Solomon Islands to refloat ship after oil spill Feb 2019: MV Solomon Trader was servicing a bauxite mine when it hit a reef and leaked an estimated 100 tonnes of oil causing the largest man-made environmental disaster the country has ever faced....
World’s Largest Offshore Oil Field Partially Shut Down Feb 2019: The Safaniyah oil field in Saudi Arabia—the world’s largest—is producing at a reduced capacity after a ship’s anchor cut a main power cable....
Severed cable sends Tonga ‘back to beginning of the internet’ Jan 2019: Tonga was in virtual cyber darkness after an undersea cable connecting the archipelago to the wider world was severed by a ship’s anchor. The Pacific island kingdom was cut off from...
Large cargo ship runs aground on French Polynesia reef Jun 2018: A large cargo ship Thorco Lineage ran aground on Raroia atoll, a French Polynesia reef. The vessel carrying 20,000 tonnes of zinc and 500 tonnes of fuel oil, could have caused significant damage to the...
5 Die in Balikpapan Pipeline Anchor Strike Apr 2018: MV Ever Judger Cargo Ship dropped anchor, dragging a pipeline 120 meters. The resulting fire killed 5 fishermen and a 13000-hectare oil spill damaged mangroves and marine habitats for 60 km of coastline. The Captain...
CSD Jonathon King Boyd Catches Fire at Port O’Connor Apr 2018: Dredger Jonathon King Boyd hit a natural gas pipeline and caught fire. The crew of 10 escaped but a trail of burning gas and a closed Intracoastal waterway caused heavy environmental and financial losses....
