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(May 27 2021)
Cost pressures on tanker operators, and increased operating costs of running security companies, has led to shipping companies hiring security companies which cut corners, warns security consultancy Dryad Global.
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(Apr 15 2021)
As recent news reports highlight, the shipping industry continues to face threats such as piracy, kidnapping and terrorism. Ship operators need to stay alert to security risks and recognise that threats are continually evolving and demand constant vi...
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(Apr 15 2021)
An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in waters off Cavite City, southwest of the Philippine capital of Manila, but no one was injured, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported.
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(Apr 15 2021)
An oil tanker that's been anchored unexpectedly off Port Hawkesbury since Sunday, changed course to Cape Breton over concerns of possible COVID-19-related sickness on board the vessel.
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(Apr 09 2021)
Maritime insurer The Standard Club says that enclosed space fatalities are continuing to occur on ships, although much more on dry cargo vessels than tankers. A webinar on October 12 reviewed how the issue is evolving.
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(Apr 09 2021)
A Turkish crewman on a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) died, and three others are reported in critical condition after they were believed to have inhaled ammonia in international waters off West Port Klang on Tuesday (April 6).
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(Mar 18 2021)
The Barbados Coast Guard (BCG) conducted a medical-evacuation of a 41-year-old male onboard an oil tanker, the EAGLE SAN JUAN.
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(Feb 18 2021)
LPG tanker GRACE V under repairs at Samarinda PT Barokah Perkasa shipyard, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, reportedly caught fire and exploded on February 11.
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(Feb 11 2021)
Greek product tanker MARIA E was attacked and boarded northwest of Sao Tome and Principe, while en route from Lome, Togo. Crew reportedly are safe.
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(Feb 04 2021)
Iranian Aframax tanker SAHRA ran aground on 123 kilometer mark, Suez Canal, below Great Bitter Lake, at around 1000 UTC February 1, en route from Kharg island oil teminal Iran to the Mediterranean region.
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(Jan 28 2021)
Crew onboard a tanker that ran aground in Umm Al Quwain are hoping that after almost four years at sea, they will at last be able to go home.
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(Jan 28 2021)
On January 26th, some 270NM South of Lagos, the Hong Kong-flagged tanker SEAFRONTIER reported being approached by a single skiff with six men on board with CPA 3NM.
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(Jan 14 2021)
Diamond S Shipping Inc. (“Diamond S” or the “Company”) announced that the four crew members who had been kidnapped from one of its product tanker vessels, the Agisilaos, on November 29, 2020 were released on January 6, 2021.
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(Jan 14 2021)
Seven men will face no action over a suspected hijacking of an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight.
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(Jan 07 2021)
A Myanmar national died after being airlifted to Taiwan for emergency treatment following a stabbing incident aboard an oil tanker north of Pengjia Islet on January 1.
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