A fire erupted in the aft section of ferry KMP Mutiara Berkah I while it was berthed at Merak port, west Java, Sunda Strait, at around 10:50 local time on September 6th. The fire was thought to have broken out on the cargo deck. Thick black smoke could be seen emanating from the inside. All of the passengers were reported to have disembarked safely, without any injuries. A number of shoreside fire engines attended. Tugs with water cannons attacked the fire from the sea.
The status of the vessel is curious. MarineTraffic gives its official name as Hyundai MIPO 0340 and its function as a products tanker. But the accpompanying photograph is clearly a ferry. The listed IMO number doesn’t show up anywhere on Equasis (and neither does the name). There is also no Hyundau MIIPO 0340. The one consistency is that all the names and IMOs are connected to Indonesia and are Indonesian-flagged.
Bulk carriers Algoma Harvester (IMO 9613939) and Federal Clyde (IMO 9671072) contacted each other at the stern while transiting the Côte-Sainte-Catherine Locks in the St Lawrence River, Canada, upstream from Montreal. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on September 6th. The ships were sailing in opposite directions. Both vessels have since been inspected and both were allowed to resume their respective voyages. The Algoma Harvester is sailing upstream to Hamilton, while the Federal Clyde continued its downstream journey and soon docked in Montreal.
2014-built, Canada-flagged, 24,451 gt Algoma Harvester is owned and managed by Algoma Central Corp of St Catherines, Ontario, Canada. It is entered with NorthStandard (North of England) on behalf of Algoma Central Corp. As of September 7th the vessel was underway in the direction of Hamilton, ETA September 7th.
2016-built, Marshall Islands-flagged, 20,789 gt Federal Clyde is owned by Federal Oceans Ltd care of manager Fednav Ltd of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ISM manager is Anglo-Eastern Shipmanagement of Hong Kong, China. It is entered with NorthStandard (Standard Club) on behalf of Federal Oceans Ltd. As of September 7th it was en route from Montreal to Paranagua, Brazil, ETA September 27th.
General cargo ship Zhibek Zholy (IMO 9598880), en route from Gulluk to Yalova, suffered a technical failure at southern entrance of the Canakkale Strait at Kumkale Point on Sep 3, 2023, at 10 p.m. The vessel moored at the Bozcaada Island anchorage for repairs by the crew.
2016-built, Khazakhstan-flagged, 5,686 gt Zhibek Zholy is owned and managed by KTZ Express Shipping Too of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. As of September 5th the vessel was at Canakkale Anchorage, Aegean Sea, Turkiye.
General cargo ship Kun Yuan (IMO 9371141), en route from Ulsan to Nanao, ran aground onto shallows in Nanano Bay, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sep 4, 2023, at around 8 a.m. Subsequently, the vessel was refloated by a tug and berthed in Nanao port at around noon the same day.
2005-built, Belize-flagged, 2,581 gt Kun Yuan is owned by Shanghai Kunmiao shipping Co of Shanghai, China. As of September 6th the vessel was moored at Fushikitoyama, Japan.