On June 2, 2024, the 'Lucerne' assisted a fishing vessel with 17 people on board, which was taking on water three nautical miles off-shore of Duiker Island in Hout Bay and had issued a Mayday call. TheNSRI Hout Bay, Bakoven and Table Bay were activated to respond to base to prepare rescue craft to launch to assist. The 'Lucerne' diverted to assist, reached the vessel. It went aongside as a precaution until the fishing vessel managed to get the engine running again. As a precaution, the skipper headed his vessel away from land to give them added drift time, in case the engine conced out again. The crew had stemmed the ingress of water. The vessel was heading towards the port of Table Bay in up to four-metre swells, occasional rain and fair winds and rough seas. The NSRI Table Bay lifeboat 'DHL Deliverer' reached the vessel where, once on-scene, the 'Lucerne' was released to return to the fishing grounds. A towline was established to begin towing the fishing vessel towards the Port of Table Bay. The towline snapped due to chaffing but was quickly re-established. The ship was finally handed over to the waiting Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) tug 'Blue Jay', that brought the vessel to a berth in the port. The fishing company has initiated repairs.
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MEDKON RIZE
On June 2, 2024, at 7.20 p.m. 28 containers fell into the water at the Marpport Container Terminal in the Beylikdüzü Ambarlı Port after a mobile crane collapsed on the vessel's main deck during cargo operations. 12 of the boxes could be recovered with cranes, the salvage work continued as of June 3. The port was temporarily closed to ship traffic, while necessary precautions were taken at the port. The ship had arrived at 4.15 p.m. en route from Aliaga. Reports with photos: https://www.denizhaber.net/mobi/news_detail.php?id=116898 https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/ambarli-limaninda-yuk-gemisinden-28-konteyner-denize-dustu-42471634 https://www.ekoltv.com.tr/vincin-carptigi-konteynerler-denize-dokuldu/
ENAK
On the afternoon of June 1, 2024, the 'Enak' has recovered a 190-ton-barge of the Arnold Ritscher company which had broken lose and became wedged under the new pier in Timmendorf Beach on May 21 in heavy seas. The pontoon was lifted piece by piece and pulled away from the bridge and then taken to the port of Neustadt, where the extent of the damage will be examined in detail. The salvae operation started at 6 a.m.. Workers had welded four 1.5-ton salvage lugs at the barge, through which the steel cables were pulled. Large amounts of water had to be pumped out of the compartments of the barge, which had suffered cracks in the grounding. The recovery work took a total of ten hours. The cost of the recovery amount to some 100000 Euros. Several attempts to recover the platform had failed due to the bad weather conditions during the days following the grounding. In addition, the preparations for the recovery were much more complex than initially assumed. An initial report found that the bridge was stable and that there was no major damage. Only minor damage was caused to the bridge. Among other things, three pleasure boat piers had to be replaced. Reports with photos and video: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Timmendorfer-Strand-Bergung-des-Pontons-hat-begonnen,ponton132.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Timmendorfer-Strand-Ponton-mit-Kran-unter-Seebruecke-verkeilt,ponton132.html https://www.der-reporter.de/tdf-strand/artikel/arbeitsponton-hat-sich-losgerissen-und-beschaedigt-neue-seebruecke https://www.ln-online.de/lokales/ostholstein/gefahr-an-neuer-seebrucke-in-timmendorfer-strand-arbeits-ponton-hat-sich-losgerissen-LW4LUAWQJNE4NB7KV2QRNTFKDY.html https://www.hamburg.de/nachrichten-hamburg/18682056/arbeitsponton-an-timmendorfer-seebruecke-losgerissen/ https://www.zeit.de/news/2024-05/23/vorbereitungen-fuer-bergung-von-havariertem-ponton-begonnen
NAVIN HAWK
In the afternoon hours of May 31, 2024, the MRCC of the Greek Coast Guard was informed about a migrand boat in a difficult position29 nautucal miles south of Gavdos with 37 people on board. The 'Navin Hawk', en route from Damietta to Rouen, diverted to the position and picked up the castaways, who were then transferred onto a patrol boat and safely transported to the Tigani port of Paleochora and from there to a temporary storage area in the port of Souda. A preliminary investigation was being carried out by the Central Port Authority of Chania, while the boat was seized.
TORO ROSSO
Another crew member of the 'Toro Rosso' was transferred to a hospital in Casablanca, while two others were still treated for their injuries at a local clinic in El Jadida. The 'Toro Rosso' was in ballast and heading to the nearby port of El Jadida to load fertiliser. It had delivered its last cargo in Rizhao. The ship was last inspected in July 2022 and was detained in Oman after local port state authorities found nine deficiencies in the ship's VDR and maintenance, including three related to fire safety. The ship is owned by Northern Marine Shipping with only one registered vessel established in Panama City, while the technical manager is Ocean Summit Shipping of Greece and the manager is the Turkish Booxmar Sorvey Danismanlik. The local authorities in Morocco have launched an investigation into the incident, which has been hampered by severe weather in the area. A patrol ship from Morocco's Royal Armed Forces is patrolling, as there were fears of leaks from the ship. Report with photo: https://www.soefart.dk/article/view/1102362/medie_skibseksplosion_og_brand_ud_for_marokko_koster_op_til_syv_sofolk_livet