A tanker anchor pierced an old unexploded device and dragged it all the way to Portland. Members of the Royal Navy were dispatched to evacuate the tanker's crewmembers and release the torpedo.
The torpedo was found in an extremely corroded state and it originates from the 1980s.
A crewmember of the Panama-flagged tanker Bochem Oslo was transported for medical assistance. The 39-year-old crewman was suffering from strong chest pains. The ship was anchored ten nautical miles off the Port of Durban.
On 11 October, the Transportation Safety Board bulker carrier SBI Carioca ran aground off the coast of New Brunswick. The vessel hit a shoal but there was no entrance of water into the carrier’s hull or water pollution. The SBI Carioca was sailing from Norfolk to Belledune.
The Clipper Group company decided on selling 16 vessels as part of a financial agreement. The sale included Clipper’s four multipurpose carriers which will remain under Clipper’s commercial and technical control.
The Clipper Group said that it wanted to simplify its business and close its offices in Stamford, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore and Beijing.
Franbo Lines bought Supramax from the Taiwan Navigation company. The ship is scheduled for delivery by the end of 2017 and Franbo Lines will pay USD 8.55 million for it. The unnamed Supramax is 15 years old and the company’s largest ship.
The TI Europe tanker owned by Euronav NV recently underwent docking works and upgrades in Shenzhen, China. The tanker was built in 2002 and it is one of two unconverted vessels.