The cargo vessel Danio remains aground this morning on the Farne Islands off of England’s Northumberland coast. The ship’s crew spent the night on board following the grounding at around 04:30 GMT on Saturday. The vessel went aground near to Little Harcar rock, close to the Longstone Lighthouse. The MV Danio was carrying timber from [...]

The Carnival Dream cruise ship is stuck in St. Maarten in the Caribbean, Thursday, following a problem with the ship’s generator. This incident comes just a month after Carnival passengers spent nearly five days trapped on the disabled Carnival Triumph liner in the Gulf of Mexico. CNN reported that passengers aboard the Carnival Dream had [...]

The cruise liner Carnival Triumph is adrift in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire that has left her without propulsion. The fire was quickly extinguished and none of the ship’s 4,229 passengers and crew were injured. Emergency generators are providing power to the vessel which is now drifting off the Yucatan peninsula, [...]

The Ro-Ro cargo ship, Ciudad de Cadiz, remains grounded on a sandbank in the Dee estuary. The ship ran aground at 13:45 GMT on Wednesday in gusty conditions on the Dee Estuary whilst she was awaiting to dock at Mostyn. An unsuccessful attempt was made to re-float the vessel last night. A new attempt is [...]

A busy commuter ferry has crashed into Pier 11 in New York City injuring around 30-50 people. Seastreak Wall Street was reported to have had 325 passengers on board at the time of the incident. The ferry hit the dock mooring shortly after 08:45 during the Manhattan morning rush hour. The link below shows the [...]

The freighter Ocean Victory is currently adrift around just off the Dutch beach resort of Zandvoort. According to Dutch media the vessel hit a buoy leaving the port of IJmuiden on Sunday evening. The incident left the buoy chain entangled with the propeller shaft leaving the vessel adrift. The cargo ship is being kept in [...]

A major rescue operation is under way in the North Sea tonight following the a collision between two cargo vessels. The vehicle Carrier Baltic Ace is reported to have sunk. Dutch coastguard helicopters and lifeboats are on the scene and have winched some crew members to safety from the vessels life rafts. The second vessel [...]

The container ship Hanjin Geneva has been safely refloated after running aground in the Prince Rupert Harbour. According to cbc.ca the incident happened at about 10:30 p.m. PT Tuesday night as the vessel tried to avoid a small fishing boat. The ground that the vessel hit was reported to be soft minimizing any damage to [...]

A helicopter is reported to have ditched south of the Shetland Isles in the North Sea. The RNLI lifeboats have been launched after the alarm was raised at around 15:30 local time. The helicopter is reported to be operated by CHC, a company specialising in providing transport for oil workers. We saw the Kirkwall lifeboat [...]

The new vessel Heulin Dispatch ran aground on Friday evening on her maiden voyage from Southampton to the Channel Islands. The vessel hit a rock off Alderney at around 18:4o BST. Shortly afterwards the RNLI Lifeboat 14-04 (Roy Barker One) was dispatched arriving at the cargo vessel soon afterwards. Heulin Dispatch was assessed and headed [...]