03 SEPT 2024 Two oil tankers, the Saudi-flagged Amjad and Panama-flagged Blue Lagoon I, were attacked on Monday in the Red Sea off Yemen, two sources familiar with the matter said. Yemen’s Houthis late on Monday claimed responsibility for targeting the Blue Lagoon with multiple missiles and drones but did not …
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PILOT REPORTED ARRIVING CONTAINERSHIP’S CAPTAIN APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED
01 SEPT 2024 The authorities in the Canary Islands responded after the pilot working an arriving containership reported that the captain of the vessel appeared to be intoxicated. Local media reports from Gran Canaria said the vessel was having difficulty carrying out a docking maneuver which was aggravated by the …
Read More »OPERATION TO TOW STRICKEN OIL TANKER TO START SUNDAY
31 SEPT 2024 Tugs are expected to begin towing a damaged Greek oil tanker on Sunday, Yemen’s Houthi Foreign Minister Jamel Amer said, as the vessel remains adrift and on fire in the Red Sea. The Greek-registered Sounion poses an environmental hazard after it was damaged in an Aug. 21 …
Read More »MSC BOXSHIP SETS NEW RECORD FOR PANAMA CANAL CARGO CAPACITY
30 AUG 2024 The Panama Canal Authority is highlighting a new record for the largest cargo capacity containership to transit the Canal. While the record is always significant, it draws extra attention as it comes as the Panama Canal is working its way back from restrictions on ship transits due …
Read More »CARGO SHIP TURNED AWAY BY NAMIBIA OVER FEARS OF EXPLOSIVES FOR ISRAEL
29 AUG 2024 The African nation of Namibia revoked the docking privileges granted to a Portuguese-flagged general cargo ship. It was the second vessel that officials suspected of transporting materials to Israel with government officials saying their country would not be complicit with the war in Gaza. A local rights …
Read More »ALGERIAN TANKER SAILS HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO FUEL LEBANON’S POWER COMPANY
28 AUG 2024 Algeria conducted a humanitarian mission to bring badly needed fuel to Lebanon to end a nearly two-week-long blackout by the country’s central power company. It is the first of several efforts in the coming days that are attempting to restore a steady supply of fuel to the …
Read More »ONE BAD LADDER SHOWS COMMON SHORTCOMINGS FOR MARINE PILOT SAFETY
27 AUG 2024 One Bad Ladder Shows Common Shortcomings for Marine Pilot Safety At least eight people died in boarding accidents last year, and bad ladders are part of the problem Arie Palmers is a Dutch marine pilot and is closely involved in efforts to tighten pilot ladder safety. In …
Read More »EU SAYS NO OIL SPILL (SO FAR) FROM BURNING TANKER SOUNION
26 AUG 2024 The EUNAVFOR operation Aspides issued an update on the burning oil tanker Sounion disputing rumors on social media of oil leaks, but repeated its warning of an “imminent environmental hazard.” There are no reports of any actions to possibly avert the potential disaster while the authorities warned …
Read More »TWO RUSSIAN SEAFARERS KILLED IN CONFINED SPACE ACCIDENT
25 AUG 2024 On Friday, two seafarers lost their lives in a confined-space accident aboard a freighter at the port of Bandirma, Turkey. The Russian freighter Navis 2 arrived in Bandirma on August 21 with a cargo of five thousand tonnes of animal feed, and on Friday, she moved to …
Read More »AI DOESN’T ACTUALLY POSE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO HUMANS, STUDY FINDS
25 AUG 2024 Science fiction is riddled with artificial intelligence going rogue and turning on their human creators. HAL-9000. The Matrix. Skynet. GLaDOS. Cylons. Humanity, it seems, has a deep fear of the rebellion of the machine. With the rise of ever more sophisticated large language models (LLMs), such as …
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