Finnish RoPax runs aground

Viking Line’s 1988-built RoPax Amorella, which operates on the Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden route, grounded at Järsö, in the Åland archipelago at 12.50 pm, Finnish time, yesterday with 200 passengers and

Panama: Wakashio came too close to Mauritius looking for WiFi signal

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has released some preliminary findings from the ongoing investigation of the grounding of the Panama-registered bulker Wakashio on a Mauritius reef. A delegation of experts from Panama

Two dead, two missing in Mauritius tugboat sinking

A Mauritius Port Authority (MPA) tug, the Sir Gaetan, sank yesterday in the course of assisting the continuing clean-up efforts following the grounding of the capesize bulker Wakashio. This morning, Mauritius media

Wakashio Captain and Chief Officer arrested and detained

The Captain of the grounded bulk carrier Wakashio, Indian national Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar and the Chief Officer, Tilak ratna Suboda, a Sri Lankan, are now being held in police custody in Mauritius

Mauritius: Bow of grounded bulker to be towed out to deep water

The bow of the grounded bulk carrier Wakashio is to be towed to 8 nautical miles from the outer limit of the reefs that almost completely surround Mauritius to water 2,000 meters

VIDEO: Bulker grounded off Mauritius splits in two

Imagery posted by Mobilisation Nationale Wakashio shows that the Capesize bulker Wakashio, which grounded off the east coast of Mauritius on July 25, has now split into two sections. At around 5:00

VIDEO: Mauritius oil spill clean up continues

Video posted today by Le Mauricien newspaper showed continuing efforts by Mauritians — many of them volunteers — to clean up oil spilled from the Capesize bulker Wakashio, which grounded off the

Resolve Marine frees ice-bound platform barge off Alaska shoreline

When a platform barge used to support gold mining operations grounded in shallow water west of Nome Harbor back in April, Resolve Marine Alaska mobilized teams and resources in response Response teams

VIDEO: Brazilian Navy supervises scuttling of giant ore carrier

Within days of being refloated by salvors, a 2016-built, 300,800 dwt ore carrier has been declared a constructive total loss (CTL), towed to deep water and sunk under supervision of the Brazilian

Resolve Marine refloats grounded cargo vessel

Despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Resolve Marine has successfully refloated the grounded cargo vessel Kaami, completing response operations with her tow to a dry dock

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