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Sea suctions blockage on St. Lawrence River

The "Senja" suffered a sea suctions blockage by ice on the Saint-Lawrence River, two miles east off Petite-Riviere-Saint-Francois, Quebec, in position 47 18 04.1 N, lng 70 31 12.3 W, and had to anchor on Dec 25, 2018, at 12.50 a.m.The crew cleaned the sea strainers, made adjustments to the cooling systems and the vessel resumed its voyage from Montreal to Rotterdam with an ETA as of Jan 9, 2019.

Tsavliris Salvages Immobilized Cargo Vessel

On September 17, Tsavliris dispatched salvage tug Uranus, from Las Palmas, to the assistance of general cargo vessel Hagen (11,927 GRT, 16,825 DWT), laden with about 14,500 MT of Peruvian steam dried fishmeal in bulk, immobilized due to machinery problems about 700 nautical miles Southwest of Azores Island. Salvage tug Uranus arrived at the casualty's location in the evening of September 21 in adverse weather conditions. At daybreak of September 22 towline was connected and commenced towage. Convoy arrived safely off Cascais on September 30 where the Uranus delivered the vessel to two port tugs contracted by the salvor. Hagen was safely towed to Lisbon and the same day berthed at TPR Terminal.

Adrift in the middle of the Atlantic

General cargo vessel Hagen experienced mechanical problem en route from Peru to Germany on Sep 17 13. Vessel changed course heading now for Azores, presumably for repairs. As of morning Sep 17 speed was some 2 knots, meaning vessel either proceeding at dead slow, or drifting. Vessel at the time was some 800 nautical miles WSW of Ponta Delgada, Azores, near position 32 58N 040 54W.