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Saudi Gazette
11-03-2025
- General
- Saudi Gazette
Dozens brought ashore after oil tanker and cargo ship collide in North Sea
LONDON — An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in the North Sea off the UK coast on Monday, triggering a major rescue mission. UK authorities launched lifeboats and firefighting vessels to the scene some 10 nautical miles out from the city of Hull after an alarm was sounded at around 11 am CET, authorities said. "A coastguard rescue helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats ... an HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with firefighting capability," a coastguard spokesperson said on Monday. At least 32 casualties have been brought ashore, according to Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East. Their condition is not immediately clear. Initial reports showed fire and thick black smoke pouring from both ships. Boyers said that there had been a "massive fireball" when the vessels collided. The incident involved a US-registered oil tanker, Stena Immaculate, and a Portuguese container ship called the Solong, registered in Madeira, according to ship tracking website Vessel Tracker. The tanker was listed as sailing from the Greek port of Agioi Theodoroi, while the cargo vessel was on course from Grangemouth in Scotland to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Stena Immaculate is the larger of two ships, listed as being 183 metres long and 32 metres wide. The Solong is 140.6 metres long and 21.8 metres wide, according to ship tracking site Marine Traffic. The site data shows Solong was drifting at 0.3 knots according to its last tracked position. The UK Coastguard says it was assessing a "likely" counter-pollution response, although it isn't known what the oil tanker was carrying at the time of the incident. UK Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was "concerned" to hear of the collision between the two vessels. She thanked "all emergency service workers involved in their continued efforts in responding to the incident." The Met Office said visibility was poor in its morning forecast for Yorkshire and Humber. 'Areas of fog and low cloud lifting as winds increase through the morning, with some warm, if rather hazy sunny spells expected in places for a time,' the weather agency said. — Euronews
Euronews
10-03-2025
- General
- Euronews
Dozens brought ashore in oil tanker and cargo ship North Sea collision
An oil tanker and cargo ship collided off the UK coast near Hull, causing a fire. A major rescue operation is under way involving lifeboats and helicopters. ADVERTISEMENT An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in the North Sea off the UK coast on Monday, triggering a major rescue mission. UK authorities launched lifeboats and firefighting vessels to the scene some 10 nautical miles out from the city of Hull after an alarm was sounded at around 11 am CET, authorities said. "A coastguard rescue helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats ... an HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with firefighting capability," a coastguard spokesperson said on Monday. At least 32 casualties have been brought ashore, according to Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East. Their condition is not immediately clear. Initial reports showed fire and thick black smoke pouring from both ships. Boyers said that there had been a "massive fireball" when the vessels collided. The incident involved a US-registered oil tanker, Stena Immaculate, and a Portuguese container ship called the Solong, registered in Madeira, according to ship tracking website Vessel Tracker. The tanker was listed as sailing from the Greek port of Agioi Theodoroi, while the cargo vessel was on course from Grangemouth in Scotland to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Stena Immaculate is the larger of two ships, listed as being 183 metres long and 32 metres wide. The Solong is 140.6 metres long and 21.8 metres wide, according to ship tracking site Marine Traffic. The site has the Solong's position last received over three hours ago, drifting at 0.3 knots. The UK Coastguard says it was assessing a "likely" counter-pollution response, although it isn't known what the oil tanker was carrying at the time of the incident. UK Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was "concerned" to hear of the collision between the two vessels. She thanked "all emergency service workers involved in their continued efforts in responding to the incident." The Met Office said visibility was poor in its morning forecast for Yorkshire and Humber. 'Areas of fog and low cloud lifting as winds increase through the morning, with some warm, if rather hazy sunny spells expected in places for a time,' the weather agency said.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Collides With Merchant Ship (Updated)
Details are still emerging, but the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman has collided with a merchant vessel identified as the Besiktas-M in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt's Port Said. The U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet has put out the following statement: 'The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M at approximately 11:46 p.m. local time, Feb. 12, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea.' 'The collision did not endanger the Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as there are no reports of flooding or injuries. The propulsion plants are unaffected and in a safe and stable condition. The incident is under investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available.' The current status of the Besiktas-M and its crew is not entirely clear. 'The other ship sustained damage above the waterline, but it continued on its own power,' a U.S. Navy official told TWZ. 'The Truman was preparing to transit south into the Suez Canal. No damage to the nuclear power plant.' We will update this story with more information as it becomes available. Update: 1:45 PM EST – The Besiktas-M has been now further identified as a Panamanian-flagged bulk cargo ship, according to online ship tracking site Vessel Tracker. The 618-foot (188.5-meter) long Besiktas-M had been heading north after leaving the port of Aqaba in Jordan with its stated destination being Constanta in Romania on the Black Sea. Current positions for the Besiktas-M and CVN-75 (highlighted) via @MarineTraffic Source- — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 13, 2025 Vessel Tracker also says that Besiktas-M was involved in a previous collision with another commercial ship, the Common Spirit, near Chittagong in Bangladesh in 2016, in which both vessels were damaged. It has also been pointed out that collisions involving U.S. Navy carriers are rare in large part because they typically sail at the center of a carrier strike group. However, all ships have to pass single-file through the Suez Canal. US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier has collided with a 618' Panamanian reports of flooding or fire—a very good collisions are rare since they sail at the center of a battle group. But this one happened at the entrance to the Suez Canal where they have to… — John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) February 13, 2025 Contact the author: joe@
