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Shipping News and information / Kota Lagu aground at the Wetern Schelde near Antwerp.

« on: October 25, 2008, 03:08:32 PM »

This afternoon at 2 o'clock european time the Kota Lagu has been aground at the Western Schelde.
At high tide she has run aground near Ossenisse leaving the port of Antwerp.
The tugs Multratu 9, Multratug 5 and Gent are there to keep her save and trying to get her back on track again. She is carying containers with toxic content.
Hopefully she can continue her journey soon.

Greetz,
Marie-Anne  8-)

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Shipping News and information / Re: Norwegian carcarrier hit bridge in Antwerpen

« on: April 07, 2008, 03:43:55 PM »

I just found a website mentioning this accident.
There is a short movie about what happend sunday morning with the "Tagus".

The movie is in dutch but does explain what happend.

Greetz,
Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Re: Repubblica di Genova to leave Anwerp

« on: March 14, 2008, 10:40:35 AM »

This morning (14th of march 2008) the Daewoo Frontier (ex Repubblica di Genova) has left the port of Antwerp.
The strong tug Salvigilant was infront of her and 3 URS tugs kept her secure at the stern.
She has been waiting to leave the port of Antwerp for a long time.
Finally she made it to the River Schelde and who knows if we ever get to see her again!!

Take a look here:

photo 1.

photo 2.

photo 3.

Greetz,
Marie-Anne  8-)

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Shipping News and information / Re: Repubblica di Genova to leave Anwerp

« on: March 09, 2008, 07:38:48 PM »

The Repubblica di Genova is re-named to Daewoo Frontier and is still waiting to leave the port of Antwerp.
The tug  Salvigilant is still moored infront of her.
No movements have been made for the last few weeks.

Greetz,
Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Re: Belgian Schelde Pilots on Strike

« on: August 27, 2007, 10:31:40 AM »

I have been shipspotting in Antwerp the last weekend.
Because of the strike there where hardly any ships around. Pilots work only for a few hours. At flushing there are an awfull lot of ships waiting (about 40) to get in to the ports of Gent and Antwerp.
Some ships try to go to Rotterdam. But most of them still wait untill they can go on.

The companies in Antwerp have a lot of trouble over this.
And for shipspotting it is a pitty as well. We had great weather this weekend, but no ships. So the next few days we have to wait and see how and when they are getting back to work again.
At this moment the stike is nog over yet!!!

Greetz,
Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Re: M/V Superfast X

« on: February 13, 2007, 07:58:13 PM »

I have no idea.
But i just looked on the shipplotter and i can't find her anymore, so there is a big chance she left Antwerp.

On her way to her new destination!

Greetz,
Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Re: M/V Superfast X

« on: February 12, 2007, 07:12:23 PM »

This afternoon the Superfast X is given the new name: Jean Nicoli.
She is still in the Antwerp dry docks.
Maybe after this renaming she will leave pretty soon.

Greetz,
Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Re: Explosion on Hyundai Fortune

« on: March 21, 2006, 02:57:05 PM »

From the dutch news:

On Tuesday the 21st of March the dutch marine fregat

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Shipping News and information / Fire on board of MSC Iris

« on: February 07, 2006, 05:34:06 PM »

At Antwerp shiprepair this morning the MSC Iris had a fire on board.
15 Crews of fire patrols came to the rescue, but when the came on board it just seems to be some cloths and garbage.
The fire got reported as a loarge industy fire, but afther the smal fire was extinguished, all crew members left the yard of Antwerp shiprepair.

Luckily it all got a happy end!!!

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=70367

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=169321

Greetz Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Re: The right name for MSC ship (Floride / Florida)

« on: January 03, 2006, 08:38:14 AM »

Thanks for helping us out with the naming problem on the MSC Florida.
Now it's a lot more clearer to me what happend. I can understand it's very easy to misunderstand when something like this happens to the name of a ship.

Thanks again!!

Greetz Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / CMA CGM Otello

« on: January 02, 2006, 03:14:38 PM »

On 31th of december arrived in the harbour of Zeebrugge in Belgium the CMA CGM Otello (imo: 9299628). She is the biggest containership that ever visited that harbour. She can have 8500 containers on board and from may she will be sailing on a weekly schedlule from northern Europe to Asia.

The CMA CGM Otello has a length of 334 meters and the beam is 42,8 meters. The draft is 14,5 meters, It was a challenge for the port authoroties. Because of the dept she has te be out of the harbour at the highest moment of the tide.

Informatie collected from the newspaper "het Nieuwsblad" in Belgium with thanks to Frederik & Gerda Plets-V. D. Linden for collecting the information.

Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Collision in Belgium between Alexandros and Nina I

« on: December 12, 2005, 12:08:02 PM »

In Antwerp near the Kallolock the Alexandros and the Nina I came in to collision. The Alexandros just left the Kallolock and "bumped in" to the Nina I. One crewmember got overboard and is been brougt to the hospital with serious injuries.
The ships has made water and the Nina I had got a lot of damage.
None of the ships has got dangerous load on board.
At low tide there will be an expert getting on board of both ships to take a look at what really happend.

If there will be more news i let you know.

Greetz Marie-Anne

Thanks to Frederik and Gerda Plets -Van Der Linden for the information.  :lol:

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Shipping News and information / The right name for MSC ship (Floride / Florida)

« on: October 31, 2005, 07:51:47 PM »

Hello shiplovers,

Who can help me to solve a misterie.
In Antwerp there has just left a ship called MSC Florida.
On Equasis you can find it under the name MSC Floride.

On the pictures of taken by Ron v.d. Velde it's clearly to see the name MSC Florida.

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=133525

Who can help us find out shat is what and why is there a misunderstanding.

Thanks for your help!!

Greetz Marie-Anne

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Shipping News and information / Fowairet in trouble at Westerschelde in Holland

« on: September 20, 2005, 10:52:05 AM »

At the Westerschelde in Holland the Fowairet (containership) is grounding. She got containers with dangerous goods on board.
At this point there is a very big chance she good break in parts.
The crew has been taken from the ship. And the coastguard waiting on what ever is going to happen.

Greetz Marie-Anne