Four commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on September 28 and 29. The reports appeared only later, making it difficult to get a full picture of the incidents. No seafarers were reported injured, while the extent of damage to the vessels was not immediately clear. The Maritime Telegraph reports.
A seafarer was killed after the capesize bulker Cape Dao was hit while sailing through the Strait of Hormuz on September 23. The 2002-built ship, flying the Antigua and Barbuda flag, was struck off Oman’s Musandam Peninsula. The attack caused a fire in the engine room and left the vessel drifting, Splash 247 reported.
Two commercial ships heading to the United States were boarded by US Coast Guard and FBI teams after authorities received indications that their computer networks had been compromised, Reuters reported.
Ten crew members are missing after the Turkish-flagged general cargo ship Tugberk Imamoglu sank following a collision with the product tanker Alsu in the Sea of Marmara on September 2, The Maritime Telegraph reports.
Two tankers linked to Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) were hit by drones while leaving the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks came just one day after reports that ADNOC was expanding a shuttle operation to move Iraqi crude through the key waterway. GCaptain reported the incidents on August 14.
The MSC Silvana VIII has partially sunk off Zhoushan, China, after salvage teams failed to refloat the vessel, The Maritime Telegraph reports.
The 20-year-old, 332-metre containership entered the Zhoushan ship repair area on June 22 after arriving from Gwangyang, South Korea. The vessel appears to have grounded when Typhoon Bavi hit Zhejiang last month.
A personal phone call by a ship pilot contributed to a fatal collision on the Houston Ship Channel, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The Maritime Executive reports that the bulk carrier Yangze 7 struck the towboat Miss Peggy on July 19, 2024, killing one crew member and injuring two others.
An Indian-flagged cargo vessel has sunk in the Red Sea after an attack off Yemen, highlighting the ongoing security threats facing commercial shipping in the region. According to The Maritime Telegraph, all 14 crewmembers survived and were rescued by the Yemeni Coast Guard.
A Viking river cruise ship was evacuated after running aground on the Danube River, according to Maritime Executive. Bulgarian authorities evacuated passengers after the vessel became stranded in an area affected by extremely low water levels.
A tanker carrying Russian crude oil remains stranded near Oman’s Hallaniyat Islands, increasing concerns about a possible oil spill in a protected marine area.
MV Caroline Bezengi, a 159,168 DWT vessel under Western sanctions, ran aground in June after reporting an onboard explosion during a voyage from Russia to India. Satellite images taken in July appear to show oil around the ship, though Omani authorities have not officially confirmed any pollution.
A collision between two vessels at the Port of Tyne caused a gantry crane to collapse onto a containership on July 20, The Maritime Telegraph reported. One person was injured in the accident.
A chemical incident on board the container ship MSC Mia Summer II disrupted operations at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and sent 28 people to hospital, The Maritime Telegraph reports.
One Indian seafarer was killed and eight crew members were injured after an Iranian missile attack on two UAE-linked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on July 13. Both vessels also sustained damage. The Maritime Telegraph reported the incident, citing information from the UAE Ministry of Defence.
A grounded containership that has sat wrecked off Canada's Newfoundland coast for over a year is finally coming down.
Pirates are showing increasingly aggressive tactics in the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali coast, with armed groups repeatedly opening fire on commercial vessels during boarding attempts, The Maritime Telegraph reports.
A fatal accident occurred aboard the Malta-flagged Ro-Ro vessel Delphine during cargo operations at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, according to The Maritime Telegraph. The incident happened on June 16 around 18:00 local time at CLdN’s Albert II Dock terminal.
Two merchant ships were attacked off Yemen on June 15 in separate incidents that appear to be linked to piracy, The Maritime Telegraph reports. Maritime authorities say the attacks do not match the tactics normally used by Houthi forces in the region.
Fourteen Indian seafarers were rescued in the Northern Arabian Sea after their vessel sank following an engine failure in rough weather, The Maritime Telegraph reported. The rescue took place about 80 nautical miles east of Ras Al Hadd, Oman, and involved Omani authorities, a commercial ship, and U.S. Navy assets.
A tanker strike near Oman has left one seafarer dead and several crew members missing, according to The Maritime Telegraph. The incident marks the first reported crew casualties linked to the United States’ maritime blockade targeting Iranian oil exports.
Two fully loaded bulk carriers collided in the Singapore Strait on Tuesday, leaving both ships damaged, according to The Maritime Telegraph. The accident involved the Capesize vessels Cape XL and Huge Kumano in one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors.
Several containers were lost overboard after a collision between container ship MV Spil Ratna and cargo vessel MV Meratus Kolawa on 13 May in Indonesia’s Mahakam River, The Maritime Telegraph reports.
The impact occurred in a narrow section of the river near Samarinda, damaging both vessels and knocking eight containers into the water. The drifting cargo created a navigation hazard on this busy inland shipping route.
A cargo vessel bound for Ukraine sank off the Greek island of Andros after running aground on rocks in the early hours of May 6, triggering a major rescue operation and criminal charges against two senior officers, The Maritime Telegraph reports.
A routine voyage turned grim when the cruise ship Sapphire Princess recovered five bodies in the western Mediterranean, underscoring the ongoing risks of migrant crossings. The Maritime Telegraph reports the incident occurred mid-journey, far from shore.
MV Hui Yuan was temporarily detained by authorities in Sweden after investigators recorded an illegal discharge of coal cargo residue into the Baltic Sea near Ystad, The Maritime Telegraph reports.
