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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued an investigation report regarding the Collision between Bulk Carrier Bunun Queen and Offshore Supply Vessel Thunder that took place last July in Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
On July 23, 2022, about 1314 local time, the bulk carrier Bunun Queen, transiting eastbound in the Gulf of Mexico with 20 crewmembers on board, and the northbound offshore supply vessel Thunder collided about 66 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
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On Sunday, oil tanker Seavigour broke down in a single-lane section of Suez Canal, causing a brief disruption on the global waterway.
According to international news sources, the vessel suffered mechanical failure at the 12 kilometres mark of the canal. Unfortunately, the tanker broke down in a single-lane section of the waterway, causing eight other vessels to be delayed.
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an incident in which, an LST (Life Support Technician) suffered a finger injury whilst operating the medical airlock (“Med-lock”) on a dive chamber.
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Two incidents (one CAT 2 incident and one CAT 3 incident) of armed robbery against ships in Asia, between 30 May – 5 June 2023.
The incidents occurred on 29 May and 3 Jun, on board bulk carriers while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme in the Singapore Strait (SS). In both incidents, the perpetrators were armed. In the incident on 29 May, the perpetrators tied up the chief engineer who managed to free himself and reported incident to the bridge. The perpetrators took his watch and mobile phone; and some generator spare parts. Nothing was stolen in the other incident. The crew were safe in both incidents.