On 28/12/2014 at 0800 GMT, a Turkish ship (Gokbel), having 11 seafarers as crew, collided with a Belize flag vessel and sank. The collision occurred due to poor visibility just a mile from the Italian Adriatic port of Ravenna.
Norman Atlantic in Fire North of Kerkyra, Greece
December 28, 2014 by 1 Comment
A fire broke out onboard the Ro-Ro passenger ship Norman Atlantic during early morning hours (0400-0600 Greece local time), while the vessel was north of Kerkyra, Greece close to Othonoi island. Onboard the vessel there are approximately 480 passengers. The vessel had departed from Igoumenista, Greece and was heading to Ancona, Italy.
Serious Injury of Scaffolder Onboard Offshore Platform – Investigation Report
April 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
During the dismantling of scaffolding on Oseberg B 7 May 2009, a scaffolder was seriously injured as he fell 14 meters from the scaffolding and down on to the cellar deck. He was evacuated by rescue helicopter to Haukeland hospital in Bergen, and later died at the hospital.
Flammable Mists from Accidental Hydrocarbon Releases Offshore
April 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Offshore oil and gas installations store and process very large inventories of different hydrocarbon mixtures. The crude oil/natural gas is pumped from the seabed and separated by distillation at different pressures and temperatures. Therefore the installations need to heat and pressurise the crude, which requires further non-process hydrocarbons for fuel and to act as lubrication and heat transfer fluids.
NOPSEMA Annual Offshore Performance Report
April 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) released yesterday its 2013 Annual offshore performance report; a yearly stocktake of risk management by the Australian offshore petroleum industry.
Rosneft Starts Geophysical Surveys in Eastern Arctic
April 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Aerial gravity-magnetic surveys began at the Yuzhno-Chukotsky License Area in the Eastern Arctic to establish the field’s subsurface structure. Rosneft and ExxonMobil have agreed to a framework for jointly exploring six license areas in the Chukchi and the Laptev Seas, namely the Ust-Lensky, Ust-Oleneksky, Anisinsko-Novosibirsky, Yuzhno-Chukotsky, and Severo-Vrangelevsky 1 and 2 areas. Three airplanes carrying magnetometric and gravimetric equipment will by the end of 2014 survey all the six license areas with a total area of 440,000 square meters.
Crewmembers Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks
April 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A Mongolian Flagged cargo ship sank off the southern coast of South Korea earlier today leaving 11 crewmembers missing.
Container Ship Sinks after Colliding with Ferry in Indonesia
April 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A container ship was sunk after colliding with a passenger vessel outside the Tanjung Perak Port, located in the city of Surabaya in Indonesia.
Car carrier Baltic Breeze Collision with Fishing Vessel in Spain
April 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Earlier today the Singapore flagged car carrier Baltic Breeze collided with a Spanish fishing vessel near the Port of Vigo in Spain.
Cargo Ship Grounding at beach in Shaldon, UK
April 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A 81 meter cargo ship grounded on the beach in the mouth of the River Teign a few days ago.
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