INCIDENTS ON BOARD

OIL SPILL : TUMPAH (MINYAK)

GROUNDING : KANDAS

COLLISION : TABRAKAN

SINKING : TENGGELAM

LISTING : MIRING

ADRIFT : TEROMBANG-AMBING

CARGO CONTAMINATION : KONTAMINASI MUATAN

FIRE : KEBAKARAN

FLOODING : KEBANJIRAN

LOST OF POWER : KEHILANGAN TENAGA

PERSONAL INJURY : LUKA PRIBADI

Aconcagua

Vessel name Aconcagua

Type of ship Containership
Date 30-dec-1998
Location At sea, near Ecuador
Remarks Fire onboard. The ship was towed and docked in Balbao, Panama on
21-jan-1999 for unloading.

Alva Star

Vessel name Alva Star

Type of ship Containership
Date
Location Zakinthos island, Greece
Remarks Vessel hit the island during navigational error at night
Anja

Vessel name Anja

Type of ship Containership
Date 08-nov-2007
Location Norway
Remarks Grounded, refloated 11-nov-2007

ANL Indonesia

Vessel name ANL Indonesia

Type of ship Containership
Date Jan. 2003
Location Malacca strait, Malaysia/Singapore roads
Remarks ANL Indonesia collided with a Singapore naval ship, which
broke in two after the collision. 4 female crewmembers of the
RSS Courageous died. 2 officers of the naval ship were justiced for
improper navigation however the Singapore authorities claimed
against the Dutch shipowner full responsibility of the collision.
Meanwhile, the ANL Indonesia has been renamed into Maersk Darwin
and operating for Maersk Sealand.
APL China

Vessel name APL China

Type of ship Containership
Date
Location Pacific Ocean, enroute from Asia to the USA
Remarks Worst containerdisaster ever, vessel was hit by very heavy weather
in the Pacific ocean.

APL Panama

Vessel name APL Panama

Type of ship Containership
Date 25-dec-2005
Location Ensenada, Mexico
Remarks Master did not wait for a pilot and tugboats to enter the port, due
to the strong current and waves vessel grounded near the port.
BungaTerataiSatu

Vessel name BungaTerataiSatu

Type of ship Containership
Date 02-nov-2000
Location Sudbury Reef (Great barrier reef), Australia
Remarks Vessel ran aground on the Great barrier reef

CMA Djakarta

Vessel name CMA Djakarta

Type of ship Containership
Date
Location Egypt
Remarks Fire onboard in one of the cargo holds
CoscoBusan

Vessel name CoscoBusan (Recently renamed from Hanjin Cairo)

Type of ship Containership
Date 07-nov-2007
Location San Francisco, USA
Remarks Allided with one of the towers of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Large oil spill.

CP Valour

Vessel name CP Valour

Type of ship Containership
Date December 2005
Location Azores, Atlantic Ocean
Remarks Grounded and demolished at same place
CSAV Shenzhen

Vessel name CSAV Shenzhen

Type of ship Containership
Date September 2004
Location
Remarks Vessel hit by bad weather at the Pacific Ocean

Dongedijk

Vessel name Dongedijk

Type of ship Containership
Date
Location Suez Canal, Egypt
Remarks Containers not loaded correctly, while manouevering vessel
 capsized

Emma Maersk

Vessel name Emma Maersk

Type of ship Containership
Date June-2006
Location Odense shipyard, Denmark
Remarks Due to welding works in the engine room, sparks ignited the carton
and wooden protecting floors (pallets) and fire spread rapidly
through the whole accomodation including the bridge. A new
superstructure was ordered in Latvia as I know.

Ever Decent

Vessel name Ever Decent

Type of ship Containership
Date .. aug 1999
Location Ramsgate, UK
Remarks Cruise ship "Norwegian Dream" collided with this ship at night time,
officer of the cruise liner did not turned correctly to avoid a
collision, navigational error.
Fowairet

Vessel name Fowairet

Type of ship Containerschip
Date 20 september 2005 05:00
Location Westerscheldt river, the Netherlands
Remarks Vessel grounded underway to Antwerp, Belgium. Reason unknown.
Hull cracked and major damage. Vessel refloated by 13 tugs at
17:00 the same day and towed to the Dutch port of Flushing for
repair and discharging.
Photo's 12-17 were taken on the Waterway river near Maassluis when
the ship was underway to the dock. (07-oct-2005)

Glasgow Maersk

Vessel name Glasgow Maersk

Type of ship Containership
Date
Location ,USA
Remarks Ship hits the quay wall
Han Se

Vessel name Han Se

Type of ship Containership
Date 10-apr-2000
Location South Korea
Remarks Due to incorrect stability/loading, ship capsized

Hanjin Gothenburg& Chang Tong

Vessel name Hanjin Gothenburg

Type of ship Containership
Date 15-sep-2007
Location Xingang, China
Remarks Collision
Hanjin Pennsylvania

Vessel
name Hanjin Pennsylvania
Type of
ship Containership
Date 11-nov-2002
LocationIndian Ocean, 150 km south of Sri Lanka underway to Europe
First explosion on deck 4, from unknown origin, possible undeclared dangerous cargo, possible
Remarks Calcium hypochlorite,
4 days later a second explosion occured due to spread fires from the first explosion. This
second explosion was on deck 6, with containers with magnesium ignots.A huge fire results in
crew must abandon
the just 4 months old ship, on her second voyage to Europe.
The ship was towed to a port to discharge the containers and vessel
was sold to Indian breakers since the rebuilding costs would be
more expensive then demolish the ship. Zodiac Maritime (UK) bought
the ship, refurbished the ship for nearly 50% of the price of a new ship and she is now sailing
around as the "Norasia Bellatrix".
Heinrich Behrmann

Vessel name Heinrich Behrmann

Type of ship Containership
Date
Location Blankenberge, Belgium
Remarks Vessel grounded due to bad weather. Vessel refloated a few days
later.

Hyundai Fortune

Vessel name Hyundai Fortune

Type of ship Container
Date 21-mar-2006
Location Gulf of Aden, Yemen, during voyage Singapore-Suez canal
Remarks Explosion (source unknown) caused fire and all bays behind the
superstructure and the superstructure has been completely destroyed
by the fire. Vessel declared total loss and being towed to Doha,
Qatar or Dubai, UAE by the Dutch tug "Smitwijs Rotterdam".
Distress signal+smoke discovered by Dutch fregat "De zeven
provinciën" being on patrol for mission "Endurance freedom"
On the last picture (24) you see the ship 'for sale'

Ital Florida

Vessel
name Ital Florida
Type of ship Containership
Date 16~19-jul-2007
Location Arabian sea, Indian Ocean
Vessel hit by the Indian Monsoon, 3 containers lost overboard and stacks collapsed. Vessel
Remarks was hit by 7-10 meters high waves, ship was running with 16 knots.

Kowloon Bay

Vessel name Kowloon Bay

Type of ship Containership
Date 24-nov-1989 02:15
Location 30 miles NE of Sumatra, Indonesia, on a rock off island Pu Rondo
Remarks At night time the vessel hit a Indonesian island with 21 knots.
Major damage to her bow occured, vessel refloated on 28-nov-1989
09:30 and towed with 3,5 knots towards Singapore with 2
 salvage tugs. Vessel dry docked in Singapore for repairs.

Kyoto Express / Southampton Container Terminal

Vessel name Kyoto Express

Type of ship Containership
Date 18-jan-2008
Location Southampton, UK
Remarks During booming the gantry crane's arm, the arm was broken and smashed
onto the Kyoto Express which was ready for departure. After the
accident the authorities ordered to shutdown all 11 gantry cranes
for further safety inspections. A giant chaos was the result and several
containerships diverted to surrounding ports for discharging.
Limburg

Vessel name Limburg

Type of ship Oil tanker
Date 04-oct-2002
Location Yemen
Remarks A small boat with explosives hit the ship as a terrorist attack.
A huge fire was the result. However this is not a containership I would
like to show you how fragile merchant ships can be.

LT Utile

Vessel name LT Utile

Type of ship Containership
Date 03-aug-2003 (1-3), 28-aug-2003 (4-6)
Location Yantian anchorage, China (1-3), Rotterdam (4-6)
Remarks A container with IMO 5.2/UN 3105 (Organic perioxde) caught fire
when the ship was awaiting her berth in Yantian. Crew immediately
took action to stop the fire and was assisted by fire boats.
No injuries occured. Incorrect information from the shipper seems
to be the reason, no dangerous cargo remarks were provided to
the shipping liner.

Lys Point

Vessel name Lys Point

Type of ship Containership
Date 19-sep-2007
Location ECT Delta DDN, Rotterdam, NL
Remarks Pushed towards quay due to strong wind.

Maersk Tampa

Vessel name Maersk Tampa

Type of ship Containership
Date
Location , USA
Remarks Same situation as the "Glasgow Maersk" (see above)
MSC Al Amine

Vessel name MSC Al Amine

Type of ship Containership
Date feb-2005
Location AinOktor, Tunisia
Remarks Vessel grounded and spilled oil

MSC Carla

Vessel name MSC Carla

Type of ship Containership
Date nov-1997
Location Azoren islands, Atlantic Ocean
Remarks Vessel broke in 2 parts during heavy water. Forepeak sank, aft
peak floated and was towed to the Canary islands thereafter.
Just after the accident sources said the Italian officers steered the
vessel with full speed into the high waves, but in 2005 research
 concluded the welding points of the ship (when it was jumbosized)
were weak and are the reason of this accident.

MSC Ilona + Hyundai Advance

Vessel name MSC Ilona + Hyundai Advance

Type of ship Containerships
Date 09-dec-2004
Location Hong Kong, China
Remarks Hyundai Advance collided to MSC Ilona and approx. 138.000 gallons
of oil were spilled. The Hyundai ship tried to 'escape' of the accident
area, but were stopped by Chinese patrol boats. The oil spill was
approx. 22x16 km big. The Hyundai Advance was underway from
Shenzhen to Singapore, whilst the MSC Ilona arrived from Shanghai
and was heading for Shenzhen.