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Vessel collision causes fifteen fatalities

Vessel collision causes fifteen fatalities

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 21, 2025 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Always keep a good lookout to increase your chances of preventing a collision. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in a new Mars Report which describes a collision between a bulk carrier and a tug that resulted in fifteen fatalities. The Nautical Institute...
How Smit Salvage removed oil from stranded vessel’s tanks

How Smit Salvage removed oil from stranded vessel’s tanks

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 15, 2025 | Maritime accidents, News, Salvage, Shipping

One of the first actions when salvaging a vessel that ran onto the rocks is to remove the oil from the tanks. In the case of the salvage by Smit Salvage of the cargo ship Blue Lagoon, which ran aground on the rocky seabed off the coast of Taiwan’s Orchid Island,...
Orix tests soft sails on bulk carrier

Orix tests soft sails on bulk carrier

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 22, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, Maritime research, News, Ship conversion/refit, WASP

Orix Corporation and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (SHI-ME) have begun a feasibility study of utilising wind power on one of Orix’s bulk carriers. For the study, a wing-shaped soft sail will be installed. North Sails Japan (NSJ) will supply the...
Hit and run results in two fatalities on dredger

Hit and run results in two fatalities on dredger

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 24, 2024 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping

A new Nautical Institute Mars Report discusses how a tablet on the bridge distracted a lone watchkeeper resulting in a collision with fatalities. Alcohol was another factor in this accident. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses....
Dynamic separation of soil cargo contributes to sinking

Dynamic separation of soil cargo contributes to sinking

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 20, 2024 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

In addition to iron ore fines and nickel ore, liquefaction or dynamic separation can also be a factor when having soil as cargo. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report, in which this phenomenon resulted in a bulk carrier sinking. The...
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