On September 22, 2011 the 584 foot Luminous Ace, with 25 crew members, was headed towards California when an electrical outage caused the Luminous Ace’s pilot to lose control of the wheel. Due to the electrical outage the Luminous Ace lost all stearing capabilites, causing the Luminous Ace to drift outside Read more »
On October 29, 2011 the Elka Apollon Collided with the MSC Nederland
by brianwhite February 7, 2012 » Add the first comment.
On the morning of October 29, 2011 the National Transportation Board stated the pilot of a 799ft chemical tanker, Elka Appolon, contained Naptha and 24 crew memebers collided with the 782ft container ship, MSC Nederland, containing 1023 containers near the intersection of Bayport Ship Channel. The pilot of the Elka Apollon Read more »
Tradegy Strikes on the Trinity II
by brianwhite January 24, 2012 » Add the first comment.
On September 7, 2011 as Tropical Storm Nate was quickly turning into Hurricane Nate, the captain of the Trinity II, located in the Bay of Campeche, requested for ships in the area to help evacuate his crew of 1o, with no answer or committment to come help the 10 were Read more »
New Zealand Oil spill
by brianwhite October 12, 2011 » Add the first comment.
There has been a new environmental disaster in New Zealand, where a ship was the cause of a leakage of an impressive amount of oil into the ocean. This happened when the ship crashed with a reef in the coast of the country, dropping about 70 containers filled with Diesel Read more »
Man injured on a crane lift testing
by brianwhite September 12, 2011 » Add the first comment.
A seaman got injured while he was on board of the ship Hercules while testing one of the crane’s capabilities of lifting when a sudden tragedy happens; two blocks that were equalizing the barge came apart, shattering everywhere on the floor and causing the debris to hit directly the left Read more »
Three killed in a boat collision with containership
by brianwhite August 22, 2011 » Add the first comment.
On May 18th, three fishermen were killed when their ship Eurus London plowed into the side of the inbound boat FV Sandy Point. The ship’s boat struck the starboard side of the pogy boat, carving a 15 foot-long puncture into the fishing boat’s hill, giving the crew members of Sandy Read more »