On August 5th, a Suez Canal tugboat sank after colliding with an LPG tanker, resulting in the death if one of the tugboat’s crew members and injuring six others.
On 6th August, a person was discovered dead on a cargo vessel anchored in the port of Chalkida, Evia Island, Greece.
lessons learned from an incident where a person fell 2m between decks on an AHTS (Anchor handling vessel) alongside in port.
Three actual incidents of armed robbery against ships (all CAT 4) in Asia between 1 – 7 August.
Two of the incidents occurred to barges towed by tug boats and the other incident occurred to a bulk carrier. All three incidents occurred while the ships were underway in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS).