A fire occurred in the engine room of the 'Noah Satu' with 16 crew members on board on June 24, 2024 at 2.12 p.m. LT in the waters of Tuban in the Java Sea, en route from Calabai to Ciwandan with a cargo of corn. One person suffered minor burns. No environmental pollution was reported. The fire coundld be extinguished, but the 'Noah Satu' sank a few hours later eight nautical north of Sluke Rembang. The Tanjung Perak PLP Base coordinated the response with KSOP Tanjung Pakis and Disnav Tanjung Perak Surabaya and deployed the patrol boat KN 'Chundamani-P 116' to the scene, along with KSOP Tanjung Pakis personnel. On June 25, the 'Chundamani' arrived and took on board the Captain and the 1st Engineer to Surabaya for further treatment. A total of 12 crew members, including one oiler who had suffered minor burns, were taken aboard the TB 'Mitra Anugerah 27' and transported to Tuban Harbor to receive further medical treatment. Reports with photos: https://www.instagram.com/rembang.today/p/C8ocipWyyML/ https://hubla.dephub.go.id/home/post/read/21437/aksi-cepat-kplp-kemenhub-evakuasi-kebakaran-kapal-mv-noah-satu-di-perairan-tuban-laut-jawa
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DE BOUGAINVILLE
On June 21, 2024, the medical evacuation of a crew member with appendicitis was requested by the 'De Bougainville' 63 nautical miles northwest of A Coruña. The CCS Fisterra of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR helicopter Helimer 401, which hoisted the patient and transported him to Alved for further medical care. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1804209770234032439
SALVAMAR ALKAID
On June 25, the sailing yacht 'Berdigon' with one crew member on board suffered an engine failurer at the tip of the breakwater of the Ría de Huelva. The skipper requested assistance, and the CCS Huelva of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Alkaid', which took the boat in tow and safely pulled it to Mazagón. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1805270986410860554
STAR LAURA
Kim Jhoren M. Sinamban, a Filipino sailor, died by suicide aboard the 'Star Laura'm which was moored at the outer harbour of Tuticorin. The ship had arrived on June 17, 2024, en route from Ghuangzhou, with a cargo of coal. He died by hanging. The ship was brought into the port on June 19, and the Marine Police at Tharuvaikulam was alerted.
GLEN SANNOX
The programme director Andy Crossan, who was seconded from the Scottish Government ferries agency CMAL, in charge of the construction of the 'Glen Sannox' has been removed, and a further delay to the delivery of the ferry was expected. The ship was now due for delivery by July 31 six years late. CMAL has blamed a catastrophic contractor failure, but the former yard owner Jim McColl, who rescued it from administration in 2014, claimed a flawed specification and subsequent interference by CMAL were the problem. Crossan had joined CMAL as projects director and technical manager in 2015, just a few weeks before the contract was awarded to the Port Glasgow yard. As the construction ran into trouble, relations with McColl's management team became so fraught that he was temporarily banned from the shipyard. In March 2022 he was seconded into the senior leadership team of the now-nationalised shipyard by the new boss David Tydeman in a bid to improve the working relationship with CMAL. Crossan was well-known to many of the workers, having been a manager there from 1990-2007 when the firm was known as Ferguson Shipbuilders. Final works on the ferry are being carried out a short distance from the Port Glasgow yard, at the Inchgreen quayside in Greenock. Initial sea trials using traditional marine diesel have gone well, but the dual-fuel ship's LNG systems have yet to be commissioned. The ship will require several weeks of sea trials by CalMac after its delivery before it can start operations. An update on the ship's delivery was expected at the end of June.