The captain and the chief officer of the Europalink ferry shipwrecked near the islet of Peristeres northeast of Corfy have been arrested by the Greek authorities, the Maritime Operational Centre of the Ministry of Merchant Marine reports. The Italian-flagged ferry was on her regular route from the Greek port of Patras to Ancona, Italy, when it hit […]
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A 46-year-old tugboat captain, Michael Collins, died as a result of injuries he sustained when a crane fell on the tugboat he was steering while it was passing under the Florida Avenue Bridge, New Orleans. Matt Gresham, Spokesman for the Port of New Orleans, said that prior to the accident the tugboat Cory Michael was pushing a […]
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew evacuated the captain of a tanker approximately 50 miles offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas, Wednesday morning. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center were notified Tuesday at approximately 4:30 p.m. that the 50-year-old captain of the Weser, a 422-foot oil and chemical tanker vessel, was experiencing […]
The captain of the ill fated ‘Sewol’ ferry Lee Joon-seok (68), along with two crew members could be imprisoned for life on the grounds of passenger abandonment and negligence charges under the existing Korean law, as reported by Bloomberg. The 15 crew members, who have all survived the sinking, have been arrested and are under […]
The M/V Algobay, which is owned by Algoma Central Corporation, was renamed in honour of Radcliffe R. Latimer in a rededication ceremony in Port Colborne yesterday. The self-unloading bulk carrier, which transports commodities such as grain, coal, iron ore and gypsum to ports around the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway and Atlantic Canada, will now […]
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On Saturday July 28th, Kenz Cranes, well-known specialist in offshore lifting and hoisting solutions, successfully delivered the new build 30t rope luffing offshore pedestal crane. After final load testing, the Kenz crane has been transported and will be installed onto the Chevron Captain platform in the North Sea. The 30t offshore pedestal crane is custom-designed […]
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The captain and navigation officer of the grounded Costamare boxship Rena have been jailed for seven months in New Zealand. Master Mauro Balomaga and colleague Leonil Relon lost their court-imposed anonymity as the verdicts were handed down in Tauranga District Court on Friday. In late February, Balomaga pleaded guilty to all charges against him, while […]
Captain Seog Hae-gyun of the Republic of Korea, Master of the chemical tanker Samho Jewelry, has been presented with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea 2011, for his decisive, brave and courageous actions to protect his ship and crew during a vicious pirate attack in the Indian Ocean, which left […]
Sailors from China’s navy beat the captain of a Vietnamese fishing boat and confiscated its catch in an area of the South China Sea claimed… (msn) Source: msn , July 15, 2011;
