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Maritime News Thread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,721 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    'A' Spanish fishing vessel has been detained by the Irish Naval Services...

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40303160.html

    https://twitter.com/naval_service/status/1399489007474688011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1399489007474688011%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Farid-40303160.html
    A Spanish trawler allegedly fishing illegally in Irish waters has been detained by the Naval Service.

    It follows an incident in which a Spanish trawler was involved in a confrontation with Irish fishermen last Friday.

    That vessel is alleged to have been operating illegally within the waters of Bantry Bay, which is within Ireland's 12-nautical mile limit.

    The limit gives exclusive rights to Irish-registered fishing vessels to fish in those waters.

    The Naval Services said the LÉ RÓISÍN detained a Spanish vessel 95 miles south of Mizen Head, Ireland's most south-westerly point.

    A statement from the Navy said: "The Irish Naval Service Vessel LÉ RÓISÍN has detained a Spanish registered Fishing Vessel approximately 95 Nautical Miles South of Mizen Head.

    "The detention was in relation to alleged breaches of fishing regulations. The vessel will be escorted to port, where on arrival it will be handed over to An Garda Síochána.

    "This is the fifth vessel detained by the Naval Service in 2021. The Defence Forces conduct at-sea fishery inspections in line with the service level agreement with the Sea Fishery Protection Authority, as part of its delivery of government services to the state."


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    Go get them Navy.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Brand new container ship MV X-Press Pearl has been on fire for six days now, off the coast of Sri Lanka. Her cargo of 1,486 containers includes 25 tonnes of Nitric Acid. All 25 crew members have thankfully been safely evacuated.

    Fire out now but shes partially sitting on the bottom and they cant move her. Looks a total mess.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40304036.html


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    A total mess is right.

    X-Press-Pearl-june-3-2021-ports-authority.108474.jpg

    X-Press-Pearl-june-3-2021-3-ports-authority.jpg

    X-Press-Pearl-june-3-2021-2-ports-authority.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    big financial loss there, she was barely 4 months old


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    I am not sure if this is the correct thread for this question but, does anyone here know, have Brittany Ferries stopped their Ringaskiddy service?

    Just Armorique used to be in 3 times a week and the Pont Avon came out of Le Harve last week, went to Roscoff and is operating other routes as is Armorique and neither have been to Ringaskiddy.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Proof, once again, that the seafarer is on the lower rungs of the ladder when it comes to workers. That poor, poor family and crew.
    A container ship owned by the same company as the Ever Given — the ship that blocked the Suez Canal — is sailing back to Italy this week, nearly two months after its captain died on board and the ship was turned away from multiple ports in Asia.

    According to the maritime news site gCaptain, the Ital Libera container ship works the Far East to South Africa Express, delivering shipments between South Africa and ports in China and Taiwan.

    It's owned by Italia Marittima, a subsidiary of the Evergreen Marine Corporation, the company that owns the Ever Given.

    The ship brought on a new captain and crew before setting off from Durban, South Africa, on April 1, and within days a number of crew members became sick in what appeared to be a COVID-19 outbreak on board, according to the Maritime Executive.

    Captain Angel Capurro, 61, is believed to have died on board on April 13, according to Italy's ANSA news agency.

    Capurro tested negative for the coronavirus before getting on the ship, and traveled to Durban via Doha, Qatar, and Johannesburg, South Africa, according to the Maritime Executive.

    When Capurro died a decision was made to divert the ship to the port of Jakarta for a 14-day quarantine, according to gCaptain.

    After the quarantine was over, Italian officials wanted to fly the captain's body back to Italy, but no Asian ports allowed anyone get off the boat, Maritime Executive reports.

    The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was said to have been turned down by Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, the Philippines, and South Africa.

    For that reason, a decision was made for the ship to sail to Italy to return the captain's body, according to a June 7 update from the Hapag-Lloyd shipping company, a partner of Evergreen.

    Hapag-Lloyd said the ship will return to its Far East service, but dates on when are yet to be determined, according to gCaptain.

    As of Thursday, the Ital Libera was sailing in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, according to the shipping tracker AIS.
    https://www.businessinsider.com/cargo-ship-turned-away-from-asia-dead-captain-still-on-board-2021-6?r=US&IR=T


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    Dohvolle wrote: »
    Still happening. France on Saturday on Pont Aven and Wednesday on Armorique.
    Took a break for a few trips, back again on 23rd June. Freight only at present due to travel restrictions.


    I have been watching out on Marine traffic and still no services last week, Pont Avon stayed tied up in Roscoff last Friday night when if it was serving Ringaskiddy would surely have been sailing.


    Since Grimaldi came on the scene with their freight only service Brittany appear to have stopped.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    Dohvolle wrote: »
    Yeah, they sent out an email last week saying they are delaying a return further.
    https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/information/coronavirus/ceo-message

    Grimaldi have been doing freight to Cork weekly for years. I don't see how their new route should impact Brittany Ferries in any way. Brittany ferries weren't going to Antwerp.


    Thank you for that. I just thought that the timing of the new Grimaldi RO RO service and the scarcity of Brittany Ferries was a bit of a coincidence.


    Does anyone know, does the Grimaldi ship Eurocargo Bari https://maritimeoptima.com/public/vessels/pages/imo:9471082/mmsi:247320400/EUROCARGO_BARI.html
    offer accommodation for accompanied loads like RO RO ferries would for truck drivers ?



    I have to wonder though, as the Brittany Ferries service to Ringaskiddy was just freight only, then why would Covid and different Governments approach to same have anything to do with that freight service.


    Perhaps the business levels are not there and they decided to allocate resources elsewhere ?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭yiddo59


    Dohvolle wrote: »
    Yeah, they sent out an email last week saying they are delaying a return further.
    https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/information/coronavirus/ceo-message

    Grimaldi have been doing freight to Cork weekly for years. I don't see how their new route should impact Brittany Ferries in any way. Brittany ferries weren't going to Antwerp.


    Pont Aven not scheduled to recommence Cork Roscoff til 3rd July with Armorique midweek schedule starting on 7th July
    Interestingly BF Freight website has Armorique not recommencing til 15th September. Would imagine though that these will change again as things open up.
    https://www.brittanyferriesfreight.co.uk/ferry-routes/timetables/cork-roscoff


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    I see the trawlers converging now on Dublin Bay for pilot escort in to Dublin Port at 10:30 throught East Link for the protest tomorrow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    I see Ever Given is going to dock on Rotterdam in the next hour, that's its first port of call since being held in the Suez since March, those onboard deserve a few days shore leave on the pints.

    https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:4.0/centery:51.9/zoom:10



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    Ringaskiddy is well able to deal with a shipload of unaccompanied, plenty of shunters.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,156 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Annoyed I missed this! Military exercise at Dublin port...



    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Ever Given now emptied and heading for Hamburg, think it's being dry docked to be inspected.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-58100664



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    I assume there were no passengers on the ferry during the exercise?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,891 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Hard to imagine they had a spare ferry available during peak season.

    I’d have paid extra to be on it!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    me too. it would certainly liven up the crossing.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris




  • Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭Baseball72


    Ringaskiddy handles CLdN vessels each week which carry unaccompanied trailers as well as containers - the port isn't the problem - its the road network that is going to cause more problems when operations from Tivoli move to Ringaskiddy.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris




  • Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭Baseball72


    I keep hearing (every year) from my sources (truckers and shipping lines in Cork) - "moving from Tivoli to Ringaskiddy in January". It possibly wont happen this coming January but can't see the move being delayed to when the M28 opens (2026??). I'm based in Dublin so does on the ground in Cork will be better informed no doubt....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    I see Ever Given of blocking Suez Canal fame earlier in the year has reached Qingdao in China for repairs, you can see she got a fair knock in the bow...




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    Grimaldi Lines to double their Cork / Antwerp / Zeebrugge Service :


    https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/big-boost-port-cork-euro-21822054



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,019 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Brazilian Navy’s sail training vessel Cisne Branco goes out of control, capsizes assisting tug and hits bridge in Guayaquil, Ecuador. No one injured




  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    Seems Irish Ferries are having a bad time just at the moment, there are 2 ships in Belfast at the moment, WB Yeats looks like it's in dry dock, and Blue Star 1 is now moored along side the dry dock, the result is that there's no Irish Ferries sailings on Rosslare Pembroke route at the moment, and the Cherbourg route is being sailed by Epsilon, so only one ship on the Holyhead Dublin route.

    Travelled on both of them recently, not impressed with Blue Star 1, the trip over to Pembroke was smooth, as there was no weather at all, but the entire trip was noisy, with a lot of vibration, the impression being that one of the 4 engines was running at a different speed to the other 3, and that was causing anything even slightly loose to vibrate noticeably with a strange repetitive pattern. The ship is similar in size to the previous one, but the difference is very noticeable.

    Epsilon from Holyhead to Dublin a couple of weeks later was a completely unpleasant crossing, and I'm unlikely to ever book on that ship again, having become used to the Ulysses over a number of years, the difference between them is chalk and cheese, both in terms of how they sail, and the general passenger comfort levels, for me, Epsilon is just not suitable for the Irish Sea at this time of the year.

    So, anyone know why there are 2 ships in Belfast at the moment? This is not the normal time of year for scheduled maintenance, and the impression from the Irish Ferries site is that they've cancelled sailings, if they'd been doing scheduled inspections/maintenance, they would not have been taking bookings in the first place.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Looking at Marine Traffic WB Yeats is in the graving dock in Belfast, no idea if scheduled or not, you would think this would be relative peak time with Christmas around the corner and a bad time for scheduled maintenance.



  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    I don't think that either of them are there for scheduled maintenance, in that the web site is showing cancelled crossings "for technical reasons", Epsilon has been taken off the Holyhead route to cover the Yeats sailings from Dublin to Cherbourg, and I'd hate to be on that thing in any sort of gales, having done a crossing from Holyhead to Dublin recently on it, the thought of 24 hours on that thing doesn't bear thinking about.

    Blue Star 1 is also showing cancelled for technical reasons, and is moored in the main channel alongside the graving dock that W B Yeats is in, and having also been on it, I'm not altogether surprised, the vibration on it a few weeks ago was only woeful, I'd have to wonder if something has failed on one of the prop shafts bearings or similar, given how rough it was sounding when we went over to Pembroke, and the sea that night could not have been quieter, so it wasn't sea state related.

    I doubt that Irish Ferries are going to be saying much, so it's going to need someone on the inside to let it slip as to what is being done, it might happen, or they might just come back without any updates. It would be slightly worrying if Yeats has a major technical issue, given how new it is, but that's only a guess, and not based on firm information.

    Time will hopefully tell.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    I believe Blue Star 1 is getting some damage repaired after she struck the quay in rosslare. But I only read this on Facebook so take that as you want.



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  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    That ties in with some comments that I've seen on another site since making my original post, but there's no confirmation of the details.

    Seems that the W B Yeats is a scheduled maintenance visit/refit, but it's over run time wise, which with Covid and supply train issues comes as no great surprise.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    There is supposed to be a pic somewhere but I have not seen it yet.



  • Registered Users Posts: 934 ✭✭✭d51984


    If your on Facebook, ferries of the Irish sea page is worth a look. Blue star got a nasty gash which breched its hull. Ill look for photo now.

    Its a disgrace Joe!



  • Registered Users Posts: 934 ✭✭✭d51984


    Chris Daly photo

    Its a disgrace Joe!



  • Registered Users Posts: 934 ✭✭✭d51984


    Its a disgrace Joe!



  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    Seems that Blue Star lines have a reputation for "rapid" arrivals, if this video is anything to go by.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fiPlwJphyY

    Won't work at Rosslare or Pembroke, there's not the space or the depth of water to allow for this sort of arrival.

    that picture makes it clear why they had to take it out of service, that's not a good place to be making holes in the hull.

    On a related subject, the work on WB Yeats seems to be taking longer than was scheduled, there's clearly problems with the Cherbourg route capacity at the moment, going by the comments on the sailing updates page on the Irish Ferries site,

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • Registered Users Posts: 934 ✭✭✭d51984


    Irish Ferries purchase another ship for Dover - Calais route, Ciudad de Mahon. They are really commiting themselves to this route.



    Its a disgrace Joe!



  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    Irish Ferries W B Yeats has at last "escaped" from dry dock in Belfast, and is currently en route to Dublin to resume service to Cherbourg. Seems to have been up there for a very long time for a relatively new ship, wonder what they've been either changing or repairing for this length of time.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 645 ✭✭✭Yakov P. Golyadkin




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    10th anniversary today of the sinking of the Costa Concordia, RIP to the 32 who died.




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,721 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    The conversation between the Coast Guard & the Captain (who was already safely ashore while the ship was still full of people), will always be the abiding memory of this disaster.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,567 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Probably less distance than moving the port of cork from the city and Tivoli down to ringaskiddy ., That's been in progress for decades though ..

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,721 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    IIRC They mentioned those raids on the TV Series: Lighthouses of Ireland

    Fascinating stuff.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    A documentary on BBC2 at 9pm tonight called Why Ships Crash, features details on the Ever Given grounding last year, might be of interest.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013p1f



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    An unexpected and terrifying experience for all involved on this one.

    Crab boat gets caught on unexploded WW2 HE bomb which then detonated.


    Serious injuries but could have been even worse.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    After watching the Why Do Ships Crach documentary I was on YouTube and saw this video of the newer generation Evergreen A Class, here's Ever Ace. It must have taken a long time to get the Evergreen containers all on the outside of the load. Interesting bow on them.





  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Major rescue under way in the North Sea after a bulk carrier became disabled.




  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Vladimir getting his priorities in order right before kick-off? Reportedly left the refit yard before the work was complete and scarpered off to Russian territory.





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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    It puts Charlies 'Celtic Mist' in to the poor house, lol.



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