT

Palmali tanker and Cosco cargoship damaged in accident outside port of Novorossiysk, Russia.

Oily infractions

Aaron Kelley — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:18:17 GMT

Tokyo-based bulker operator in hot water after authorities in the US uncover evidence of discharge violations.

Marshals hunt Med Atlantic

Aaron Kelley — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:43 GMT

Chemical carrier faces seizure as World Fuel Services Europe drags Bridge Tankers into court over fuel tab.

Russian ship sinks in clash

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:34:08 GMT

Crew rescued after Tanya Karpinskaya lost following collision with PIL boxship off Japan.

Crew escapes on to ice

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:27:56 GMT

Alaca-1 seafarers abandon vessel in Azov Sea after it was holed while awaiting icebreaker.

Salvors remove "rocket ship"

Dale Wainwright — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:16:38 GMT

US Coast Guard approves plan for ro-ro in Tennessee River bridge collapse to be moved to safe harbour.

Romanian cargoship grounds

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:41:40 GMT

Midia 24 stuck during charter to transport material for Winter Olympics in Russia's Black Sea port of Sochi.

Cammell pleads guilty

Gary Dixon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:55:32 GMT

UK shipyard admits safety breach after worked crushed in forklift accident in 2010.

Western India worker killed

Gary Dixon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:42:00 GMT

Mormugao shiprepairer dies in drydock after iron rod hit him in the head.

Cargoes lost off Canada

Gary Dixon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:13:07 GMT

Japanese bulker has hatch covers ripped away while Philippines handymax loses timber in gales.