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“C/V HYUNDAI FORTUNE of fire in the Gulf of Aden. On the very
day that the C/V HYUNDAI FORTUNE caught fire and exploded, the US
Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit published its decision in a case
captioned Contship Containerlines, Ltd. v. PPG Industries, Inc., No.
05-0267-cv (2nd Cir., March 21, 2006). In that matter, the as-of-late
pesky chemical compound known as Calcium Hypochlorite was shipped
(in drums; within an intermodal container) aboard a ContShip vessel
loaded at Charleston, SC and bound for the South Pacific. On June
1, 2000 International Maritime Organization (IMO) issued MSC Circular
963, which alerted Shippers, Carriers, etc., of the hazards presented
in the water carriage of this commodity the grim potentials presented
by the water carriage of HazMat cargoes.” |
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Several leading vessels of the Asiatic merchant fleet sustained
major damage as the result of Typhoon Babs in November 1998. For example,
reports are that APL's M/V APL China lost approx. 406 containers,
with some 1,000 more damaged. Similar damage is said to have been
sustained by Maersk, Evergreen and other lines in Taiwan waters as
a result of the typhoon. Sources at American President Lines (APL)
estimate that losses could run well into the hundreds of millions
of U.S. dollars for all vessels. |
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On June 13, 2000 the USS Buchanan took part in the RIMPAC 2000 as
a target ship at Pacific Missile Range Facility. American, Canadian
and Australian forces tried to sink her for more than 24 hours. Buchanan
stayed afloat all night. An EOD Team boarded her and placed 200 pounds
of C-4 in predetermined locations. Sixteen minutes and three seconds
after igniting the time fuse the Buchanan gracefully in a bow down
attitude slid below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. At 21:26:30Z
(11:26:30 AM HST) 14 June 2000 Davy Jones piped her aboard at her
final resting place of 22:54.38N, 160:27.68W , 64 Nautical Miles from
land in 2540 Fathoms of water. |
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This tanker decided to blow up in the Bosphorus. Owner wasn't too
happy when he allegedly found out that his insurance was invalid.
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The Hong Kong container vessel M/V OOCL AMERICA (66.047
gt, built 1995) sustained heavy weather damage on a voyage ex Long
Beach for Kaohsiung on Jan. 29. The vessel encountered severe weather
Jan 31 in the Pacific Ocean and lost a large number of containers
overboard. A maritime attorney for cargo interests who had been
contacted about the incident put the figure at 350 containers lost
overboard & 217 still on board but crushed or bent out of usable
condition. |
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The U.S. Coastguard arrive on the scene, probably
bearing a copy of the Oil Pollution Act (1990) |
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10 wheel, computer controlled crane was pulling its
load "key element of a new injection molding factory"
from a cargo hold of the ocean vessel when disaster struck and the
entire load crashed to the pier. Alleged loss: US$875,000. |
| The dreadful collision between the ro-ro ferry MOBY PRINCE and
the tanker AGIP ABRUZZO off Livorno (Italy) resulted in 141 deaths
and both ships were Total Losses. |
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| The SEA EMPRESS ran aground at Milford Haven, spilling over 72,000
tons of crude into the sea - MUCH more oil than the infamous EXXON
VALDEZ. The clean-up was conducted slightly better. |
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| This was the end of the tanker KATINA P. One casualty - the ship's
cat, which refused to be rescued. |
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| At present we only know the sad state of this feeder vessel at Pusan,
Korea On 10 April 2000. E-mail if you have any more information. |
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| The Netherlands Antilles semi-submersible heavy load carrier M/V
MIGHTY SERVANT 2 (21,162 gross), Singapore for Cabinda, capsized in
lat 00 48S, long 104 20E, Nov 2. The 1983-built ship, owned by Belgium-based
offshore heavylifting group Dockwise, had a crew of 20 and was carrying
an 8,790 ton offshore production module at the time of the accident,
which reportedly occurred in calm seas. The ship is currently on its
side in 35m of water, with 5m of its hull still above the surface.
Divers searching the vessel discovered the bodies of 2 Dutch & 2 Filipino
crewmen inside the vessel, and the search for a remaining man has
entered its final stages inside the wreck. This was a very impressive,
huge & famous vessel. (Wed. Nov. 3 1999) |
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