Thamesborg Completes Northwest Passage a Year After Grounding
Wagenborg's Thamesborg has transited the Northwest Passage without incident a year after grounding on an uncharted shoal in Franklin Strait.
Tug SL Sual 1 Capsizes and Sinks During Refloat Off Luzon
The grounded tug SL Sual 1 capsized within minutes of a refloat attempt off Zambales, with all ten personnel abandoning ship safely into the water.
Rock Strike Sank New Zealand Tourist Catamaran Carrying 41 People
The 17-metre Black Cat struck Archway Rock off Akaroa with 38 passengers aboard, flooded, and was lost after the crew could not operate the bilge system.
Arklow Falcon Hits Canal Bank After Rudder Failure at Terneuzen
The 90-metre Irish general cargo ship drove its bow into the embankment near Terneuzen after losing rudder control, and was backed off about an hour later with tug assistance.
Container Ship Grounds On Indian River After Reported Steering Failure
A Singapore-flagged container ship grounded on the Hooghly River near Diamond Harbour after a reported steering failure, and was refloated some eleven hours later with all crew safe.
MSC Boxship Partially Sinks At Zhoushan Repair Berth
The MSC Silvana VIII has partially sunk alongside a repair yard at Zhoushan after a typhoon grounding and a failed refloating, with her engine room flooded and 3,000 tonnes of fuel removed.
Steering Failure Grounds Container Ship At Chittagong Channel Entrance
A steering gear failure caused a Malta-flagged container ship to strike a channel buoy and ground at the entrance to Chittagong, before she was refloated the same day.
Low Water Strands Viking River Cruise Ship In The Danube
A Viking river cruise vessel has run aground in the Danube after coming into contact with a sandbank in extremely low water, and efforts to refloat her are reported to have been unsuccessful.
Engine Failure Grounds Bulker In Dardanelles, Closing Strait For Twelve Hours
Traffic through Turkey's Dardanelles Strait resumed after a bulk carrier that suffered an engine failure and ran aground was refloated with tug assistance, Turkish authorities said.
Container ship refloated after grounding near Rio Grande
The container ship Dusseldorf Express ran aground near the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande in Brazil and was refloated within hours.
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