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Shipping News and information / Cruise ship "Astor" Run aground in port of Copenhagen

« on: May 15, 2009, 05:47:01 PM »

Only six days after the cruise ship "Zenith" ran aground shortly after leaving the port of copenhagen, the Panamanian cruise ship, Astor, carrying 600 passengers have run aground during manouvering inside the port.
According to danish news, the ship was trying to manouver away from the Langelinie quay when it ran aground just beside the Little Mermaid.

The ship is still sitting on the ground, about 6 meters from the quay, and are awaiting assistance from harbour tugs. There haven't been any reports of structural damage to the ship, but danish police have said that the ship will not be allowed to leave the port until divers have checked the hull for damage.

*** EDIT: Seems my news sources got the name wrong, It was the Astor, not "Artos", sorry! ***

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Shipping News and information / Cruise ship "Zenith" Run aground in

« on: May 10, 2009, 02:33:24 PM »

According to danish news,  the cruise ship "Zenith", carrying 550 passengers, ran aground on a sand bank shortly after departing from the Port of Copenhagen last night (9.5.2009). After refloating the ship during high tide, the ship was ordered back to Copenhagen for a hull examination.

The danish navy environmental protection vessel "Mette Milj

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Shipping News and information / Last post panamax ship from Odense steelship yard (Lind

« on: January 22, 2009, 01:23:01 PM »

Due to financial trouble and tough competition from Asian yards, Odense steelship yard have decided to restructure and change their focus away from large standardized ships. This means that the last of the M

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Shipping News and information / Mirabelle grounded outside danish port

« on: December 16, 2008, 11:05:48 PM »

The ill-fated ship Mirabelle has once again been involved in an incident. Last month, the ship collided with a tanker jetty in the danish port of K

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Shipping News and information / Pirates seize four ships in four days off the horn of Africa

« on: November 18, 2008, 11:11:53 PM »

According to CNN, the toll is up to four ships since saturday. The Sirius Star along with a Chinese grain carrier, a chinese and a thai fishing vessel. This takes the total up to 95 hijackings in 2008 which is more than a 40% increase over 2007 and 950% compared to 2006.

The Norwegian company Odfjell have instructed all their vessels to go south of the Cape to avoid the Aden Gulf.

Pirates grab more ships, captured tanker docked

This is truly disturbing! Something has to be done NOW. We need serious military intervention. The CTF-150 vessels patroling the waters off Somalia are far from enough to ensure the safety of the vessels transitting these waters! These pirates are getting ever more bold and are attacking bigger and faster vessels further from Somalian waters. If this is allowed to escalate even further, it will only be a matter of time before they'll start attacking passenger vessels and other high speed crafts!

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Shipping News and information / Minerva Concert aground off Sams

« on: May 14, 2007, 09:19:08 PM »

The tanker Minerva Concert have run aground on "Hatter Barn" just off the danish island Sams