Vessel casualties and piracy attacks – current

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Vessel Loss Dispatches For June 2008

82-m 1,669-dwt M/V Enisei (IMO 8811613) suffered explosion and fire while in the dry-dock of Navy Ship yard in Baltiysk port, Baltic sea. The explosion occurred in aft tank during welding. The chief engineer was hospitalized with severe burns and as many as 3 engineers are reported missing. From our Moscow Correspondent Mike Voitenko (Sat. June 7 2008).

Greek-registered cargo ship M/V Syros collided with Maltese-registered Sea Bird approximately 20km off the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay on June 5. The fuel tank of M/V Syros was ripped open in the collision, and a significant spill of 12 miles was reported. (Sat. June 7 2008).

80-ft tour boat M/V Ptarmigan, with 186 passengers aboard, collided with an iceberg while on a cruise of Portage Lake, Alaska. The vessel did not appear to be damaged, however about a dozen passengers were injured and two were sent to Anchorage hospitals for treatment. (Sat. June 7 2008).

11,093-dwt refrigerator M/V Baltic Wind (IMO 7342988) suffered oil spill while berthed at Berth 19, St. Petersburg, during preparations for bunkering on May 31 at 1030LT. Roughly 2 tons of IFO-380 leaked on deck and in water. The vessel was boomed and cleanup efforts are underway. From our Moscow Correspondent Mike Voitenko (Thurs. June 5 2008).

5,192-mt displacement inland tanker vessel Sudak, with 4,721-mt fuel oil aboard, ran aground at km mark 518, Rybinskoye Basin, enroute Saratov (Volga river) – S.Petersburg, on May 31 at 1635LT. The vessel incurred a large hole in the ballast tank port side, engine room area. No spill reported and traffic was not effected. The vessel was lightered and refloated on June 1 and taken under tow to Gorodets port for repairs on June 2. From our Moscow Correspondent Mike Voitenko (Thurs. June 5 2008).

River cruise ship M/V Aleksandr Suvorov, cruising Moscow – Tver route with 347 passengers on board, grounded on lock 2 of the Moscow Channel on May 31 at 0910LT. No injuries or water ingress reported and the vessel was freed under its own power. The lock was reportedly undamaged, though the vessel suffered damage to its steering mechanism. From our Moscow Correspondent Mike Voitenko (Thurs. June 5 2008).

143-ft Cruise ship Spirit of Alaska, with 41 passengers and 22 crew aboard, scraped the ocean bottom in Tracy Arm, a popular tour destination for glacier viewing 45 miles south of Juneau, Alaska, on June 4. The ship is not grounded and did not take on water, but is having propoulsion problems and is anchored in the arm’s Williams Cove awaiting a Coast Guard inspection. The Coast Guard has sent a rescue helicopter from Sitka, the cutter Liberty and a 47-ft motor lifeboat from Juneau. A passenger evacuation is not currently anticipated. The vessel is owned by Cruise West. (Wed June 4 2008).

39-ft chartered F/V Fin Seeker, with 7 aboard, sank in 60-mph winds approximately 3 miles east of Waukegan in Lake Michigan in the afternoon of May 30. 5 people were rescued by Coast Guard helicopter, and another 2 were rescued by a Coast Guard boat. From our Sr. Correspondent Tim Schwabedissen (Wed June 4 2008).

Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise, sailing between Turkey and Cyprus, was rammed by a Turkish F/V and pelted with lead fishing weights on May 30. The Turkish tuna ship was one of several that surrounded the Greenpeace vessel, which was carrying activists campaigning against overfishing in the Mediterranean. The impact was reportedly significant, but there were no injuries reported. From our Sr. Correspondent Tim Schwabedissen (Wed June 4 2008).

774-ft Turkish-owned freight vessel, en route to Balboa, Panama, required Coast Guard medical assistance 110 miles west of San Francisco on June 2. An engineer evidently suffered a stroke and was airlifted off the vessel by the U.S. Coast Guard. (Mon. June 2 2008).

Maybe you’ve hit on something here.

How about a section something akin to the vessel shit list. Of those vessels that have had these types of calamities while ROV personnel were on board. Especially the likes of pirate attacks.

i’ll start the ball rolling.

The ocean winsitor a few years ago , hit by pirates in the straits of malacca.The sonsub guys on board were bound and trussed in the midlde of the night with loaded guns at their heads. They were taken for every cent they had on them. That was quite a bit i heard ,( avearge of approx 3000 usd each),as sonsub policy at the time was they had to pay there own hotels and claim back later.So they all had pretty good wedges of greenies. Plus the 2 supervisors were required to use their own lap tops to do the company paper work and they lost those to.

of course the lads were fully re imbursed for the harrowing experience….yeah right!…you guessed it fellow rov worlders,…not a brass razzo. not even a free dinner at the infamous "Bernies

sonsub singapore become known in certain circles as son- snub after that"