24 maritime news articles about Grounding
(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The Mission to Seafarers is pleased to announce the appointment of Guy Platten as its new Chair. A Chartered Master Mariner and one of the maritime industry's most respected figures, Platten brings more than four decades of senior leadership experience…
Home News & Resources News GNSS Disruption at Sea: What Bridge Teams Need to Know Akshat Arora Regional Loss Prevention Director, Singapore Date 15 April 2026 Share this article Modern maritime navigation relies heavily on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as GPS, for positioning, navigation and timi
Skuld: Key loss prevention tips for clay cargoes
The bulk carrier had departed a grain loading terminal earlier that day at around 17:00 LT, carrying about 45,000 MT of bulk corn, bound for another port to
Lessons learned: Fumigated cargo needs gas detection
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Colombia’s General Maritime Directorate (DIMAR) reported that the Colombian-flagged bunker tanker Intergod VII ran aground off Santa Marta on 2 February amid adverse weather conditions. A s stated, the grounding occurred at approximately 10:30 p.
Recent grounding incidents reported by Skuld reveal a clear gap between passage planning and execution. Despite solid plans, vessels often deviate from routes.
Lessons learned: Fumigated cargo needs gas detection
The vessel was in ballast and sailing about 7 miles from land on its way to the loading port in the NW Atlantic.
The vessel was sailing in a river under pilotage towards the discharge port. It was being manually steered and the weather was intermittently rainy, but
A bulk carrier was in a river port discharging its cargo. The vessel had been experiencing problems with the X-band radar and this had finally failed prior to
Efforts are currently underway to safely re-float the vessel and to allow marine traffic in the Suez Canal to resume but in the meantime a sizeable backlog of
1972 London Dumping Convention, 1996 Protocol, dumping of vessels at sea, environment, pollution Home Publications Articles London Dumping Convention – a summary London Dumping Convention – a summary Publications James Ingham Published: March 01, 2021 Contact author Download article pdf Image In June 2020, the “Stellar
There have been many grounding incidents in the waters within the Indonesian archipelago over the past few years and many have involved depth anomalies. Grounding incidents on charted obstructions are avoidable, but what about when obstructions such as shoals, reefs or rocks that are not charted?
Argentina, Hydrographic Office of Argentina, rivers, grounding, low water, global warming Home Publications Articles Hydrovia – Low Water Levels Warning – Increased Risk of Grounding Hydrovia – Low Water Levels Warning – Increased Risk of Grounding Publications Steamship Mutual Published: April 24, 2020 Contact author
Credit to: zakir1346 / Shutterstock. com Anchoring loss prevention Anchoring is a critical operation on vessels.
Photo: Donvictorio Skuld would like to bring to our Members' attention the United Kingdom's Marine Accident Investigation Branch's (MAIB) Accident Investigation Report 22/2017 which highlights the dangers of misuse of an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) in passage planning and monitoring. The re
MV Maersk Connector, which is insured by Skuld Offshore, is Maersk's first cable-lay vessel specifically designed to be intentionally grounded as part of a cable-lay operation. In this article, along with assistance from Maersk Supply Service, Longitude Engineering and London Offshore Consultants, Katinka Mørch Granbe
We have seen a recent increase of groundings and other incidents in Mississippi River and two of these groundings involved Skuld entered vessels. All members whose vessels are or soon will be operating in the US Gulf / Mississippi River Range need to be mindful that the Mississippi River High River Season has started.
On 22 July 2015 the US Coast Guard issued a Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) clarifying the requirements for reporting marine casualties in US navigable waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Under US regulations, "marine casualties" are broadly defined and include any occurrence involving a ves
Like many other pollution liability regimes, OPA 90 was enacted in response to a major pollution incident-namely, the loss of 37,000 tonnes of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska, following the grounding of the tanker EXXON VALDEZ on 24 March 1989.