MSC DANIT INVESTIGATED FOR HUNTINGTON Beach OIL SPILL Oct 2021: Following a significant oil leak in Orange County, California in early October, The US Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board determined the MSC Danit was involved in an anchor-drag incident...
VOCUS CABLE IN PERTH CUT by Maersk vessel, $1.5m repair cost Aug 2021: The Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) was cut on 1 August 2021, The cut was 10km offshore from Perth City Beach inside the Perth Submarine Cable Protection Zone. Arnnet.com.au reported: Police claim...
MAJOR SHIPPING CHANNEL BLOCKED Dec 2020: The Volga River entrance was repeatedly blocked in the first week of December 2020. Three times in three days a vessel ran aground as reported by Fleetmon: PORT OLYA2 was exiting the Volga, en route to Iran. Amazingly, this...
Ship collides with platform – USD225m damage Oct 2020: In the early hours of October 17, the crude oil tanker Atina was either anchored or in the process of anchoring when it drifted towards the Cox Oil Platform 58-B. Despite being clearly lit, the tanker...
11,000 square feet of damage Oct 2018: The superyacht, Formosa, dropped anchor in the Kailua Bay Zone of the Kona Coast Fishery Management Area. The swinging anchor chain caused considerable damage to a large area, breaking 432 coral colonies. If the crew had...
WAYMON L BOYD EXPLODES AFTER HITTING GAS PIPE Aug 2020: Dredger WAYMON L. BOYD caused an explosion and major fire in Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Texas, USA. The dredger struck an underwater gas pipeline. 4 crew members died in the explosion. The fire onboard the...
