British Solo Rowers Sarah Outen & Charlie Martell Rescued from Tropical...
Sarah Outen Photo: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images -- Charlie Martell Photo:Johnny Green/PA Tropical cyclone Marwar ended attempts by two solo British rowers to row across the Pacific this week. Sarah...
View ArticleCar Carrier Baltic Ace Sinks After Collision with Container Ship Corvus J in...
Baltic Ace The car carrier, Baltic Ace, is reported to have collided with the container ship, Corvus J, this evening in crowded shipping lanes around 60 miles off the coast of Rotterdam. The Baltic...
View ArticleFive Dead, Six Missing After Car Carrier Baltic Ace Sinks in Collision
Following the sinking last night of the car carrier Baltic Ace, the bodies of five sailors have been recovered. Six of the crew are missing and presumed dead in the icy waters of the North Sea. The...
View ArticleCar Carrier Hoegh Osaka Aground on Bramble Bank in the Solent
The car carrier MV Hoegh Osaka ran aground on Bramble Bank in the Solent around 21:30 GMT on Saturday. The crew of 28 was rescued and there are currently no reports of pollution. The ship was bound...
View ArticleCar Carrier ‘Sincerity Ace’ on Fire — 16 Rescued, 1 Missing, 4 Feared Dead
Around 1,800 nautical miles northwest of Oahu, the car carrier Sincerity Ace is adrift and on fire. Sixteen of her Philippine crew have been rescued, while four are feared dead and one remains missing....
View ArticleVersabar’s VB-10,000, Golden Arches, Readies to Lift Golden Ray
In September 2019, the car carrier Golden Ray lost stability and partially capsized as it departed the Port of Brunswick, GA, carrying about 4,200 vehicles. In October 2019, the Golden Ray was declared...
View ArticleOceanbird, Proposed Sailing Car Carrier, Cuts Emissions by 90%
A Swedish consortium that includes Wallenius Marine has designed Oceanbird, a five-masted sailing car carrier, that could have a huge impact on the development of modern commercial sail. The design is...
View ArticleUpdate: Golden Ray Salvage, Cutting Begins on Stern Section
Salvors on the heavy-lift barge VB-10,000 have begun making the second cut through the hull of the stranded car carrier Golden Ray which rolled over in shallow water shortly after departing the Port of...
View ArticleGolden Ray Salvage Update: Stern Cut Completed, Block Hauled Away
The salvage of the stranded car carrier Golden Ray is accelerating. Salvors on the heavy-lift barge VB-10,000 are using a heavy chain to cut the ship into sections to be carried away by barge. The...
View ArticleVolkswagen to Operate Two Car Carriers on Biofuel
Volkswagen Group Logistics has switched the first of two chartered car carriers from burning heavy fuel to biofuel. The fuel is supplied by Netherlands-based GoodFuels and is produced primarily from...
View ArticleUpdate: Golden Ray Salvage Drags On, 3rd Block Removed
Last November, salvors began cutting up the Golden Ray and predicted that the job would be completed by the New Year. Now, five months later, the job is less than half-finished and the new target for...
View ArticleUpdate: Golden Ray Salvage Delayed by Fire
The salvage job to remove the car carrier Golden Ray that rolled on its side as it departed the Port of Brunswick, GA, in September 2019 while carrying about 4,200 vehicles, was originally planned to...
View ArticleUpdate: Golden Ray Salvors Consider Using Explosives to Cut Steel
The salvors attempting to cut up the shipwreck of the car-carrier Golden Ray have run into new problems. For the last seven months, the salvors have attempted to cut the ship up using a heavy-lift...
View ArticleGolden Ray & the Billion Dollar Blunder — Tallying the Cost
We recently posted about the NTSB determination that the car carrier Golden Ray capsized due to an error in a stability calculation prior to sailing. Now as the salvage operation is wrapping up and the...
View ArticleGolden Ray Salvage Finally Completed, Massive, But Not Necessarily The...
Golden Ray & SS Normandie The last section of the car carrier Golden Ray has been removed from St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, Georgia, and is on its way to a scrapyard. The 656-foot car carrier...
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