Ship demolition report 29/08/2012

Alang
Tiger Sky [LR] IMO 9082386 Container vessel built 1994 - 22,246 dwt

Mumbai
MSC Shirley [PA] IMO 8516603 Container vessel built 1986 - 9,393 dwt

China
Hong Qi 204 [CN] IMO 8425036 Cargo vessel built 1981 - 19,131 dwt

Ship demolition report 27/08/2012

Chittagong
Glorysun [PA] IMO 7925364 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 71,229 dwt
Oceanline I [PA] IMO 7622778 Bulk carrier built 1978 - 27,386 dwt
Safe rise [PA] IMO 7914080 Bulk carrier built 1980 - 21,939 dwt

Alang
Originator [PA] IMO 8223555 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 38,594 dwt
Subic Star [PA] IMO 8113504 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 64,964 dwt
Victoria [DM] IMO 7725702 Bulk carrier built 1979 - 16,653  dwt

Gadani
Narova [GR] IMO 9006667 Tanker built 1992 - 143,895 dwt

Aliaga
Lady Maria [SL] IMO 7717743 Cargo vessel built 1979 - 6,202 dwt
Sea Flower [SL] IMO 8031380 Caro vessel built 1981 - 2,500 dwt

Ship demolition report 26/08/2012

PREM DIVYA - IMO 9138599  [IN] Crude Oil Tanker - 109,227 dwt built 1998 

Demolition due to explosion in pump room earlier this year.

Alang
Dover [PA] IMO 7433634 Bulkncarrier built 1981 - 38,097 dwt
Kapitan Nazarev [CY] IMO 8416542 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 19,252 dwt
Conti La Spezia [LR] IMO 8908179 Cintailer vessel built 1990 - 23,596 dwt

Chittagong
Ocean Jewel [TV] IMO 8809919 Tanker built 1991 - 147,143 dwt
Kapitan Tsirul [RU] IMO 8131910 Bulk carrier built 1981 - 19,240 dwt

Other
Livarden [DK] IMO 7310818 Cargo vessel built 1973 - 1,626 dwt 
[possibly scrapped in Denmark]

Ship demolition report 25/08/2012

Alang
Northern Dignity [LR] IMO 9104807 Container vessel built 1995 - 45,217 dwt
Northern Vitality [AG] IMO 9122423 Container vessel built 1997 - 40,080 dwt
Chikuzen Maru [JP] IMO 9250672 Bulk carrier built 1993 - 150,842 dwt

Aliaga
Saint Andreas [VC] IMO 8206260 Container vessel built 1983 - 4,844 dwt
Gas Optimal [LR] IMO 8030193 LPG carrier built 1985 - 7,734 dwt

Chittagong
Joanna A [ PA] IMO 8202513 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 36,537 dwt
United [LR] IMO 9071686 Bulk carrier built 1993 - 52,245 dwt

Ship demolition report 24/08/2012

Aliaga
Goodway [MD] IMO 7610036 Cargo vessel built 1977 - 4,245 dwt
Ziemia Gnieznienska [LR] IMO 8207771 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 26,696 dwt
Lady Maya [BO] IMO 7817816 Cargo vessel built 1979 - 6,630 dwt

Chittagong
Kassos Warrior [LR] IMO 8408703 Bulk carrier built 1986 - 194,744 dwt

China
Ocean Castle [JP] IMO 8912584 Bulk carrier built 1990 - 182,711 dwt

Ship demo report 22/08/2012

Alang
Fox Maiden [PH] IMO 8306838 Tanker built 1985 - 39,402 dwt
Al Kuwait [KW] IMO 6705303 Livestock carrier built 1967 - 39,266 dwt
Lady Sera [ PA] IMO 8026660 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 27,019 dwt
Union Brave [KM] IMO 8001115 Tanker built 1981 - 18,875 dwt

Chittagong
Ice Pearl [BS] IMO 7711581 Cargo vessel built 1980 - 38,715 dwt

Other
Hua Fen [PA] IMO 8903260 Bulk carrier built 1990 - 151,220 dwt
Jimnoble [PA] IMO 8323422 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 171,306 dwt

Ship demolition report 21/08/2012

Chittagong
Vergina [PA] IMO 8323094 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 39,728 dwt
Vestfold [KM] IMO 9031052 Container vessel built 1992 - 19,984 - ex Atlantic Lady
Krikelo [PA] IMO 8307222 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 39,670 dwt
Navion Fennia [BS] IMO 9020687 Crude oil shuttle tanker built 1998 - 95,000 dwt [TBC]

Alang
Al Youssef [TG] IMO 8005549 Bulk carrier built 1981 - 27,139 dwt

Ghent
SD Newton [UK] IMO 7342940 Reaserch vessel built 1976 - 1,536 dwt
[Thanks to Keith for the info]

Alang
Maharishi Karve [IN] IMO 7422738 Floating oil storage vessel built 1978 - 123,000 dwt

Other
Seahawk 2008 [VU] IMO 8755223 Self elevating unit built 1980 - 5,533 dwt
Hercules 101 [US] IMO 8751679 Self elevating unit built 1980 - 3,211 dwt

Ship demolition report 20/08/2012

Alang
Alex P [HK] IMO 9081150 Bulk carrier built 1995 - 166,939 dwt
MSC Tia [PA] IMO 8212635 Container vessel built 1984 - 47,171 dwt
C V Raman [IN] IMO 8017798 Tanker built 1981 - 41,123 dwt [at mumbai]
Marienborg [PA] IMO 7716660 Roro vessel built 1979 - 27,980 dwt
Pacific Trader [AG] IMO 9123116 Container vessel built 1996 - 22,525 dwt
Panamax Pappou [PA] IMO 8024272 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 61,537 dwt
Dollart Trader [ AG] IMO 9162356 Container vessel built 1997 - 22,024 dwt
Yamamah [BS] IMO 7431210 Tanker built 1977 - 28,053 dwt ex Bow Stellar

Chittagong
Bogasari Dua [ID] IMO 7613985 Bulk carrier built 1977 - 33,747 dwt
Ocean Lovely [PA] IMO 8217520 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 42,053 dwt

Aliaga
Stada Gothica [IT] IMO 7383138 Roro vessel built 1979 - 11,925 dwt

China
Cosl 672 [HK] IMO 8028553 Anchor handling tug built 1982 - 1,150 dwt

Other
Wan Jia [PA] IMO 7903017 Bulk carrier built 1979 - 17,686 dwt
Pacific Carrier [KR] IMO 8417637 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 146,939 dwt
Andhika Tsuraya [ID] IMO 8103169 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 64,873 dwt

Ship demolition report 10/08/2012

Alang
Yuan Tong [VC] IMO 8130253 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 22,312 dwt
Wael H [TZ] IMO 7425273 Cargo vessel built 1976 - 3,250 dwt
Nadin II [TZ] IMO 7500267 Cargo vessel built 1976 - 6,868 dwt
Hever Castle [ MT] IMO 7921954 Bulk carrier built 1981 - 32,514 dwt

Mumbai
Lady Itidal [TG] IMO 7724681 cargo vessel built 1978 - 4,703 dwt

Chittagong
Jupiter [HK] IMO 8308719 Container vessel built 1985 - 53,726 dwt
Hodasco 19 [MG] IMO 8403648 Cargo vessel built 1984 - 6,468 dwt

Aliaga
Cygnus Reefer [LR] IMO 8911114 Reefer built 1990 - 9,679 dwt

Unknown destination
Safemarine Angola [CY] IMO 8701064 Cargo vessel built 1987 - 18,280 dwt

Ship demolition report 9/08/2012

Alang
Otrada [MH] IMO 8307210 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 34,434 dwt
Proikonissos [CY] IMO 8309725 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 29,399 dwt
Sarawak [HK] IMO 8124917 Container vessel built 1983 - 38,351 dwt
Jindal Kamla [IN] IMO 8518584 Roro vessel built 1984 - 7,330 dwt
Jindal Manjula [IN] IMO 8509715 Cargo vessel built 1987 - 5,896 dwt
Livadia [LR] IMO 8110332 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 38,685 dwt

Chittagong
Spring Breeze 1 [PA] IMO 8026139 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 26,710 dwt

Ship demolition report 7/08/2012

Chittagong
Bouxsite Star [PA] IMO 8013546 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 65,164 dwt

Unknown destination
Porto Leone [MH] IMO 9039339 Bulk carrier built 1993 - 17,011 dwt
Valeri [LR] IMO 8724860 Tanker built 1988 - 28,610 dwt

Is MSC Flaminia heading for the bottom of the Atlantic

MSC Flaminia and tugs seem to be moving the vessel into Atlantic, advancing 
in southern direction at an average speed around 1 knot and moving some 26 
miles in 24 hours. Quest – France on August 1 published a photo of MSC Flaminia 
taken from the air. France environmentalists fear that the vessel may sink in 
the Atlantic, is it just an assumption, or do they know something we don’t know? 
They insist vessel should be moved to nearest safety haven in order to avoid 
possible Enviromental disaster.

Will we see MSC Flaminia sink to the bottom of the Atlantic, recent pictures show 
the vessel low in the water compaired with how the vessel looked at the beginning of the emergency.

Update 6/08/2012
She is now being towed more towards the UK coastline, did none of the countries 
Want her on their shores, what chemicals is she carrying that might cause an
Ecological disaster if she sank or broke up, maybe now she is beyond saving.

Ship demolition report 4/08/2012

Gadani
Vemabaltic IMO 8325066 [MT] Crude Oil Tanker 107,308 dwt built 1986 

Frederikshaven
Nural Stevns [AG] IMO 8213419 Cargo vessel built 1984 - 2,887 dwt
Buse Stevns [AG] IMO 8213421 Cargo vessel built 1984 - 2,887 dwt
Anna Stevns [AG] IMO 7429281 Cargo vessel built 1974 - 2,315 dwt
Oliver Stevns [AG] IMO 8213407 Cargo vessel built 1984 - 2,887 dwt

Ship demolition report 2/08/2012

Ben K [NG] IMO 7812048 Oil products tanker built 1980 - 154,456 dwt

Ship demolition report 1/08/2012

Aliaga

Longbow [UK] IMO: 7609116 Sea Trials Platform Built 1976 - 12,500 dwt
Bayleaf [UK] IMO: 7342031 Oil Tanker Built 1982 - 2,999 dwt

Thanks to Keith for the information.
Also at Aliaga
Vlas Nichkov [RU] IMO 7362419 Cargo vessel built - 14,200 dwt

Oriental N [exxon valdez] update

Oriental N has now positioned herself just a mile or two off the coast of Alang ready for beaching?

Update:::: beached 2/08/2012

Ship demolition report 31/07/2012

Last list for July

Alang
Jolly Blu [IT] IMO 8302296 Roro vessel built 1981 - 8,044 dwt
Jolly Indaco [IT] IMO 8828642 Roro vessel built 1989 - 12,290 dwt
Sarawak [HK] IMO 8124917 Container vessel built 1983 - 38,351 dwt

Aliaga
Sormovskly [MD] IMO 5150618 Cargo vessel built 1962 - 10,450 dwt

China
Pu Fa [PA] IMO 8821454 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 61,748 dwt
Tayrona Princess [PH] IMO 8820242 Cargo vessel built 1983 - 16,320 dwt

Gadani
United Resolve [LR] IMO 9018476 Crude oil tanker built 1992 - 144,100 dwt
Atlantia [PA] IMO 8821703 Products tanker built 1984 - 33,374 dwt

Chittagong
Road Runner [MH] IMO 9000182 Bulk carrier built 1993 - 147,048
[Built as Knock Clune at Harland and Wolff, Belfast]
Stelios B [MT] IMO 8309878 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 45,112 dwt
Hua Jin Xiang [PA] IMO 7929255 Bulk carrier built 1993 - 61,636 dwt

Unknown destination
Song Shan [CN] IMO 8825369 Cargo vessel built 1984 - 16,670 dwt
Ever New [HK] IMO 8514813 Cargo vessel built 1985 - 7,059 dwt

Oriental N - Exxon Valdez given go ahead to be beached

The Supreme Court today (July 30, 2012) granted permission for controversial US ship Oriental Nicety, earlier known as ‘Exxon Valdez’, involved in one of the worst US oil spills off Alaska in 1986, to beach at Alang, Gujarat coast and permitted its owner to dismantle the vessel.

A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and J.Chelameshwar passed the order after considering the various reports submitted by the Centre, Gujarat Maritime Board and the Atomic Regulatory Board that the ship was free from hazardous material. 


The bench said “we direct the concerned authorities to allow the ship in question to beach and permit the ship owner to proceed with the dismantling of the ship after complying with all the requirements of the Gujarat Maritime Board, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. 

Ship demolition report 29/07/2012

Alang
Emerald [GR] IMO 5312824 Passenger vessel built 1958 - 26,428 gt

Mumbai
Oriental Crane [SL] IMO 8014198 Tanker built 1981 - 7,044 dwt

China
Dabong [PA] IMO 7053484 Bulk carrier built 1971 - 42,123 dwt
Orion Reefer [PA] IMO 8911097 Reefer built 1989 - 9,043 dwt

To be broken up in Bahrain after explosion in march 2012
Stolt Valour [LR] IMO 9274290 Chemical tanker built 2004 - 25,269 dwt

Chittagong
OCEAN AMBER [SG] IMO 8711136 Crude oil tanker built 1989 - 147,446 dwt
EAGLE [CY] IMO 8126408 Bulk Carrier built 1985 - 52,163 dwt

Ship demolition report 28/07/2012

Chittagong
TIGER CLOUD [SG] IMO 8901743 Container vessel built 1989 - 23,724 dwt

Ghent
Barra De Setubal [PT] IMO 7002394 Fire fighting tug built 1970 - 146 Dwt
Ex Glengarth built Hessle. UK

Thanks to Keith for the information

Ship demolition report 26/07/2012

Alang
MSC Ukraine [LR] IMO 8302155 Container vessel built 1989 - 26,132 dwt
Asha Prestige [KN] IMO 8318829 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 25,410 dwt

Gadani
Star Hero [DM] IMO 8814550 Crude oil tanker built 1991 - 148,341 dwt

Chittagong
ANATOLIY KOLESNICHENKO [RU] IMO 8406688 Roro/cargo vessel built 1985 - 22,875 dwt

Ship demolition report 25/07/2012

Smit Lloyd 91 [] IMO 8121903 Anchor handling vessel built 1985 - 1,330 gt
Sea Cat [MH] IMO 8307131 Crude oil tanker built 1985 - 50,272 gt

Ship demolition report 24/07/2012

Alang
Tuloma [VC] IMO 8123731 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 29,785 dwt
PFS Narayana [IN] IMO 8130667 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 47,442 dwt
Union Brave [KM] IMO 8001115 Tanker built 1983 - 18,732 dwt

Gadani
Ratna Urvi [IN] IMO 8813568 Tanker built 1989 - 96,088 dwt

Chittagong
Sin Ocean [VC] IMO 8005898 Bulk carrier built 1981 - 35,089 dwt
Antarctic Star [LR] IMO 8301682 Reefer built 1983 - 8,298 dwt

China
Katsuragi [PA] IMO 8910419 Container vessel built 1990 - 59,418 dwt ex Kowloon Bay
Jin He [CN] IMO 8506206 Tanker built 1987 - 66,184 dwt

Alang
Abdul H [SL] IMO 7015327 Container vessel built 1970 - 4,914 dwt

As is
Gulf Star [BS] IMO 8617029 Tanker built 1989 - 40,541 dwt

Ship demolition report 23/07/2012

Aliaga
Luoayk [SY] IMO 7530286 Cargo vessel built 1977 - 8,472 dwt
Haj Syayed [MD] IMO 670592 Cargo vessel built 1967 -
Ocean Breeze [KM] IMO 7518800 Cargo vessel built 1975 - 12,048 dwt
Guizzo [IT] IMO 9050942 Passenger vessel built 1993 - 833 dwt
Rosalta [IT] IMO 7229837 Passenger vessel built 1972 - 5,725 dwt

China
Grand [PA] IMO 8012256 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 64,584 dwt
Igarka [RU] IMO 8013027 Cargo vessel built 1983 - 23,024 dwt
Cymbidium [LR] IMO 8906858 Bulk carrier built 1990 - 42,730 dwt

Also reported for demolition
 
CAPTAIN TSAREV [PA] IMO 8128860 Cargo vessel built 1982 - 14,035 dwt
Was detained in Brest since November 2008, after an engine breakdown, broken crankshaft. Two days ago she was towed to an other quay of Brest. She is waiting for a scrap destination, Europe or Turkey.

Thanks to Erwan for the information

Ship demolition report 21/07/2012

Chittagong
Temasek [ID] IMO 8108901 Tanker built 1982 - 19,995 dwt

Sold for demolition at auction
Omnimar Houston [MH] IMO 9129275 Tanker built 1996 - 32,490 dwt
Lorcon Davao [PH] IMO 7726885 Cargo vessel built 1978 - 7,430 dwt
Igaraka [RU] IMO 8857863 Cargo vessel built 1983 - 23,024 dwt

Ship demolition report 20/07/2012

Alang
Anna 1 [KM] IMO 8908533 Cargo vessel built 1990 - 15,162 gt
Ex 2go2
Ex St. Martin De Porres

Ship demolition report 18/07/2012

Alang
Ocean Rider IMO 90838823 flag Malta bulk carrier built 1996 - 41,712 dwt
Bunga Pelangi Dua IMO 9111618 flag Malasia container vessel built 1995 61,428 dwt
MSC Corinna [PA] IMO 8208684 Container vessel built 1984 - 38,446 dwt

Aliaga
SIDER PROCIDA [IT] IMO 7434925 Cargo vessel built 1976 - 11,065 dwt

Pirates board ships at alang anchorage

ALANG (Bhavnagar): As night descends, a group of persons in a country-made craft approach a 10,000 tonne ship. They board the vessel and loot everything they can lay hands on. Iron planks, refrigerators, TVs, steel plates, machines...anything. The booty is dumped into the boat and the persons escape in the veil of darkness.

No, this is not Gulf of Aden, notorious for Somalia pirates attacking ships. The scene is in Gujarat's own backyard Alang, Asia's largest graveyard for ships.

Ship-breakers in Alang are spending sleepless nights since the last few months with local pirates on the prowl. The thieves are mostly from coastal villages surrounding Alang. The thieves are also known to enter the plots using sea routes from areas like Sartanpar, Bharapara, Mathavda and Mithivirdi along with other villages in boats in the middle of the nights.

Ship-breakers say from what started as stealing has now become a potential physical threat to anyone who tries to stop those indulging in the act. The ones carrying out the crimes are said to be residents of adjoining villages. The number of thefts has gone up from 17 in 2010 to 24 till July this year.

"The actual number of thefts is much higher than what have been registered at the police station. There is a strong nexus between thieves and purchasers of stolen material in Alang itself,'' a ship-breaker and member of Ship Recycling Association of India Haresh Parmar said.

Ship-breakers point out that these thieves don't fear police. They say things have come to such a pass that thieves are threatening the security guards with dire consequences if they dare to stop them.

The general perception is that an increase in patrolling along the coast and tough action on the part of the police can put a stop to the activities of these 'local pirates'.

Police claims to have already increased patrolling on the coast. Deputy superintendent of police, Mahuva division, D J Patel said, "We have taken preventive steps and are keeping a close watch on the plots. We will not spare anyone, including policemen, found involved in the thefts."

Also

3 held for killing watchman at a plot

Alang police have arrested three persons who allegedly murdered a 45-year-old watchman at one of the ship-breaking plots. Watchman Sitaram Devmurari was killed on June 28. Sources said Devmurari worked hands in glove with some thieves and facilitated their entry into the plot through a passage. He used to charge money from the thieves for allowing them inside. However, they got angry after he started demanding more money. It was after the watchman's murder that ship-breakers approached the police with a complaint regarding rampant thefts at the yard.

Source times of india

MSC Flaminia blaze probe underway

A damper has been put on theories that hazardous calcium hypochlorite – involved in many containership fires in the 1990s – could be responsible for a blaze that led to the MSC Flaminia being abandoned in the middle of the North Atlantic.

NSB Niederelbe is still checking through details of the cargo loaded on the 6,732-teu MSC Flaminia (built 2001) but says no calcium hypochlorite was on the manifest and no other obvious cause for the incident has yet been detected.

However hazardous cargoes are sometimes misdeclared so the possibility of a calcium hypochlorite related fire can not be entirely ruled out amongst the 2,876 containers on board on the voyage between Charleston and Antwerp.

Smit has signed a Lloyd’s Open Form “no cure no pay” salvage contract for the stricken vessel but it will be Tuesday evening before the chartered in 16,320hp firefighting tug Fairmount Expedition (built 2007) and a salvage master reaches the stricken containership.

An internal company investigation into the casualty is already underway and Germany, the flag state of the MSC Flaminia, will conduct an official accident investigation into the fire which has cost two lives and left three crewmen in hospital.

There is little current information on the extent of damage to the MSC Flaminia as overflights or satellite images of the vessel appear to have not taken place.

NSB Niederelbe has received preliminary information about the incident from the master and senior officers of the MSC Flaminia who are among the 18 crew and two passengers onboard the 311,000-dwt tanker DS Crown (built 1999) which is due to reach Falmouth in the UK on Wednesday evening.

Reports from the crew of the MSC Flaminia indicate that the incident began with a fire around hatch cover Number Four with the explosion following.

The fire was sufficiently serious for the master to order the ship to be abandoned although the MSC Flaminia was 1,000 miles from the nearest land.

The 16,500-hp ocean going tug Anglian Sovereign (built 2003)is currently being loaded with specialist firefighting gear at Inverness including a Cobra lance system that can pierce container walls and extinguish fires within boxes. But it will be Thursday or Friday before this tug reaches the last reported position of the MSC Flaminia.

The MSC Flaminia was on a voyage from Charleston to Antwerp at the time of the fire with a crew of five Germans, three Poles and 15 Filipinos.

The hull insurance of the MSC Flaminia is led by the Swedish Club which also provides protection and indemnity cover for the vessel.

With the hull of the MSC Flaminia insured for an estimated $40m and back of envelope calculations that about 2,900 containers of cargo might have a value of $90m the insurance market appears to be in for another sizeable loss.

Source: Tradewinds

MSC Flaminia still on fire

The fire, which started on 14th July 2012 in the cargo holds of MSC Flaminia is still not extinguished.

The container ship is drifting in the mid Atlantic and billowing thick smoke, which is seen from the passing cargo ships in the vicinity. All the crew members left the ship, after the explosion on board and the ship is not under control, such as the fire on board.

The Falmouth Coastguard sent two fire fighting tugs at the scene of the accident, but their ETA is the afternoon of 17th July 2012. The coastguard and the UK authorities have no other possible actions, as they reported that no investigation can be held before the fire is extinguished and the specialists inspect and check the place of the explosion.

The crew members of MSC Flaminia commented that the fire started in cargo hold number 4, where were loaded some containers with combustible bleaching agent calcium hypochlorite.

Meanwhile, one of the four injuread crew members died from heavy burns. The four injured people were boarded on the other ship of the MSC company – MSC Stella. Already the authorities reported about one missing crew members, who most probably died in

Of the 25 people who were onboard, there were – 23 crew members (3 Polish, 5 German and 15 Filipino) and 2 passengers. Still there is no information for water pollution in the area of the accident.

Reportedly Smit signed a salvage contract with German company NSB Niederelbe, which is operating boxship MSC Flaminia, and dispatched to drifting vessel salvage tugs Fairmount Expedition and Anglian Sovereign, ETA to the distressed vessel July 17 afternoon.

There is no recent information on the condition of the vessel, except vessel’s position and one photo published by Trade Winds, photo was taken by the crew of VLCC DS Crown. The version of  calcium hypochlorite being the cause of the fire looks to be dumped, as NSB Niederelbe checked all the cargo manifests and didn’t find calcium hypochlorite at all.

Trade Winds came up with calcium hypochlorite cargo as the main culprit judging obviously, from another accident with another boxship of the NSB Niederelbe company back in 1997: “NSB Niederelbe’s 1,600-teu Contship France (built 1993) – now the Marinos - sustained serious damage to both hull and cargo in 1997 in an explosion and fire attributed to calcium hypochlorite”.

All the musings about the cause of the fire and explosion at present stage are just that, musings, as long as there are hundreds combustible items around, and just one such an item, wrongly (most probably, intentionally in order to save the money) manifested and loaded, could trigger the disaster.

MSC Flaminia fire seems to be well to the fore, engine seems to be undamaged, so vessel may maintain some speed enough to keep smoke off the superstructure and the stacks aft from the burning ones, so crew could fight off fire going aft. It’s a preposition of course, but that’s what one may think looking at the only small-scale photo we have by now. There is a chance then, that things aren’t that bad and fire will damage the restricted number of containers and cargoes in them.

The crew abandoned MSC Flaminia in position 48-13N 027-59W, later vessel was reported to drift to position 48-13N 027-56W, in eastern direction.

Salvage tug Fairmount Expedition IMO 9358943, GRT 3239, built 2007, flag Netherlands. Salvage tug Anglian Sovereign IMO 9262742, GRT 2263, built 2003, flag UK.

Source odin.tc [edited]

Ship demolition report 17/07/2012

Welcome to the 400th posting of Ship Scrapping

Gadani
L Elephant [LR] IMO 9083335 Vlcc tanker built 1992 - 258,094 dwt

Alang
Heng shun Da [PA] IMO 8028864 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 32,442 dwt

Chittagong
Andros R [LR] IMO 8125961 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 64,843 dwt
Ocean Ranger [SG] IMO 8221959 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 32,409 dwt
Messenger [RU] IMO 8705591 Tanker built 1992 - 29,098 dwt
Flourish [CN] IMO 8723610 Bulk carrier built 1988 - 52,540 dwt

China
Lucky Rainbow [PA] IMO 8106769 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 66,234 dwt

Other
FGM Commander [PA] IMO 8322193 Cargo vessel built 1985 - 7,960 dwt

MSC Flaminia on fire in Mid Atlantic

Crew on board a container vessel were forced to abandon their ship after an explosion and subsequent fire in a cargo hold mid Atlantic.

At 10:07 Falmouth Coastguard received the relayed mayday broadcast from the German registered MSC Flaminia reporting that the crew on board had abandoned the vessel.

Falmouth Coastguard broadcast an alert to all vessels in the area and the nearest vessel which could provide assistance was the oil tanker DS Crown which immediately changed course to intercept the MSC Flaminia. Six other merchant vessels also proceeded to the location to help with the search and rescue operation but were more than six hours from the location. Rescue helicopters do not have the endurance required to attend an incident of this nature because the vessel is approximately 1,000 miles from land mid way between the UK and Canada.

DS Crown arrived on scene to confirm that the MSC Flaminia was still burning and recovered 24 people from a lifeboat and a liferaft. Four crew had suffered injuries. The injured crew have been transferred to the vessel MSC Stella which will take them to the Azores. One crew member is missing.


The MSC Flaminia is a large container vessel of 75,590 gross tonnage and had 25 people on board. Crew of the MSC Flaminia include German, Polish and Filipino nationals. Weather conditions on scene were winds force 3-4 with a one metre swell.

Ship demolition report 15/07/2012

Alang
Delaware Trader [US] IMO 8008929 Oil products tanker built 1982 - 50,921 dwt
Oriental Glory [SG] IMO 8202288 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 22,442 dwt

Aliaga
Nordstrand [CY] IMO 9003299 Container vessel built 1993 - 34,079 dwt
Universal Challenger [BS] IMO 8108597 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 63,800 dwt
Calypso [TR] IMO 7021807 Cargo vessel built 1970 - 2,771 dwt
Kaptan Yasar [TR] IMO 7912070 Cargo vessel built 1982 - 4,070 dwt

Chittagong
Eleftheria K [PA] IMO 8406418 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 214,263 dwt
Tiger [SG] IMO 8901743 container vessel built 1989 - 27,724 dwt

Other
Vancastle [KR] IMO 7322366 Tug built 1973 - 166gt
Keunsul [KR] IMO 8418899 Oil tanker built 1985 - 52,440 dwt

Ship demolition report 14/07/2012

Alang
Kamenitza [BG] IMO 8006256 Bulk carrier built 1980 - 25,573 dwt

Love Boat Capitan meets his real life counterpart

Love Boat TV star meets his real-life counterpart By Laurence Ford

Gavin MacLeod, alias Captain Stubing, and Inverness’s own Third Officer of the same name.

IN the cult seventies TV series The Love Boat, Captain Merrill Stubing was used to finding himself in some odd situations.

The sitcom was set aboard a cruise liner called the Pacific Princess, whose passengers and crew had romantic and amusing adventures every week, much to the exasperation of Captian Stubing, played by actor Gavin MacLeod.
But fact can be stranger than fiction, and last week the actor, who is now an ambassador for Princess Cruises, met a real-life Princess officer called Gavin MacLeod, who hails from Inverness.

When Island Princess Third Officer MacLeod joined the Princess in 2010, he never gave much thought to the fact that he shared a name with the actor who made the role of Captain Stubing an iconic part of television history.
But last week on Island Princess the two men met on the ship’s bridge and enjoyed lunch together in the vessel’s famous Sabatini’s restaurant.
The pair also signed several navigational charts to be auctioned for charity at a later date.

Frequently filmed aboard Princess ships throughout its 1977-86 run, The Love Boat created a lasting legacy in the cruise industry.
Gavin MacLeod the actor has continued his association with the cruise line, now serving as an ambassador who travels regularly aboard Princess ships representing the company at a variety of events throughout the year.

Meanwhile, his namesake gave up the vagaries of Highland weather for a life of luxury aboard ship and the chance to visit some of the world’s top tourist hotspots.

Source: Highland News

The love boat, now to be scrapped still lives on, even though the tv programme was, well you decide :))