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After two cases regarding fatalities of ships’ officers when they were trying to take the draught readings of vessels, Steamship provides key issues to be aware of.
In recent weeks, there have been two reported fatalities of ships’ officers when they were trying to take the draught readings of vessels during and upon completion of cargo operations.
In one of these incidents the officer was denied permission to leave the vessel in order read the draught marks from ashore due to strict COVID-19 restrictions at the port.
In the other case the reason for the attempt to read the draught from the vessel is not clear.
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The Panama-registered container ship Marcos V lost the 40-foot containers around the Dutch Wadden islands while en route to Germany in heavy winds, on February 19.
Marcos V reported to the Coast Guard Center on February 19 in the morning that it had lost containers at sea. The ship lost the containers in the sailing route to the south, between the north of Vlieland and the west of Schoorl.
It is currently known that 26 containers have been lost, which contained no cargo.
The Dutch Coast Guard is now working together with the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) and the safety region of Fryslân with regard to further handling of this incident.
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Firefighters recovered the body of one missing passenger from the fire-stricken Ro-Ro Euroferry Olympia, while one of the passengers was found alive and rescued .
As of now, a total of 10 people of various nationalities are still unaccounted for, with rescuers having evacuated 280 people, whom took them to the island of Corfu. Before the weekend, two more people were rescued.
At the time of the accident the ship was carrying over 290 passengers and crew, as well as 153 trucks and 32 cars. When the fire broke out the ship was en route from Igoumenitsa in Greece towards Brindisi in Italy.
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During 15-21 February 22, three CAT 41 incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia were reported.
All three incidents occurred to ships while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait (SS). The crew was safe and nothing was stolen in all three incidents.
- The first incident occurred on 16 Feb to a bulk carrier while underway at approximately 3.6 nm northwest of Nongsa Point, Batam Island (Indonesia). The crew sighted two unauthorised persons escaping from the starboard quarter stern deck of the ship. A search on board the ship was conducted with no further sighting of the perpetrators.
- The second incident occurred on 17 Feb to a bulk carrier while underway at approximately 3.7 nm northwest of Nongsa Point, Batam Island (Indonesia). The crew sighted two unauthorised persons on the starboard side main deck of the ship. A search on board the ship was conducted with no further sighting of the perpetrators.
- The third incident occurred on 18 Feb to a tanker while underway at approximately 4.8 nm northwest of Nongsa Point, Batam Island (Indonesia). The crew sighted two unauthorised persons in the engine room. The ship alarm was raised and crew mustered. The perpetrators escaped in a boat. A search on board the ship was conducted with no further sighting of the perpetrators.