The Sinking of the MSC Chitra: Port Re-opens while the Finger-pointing...
MSC Chitra The containership MSC Chitra and the bulk carrier Khalijia 3 collided near Mumbai, India on Saturday, resulting in the sinking of the MSC Chitra, a significant oil spill and the loss of at...
View ArticleCollision in Mumbai – INS Vindhyagiri & MV Nordlake
MV Nordlake Mumbai can be tough on container ships. Last August the bulk carrier Khalijia 3 steered into the containership MSC Chitra , sinking her, causing a significant spill and closing the port for...
View ArticleThe Scuttling of the MSC Chitra
Last August, we posted about the collision of the containership MSC Chitra and the bulk carrier Khalijia 3 which resulting in the sinking of the Chitra with a significant oil spill, a loss of cargo...
View ArticleThe Folly of the MV Wisdom
The MV Wisdom is a small 26-year-old container ship. She has had 14 name changes in her life and no one knows how many owners. The current owner may be unknown as well. She was being towed from...
View ArticleUpdate: MV Wisdom off Juhu Beach and Now On-Line
Three weeks ago we posted about the MV Wisdom, which had been on her way to a Gujarat scrapyard when the tow line parted. The drifting ship nearly hit a major bridge near Mumbai before finally...
View ArticleMT Pavit on Juhu Beach – A Security Breach Big Enough to Drift a Tanker Through
Last June, the inaptly named MV Wisdom, under tow to a scrap yard, broke her tow line and drifted on to Juhu beach in Mumbai, India, after narrowly missing a major bridge. This Sunday, the tanker, MT...
View ArticleContainer Ship Amsterdam Bridge Catches Fire Off Mumbai
The 4,380 TEU container ship Amsterdam Bridge caught fire on a voyage between Mumbai to Colombo. The ship returned to Mumbai and is now at an outer anchorage. Recent reports suggests that the fire is...
View ArticleMassive Explosion & Fire Sinks Indian Submarine INS Sindhurakshak at Dock in...
A massive explosion, followed by a fire, has partially sunk the Indian Navy’s diesel electric submarine INS Sindhurakshak early this morning at the Mumbai naval dockyard. Eighteen officers and sailors...
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