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A 37-year-old forklift driver was hospitalized after a stack of containers toppled onto his vehicle at Singapore’s Pasir Panjang Terminal on Nov 25, 2024, at around 6:40 a.m. at the terminal’s older facility. The accident happened when the forklift, operated by the 37-year-old man, was moving a container. As the forklift reversed, a column of five stacked containers became unstable and collapsed. The top container fell directly onto the forklift’s cabin, tilting it backwards and causing the driver to fall to the ground. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was informed about the incident at 6:55 a.m. Emergency responders quickly arrived on-site and transferred the conscious worker to the National University Hospital, where he was reported to be in stable condition. The Malaysian national had suffered lacerations to his head and body. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has launched an investigation into the incident. It has instructed PSA Singapore, the terminal operator, to suspend all empty container-handling activities at Pasir Panjang Terminal. Along with the suspension, the Ministry ordered a “safety time-out” at the terminal, meaning PSA Singapore must pause its daily operations to review workplace safety protocols and operations. The company has promised to cooperate with the investigation and take the necessary steps to improve safety at the terminal. Report with video: https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/watch-forklift-driver-injured-after-shipping-containers-fall-at-him-in-singapores-pasir-panjang-terminal/?fbclid=IwY2xjawG0XcxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZGqc-HKJtR5IOMfF8O27grYxD8YlBPalk9_VZDmkBG-hkBrd-HpzmyE7g_aem_hMlhBEBKg8MPnTefuSUkEA

The 'Tim S. Dool' remained stuck in the mud on the Crysler Island Shoalin pos. 44° 55' N 075° 06' W as of Nov 27. The Algoma Central-owned freighter is fully loaded with a grain shipment. There were no injuries, and the ship was not taking on water. There also have been no leaks or pollution in the waterway. No explanation has been given thus far for why the ship struck the shoal. Water levels on Lake St. Lawrence have decreased in the run up to the end of the 2024 shipping season. However, there are no warnings in place for this section of the river of possible high spots or areas of caution along the river bottom. Early efforts to free her by raising the water level in the area by two feet were unsuccessful. Possible solutions included lightering some of her grain cargo so tugs can pull her free.

On Nov 18, 2024,, at 2 p.m. LT, a fire broke out aboard the accomodation ship 'Orient Princess' (IMO: 6708109) in Tianjin,. Emergency responders quickly arrived at the scene and put out the fire by 3:00 p.m. The blaze was caused by sparks that ignited insulation material during ongoing renovation work on the vessel. The 'Orient Express' was formerly known as cruise ship "Yao Hua." However, due to legal complications,it was seized by authorities in 2003. Another Chinese company subsequently took over the ship and converted it to an accommodation vessel, mooring it permanently in the Haihe Bund Park, Binhai New Area, Tianjin City, as a tourist attraction. Report with photos: https://www.imarinenews.com/16714.html

The Port of Kiel and AIDA Cruises are jointly celebrating the 100th cruise ship call this year to be supplied with shore power as the 'AIDAnova' docked at the Ostseekai Cruise Terminal on Sep 25, 2024. Dr Dirk Claus, the MD of the Port of Kiel, highlighted that Kiel had defined 100 shore power supplies to cruise ships as its benchmark for this year. Now this goal has been fulfilled ahead of schedule and ahead of the season’s close. Almost 70% of all ocean cruise ship calls handled at Kiel this year will make use of shore power supply. While the majority of supplies conducted in recent years accounted for tests and preparations, Kiel has now achieved 85% of the connections accounting for regular supplies - with just a 15% share remaining for tests of further ships wanting to take shore power. According to the Port of Kiel, ships wanting to take shore power usually need between one and three 'trial calls' for tests and preparations before regular supplies can start. During recent years, 22 ships have passed respective testing at Kiel, and 2024 alone saw another ten ships being integrated. Out of this year's shore power supplies, about one third have taken place at Ostuferhafen which saw its facility going into regular operation this spring. Here, among others MSC Euribia and Costa Diadema receive shore power regularly. Up to and including 2025, the Port of Kiel will have invested €55m into its shore power facilities. The port supplies its customers entirely with 'green shore power' purchased on the spot market according to demand. Out of the 100 cruise ship calls supplied with green shore power this year, Carnival Corporation accounts for 54 - out of which 41 calls are AIDA Cruises ships. Felix Eichhorn, President of AIDA Cruises, outlined the mutually beneficial cooperation between the Port of Kiel and AIDA Cruises commenting that Kiel had recognized the potential of shore power supply early on and made corresponding investments. Eichhorn said the milestone call was the result of joint, collaborative efforts to make cruising more sustainable. German ports - with Kiel at the top – have takn a leading position in onshore power supply for cruise vessels. While shore power is increasingly turning into a standard in Germany's cruise hubs, according to recent CLIA figures, only 35 cruise ports worldwide have the facilities in place to offer shore power at present. Report with photo: https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/ports-destinations/kiel-celebrates-100th-cruise-ship-supplied-with-shore-power-this-year-as-aidanova-plugs-in-at-ostseekai

The investigation into the cable damage in the Baltic Sea continued to focus on the "Yi Peng 3". The German Federal Police has sent two ships to the bulk carrier. On nov 27, material was landed in Kiel after the observation. The patrol boat "Bad Düben" headed for the Kiel naval base, where the crew dropped off material. The investigators had specifically chosen the sheltered berth at the Oskar-Kusch-Jetty" of the naval base to drop off the items.The ship had previously spent three days with the Chinese freighter in the Kattegat. The Chinese ship is the focus of the investigators. What exactly was carried off the "Bad Düben" in large boxes was still a secret. The Federal Police Headquarters in Potsdam only confirmed the use of the "Bad Düben"."The Federal Police have initiated preliminary investigations in connection with the damaged deep-sea cables, supporting the Finnish authorities in this process. The "Bad Düben" was in operation from Nov 23 to Nov 25 with the "Yi Peng 3". On the evening of Nov 26, the "Bad Düben" set course from Kiel again too the Kattegt. A considerable number of emergency personnel have gathered there. In addition to the "Bad Düben", the emergency ship "Bad Bramstedt" was also there. Denmark has the frigate "Hvidbjörnen" and the patrol boat "Rota" on scene, and Sweden the Coastguard ship "Poseidon". The cable ship "Cable Vigilance" has been in operation at the site of the cable damage since Nov 25. The ship, which was brought in from France, is now to repair the "C-Lion 1" data cable. The work should be completed in a few days. When examining the break point, investigators also secured initial traces on the seabed. However, details are not being given because of the ongoing investigation. The Finnish National Investigation Bureau (NBI) is investigating the damage to the submarine cable as serious property damage and serious disruption to communications . To secure the criminal investigation, the NBI asked the Finnish border guards last week for support in examining the crime scene. The Finnish Border Guard's Coastguard ship "Turva" has equipment for exploring the seabed and securing evidence. On board the 'Turva' are NBI employees who are gathering information on the results of the crime scene investigation.

The 'Breizn Nevez I', sailing between the island of Groix and Lorient, had one more passenger when it arrived on the continent on Nov 27, 2024. Having left Port-Tudy at 6:50 a.m., one of its passengers gave birth on board the ferry during the 45-minute crossing. The mother, who was on the island, went into contractions around 3 a.m. and had alerted the emergency services late in the night. She was taken care of by the Groix firefighters who transported her to the port in their ambulance. As the weather conditions were very bad, the CROSS did not send an SNSM launch to ensure the mother's repatriation to tLorient. The ambulance and its team drove onto the ship at 6:50 a.m. The birth took place inside the ambulance during the crossing. Upon arrival at the Lorient ferry terminal, the mother and her child were then taken care of by a team from the SAMU to be transported to the maternity ward of the Scorff hospital. In the morning, the Compagnie Océane got news from the mother of her baby, a boy named Bastien. They are doing well.

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Work on the removal of the last batch of loosened parts of the wreck of the 'Elke M', that ran aground near St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape in January 2024, has resumed. The removal of the loose steel parts of the vessel began on Nov 21 and continued this week. Resumption of the work, halted since May 2024 due to a hostile wintry weather characterised by strong winds and huge waves along the Cape of Good Hope Ocean corridor, began following the completion an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under Section 30 of National Environmetral Management Act (NEMA) by an expert environmentalist and scientist, Dr Warwick Sauer, of the faculty of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences at Rhodes University. The reduced steel structural portion of the vessel, which was left on the coastline at Shark Point, near St. Francis Bay, had since firmly settled on the rocky shoreline at a much faster rate than had been anticipated. The steel was divided into three parts. The grounding ihaad occurred on theevening on Jan 6 on a rocky coastal area of the Cape coast in the Eastern Cape, about two kilometres southeast of St Francis Bay. TNSRI had assisted in the evacuation of all 22 crew members aboard the vessel. Salvage work was initiated shortly thereafter to reduce and remove the vessel’s 35 tons of marine fuel and approximately 2000 litres of lubricating oil. In May 2024, after additional evaluations of its disfigured and torn bare structure, which was divided into three sections, it was determined to be temporarily safe during the stormy winter months that began that month. In the intervening period, a services provider procured by the vessel owner’s insurers remained posted to monitor the vessel remains’ condition. The monitoring company also collected debris found in the area, and most of which did not emerge from the bare and broken structure of the 'Elke M'. The vigilance would continue through to February 2025 by which period much of what remains of the wreck will possibly have been completely removed. The wreck removal team utilised a helicopter to lift and dispose of loose steel parts of the wreck that were ripped off its skeletal structure by the pounding of sea waves during the winter months. The operation process initially concentrated on reduction of the wreck to the waterline level, followed by a process to split the sub-sea section into multiple sections for scuttling. Report with photos: https://blog.samsa.org.za/2024/11/27/wreck-removal-of-grounded-fishing-trawler-fv-elke-m-underway-in-st-francis-bay-samsa/

The 'Samantha-RI 159', 61,7 gt (built 2003), ran aground off Rømø in pos. 55° 08' E 008° 28' on Nov 26., 2024 The Danish lifeboat 'Niels Iversen' (MMSI: 219001959) was deployed from Esbjerg. The Rømø Rescue Station sent  the 'Kyst FRB 18' (MMSI: 219019014). Together with a German rescue vessel they tried to pull the ship off, but wihout success. The efforts were continued on Nov 27 and succeeded at around 11 a.m. The ship was safely berthed in Havneby at noon.

Russia’s Defense Ministry showed footage of a Russian Iskander-M missile attacking the cargo ship 'Paresa' 4860 gt (IMO: 9008134) at the port of Yuzhny on Oct 6, 2024, a vessel Russian officials claimed was carrying ammunition from Europe. The Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged general cargo vessel suffered a direct strike with a significant explosion. To date, no injuries have been reported. British maritime security consultants Ambrey assessed this attack as a further escalation, with vessels calling at Ukraine being at heightened risk of direct attack by Russian forces. Ambrey also assessed it as plausible that Ukraine may retaliate; therefore, vessels calling at Russian Black Sea ports are also assessed to be at heightened risk of physical damage. Having gone all year without any merchant ships coming under attack, the strike marked the third commercial vessel to be hit by Russian forces in the Black Sea in less than a month. Report with video: https://splash247.com/russia-claims-latest-ship-target-was-delivering-ammunition-to-ukraine/

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