CASUALTY INFORMATION
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In casualty situations prompt action is important to ensure that your interests are fully protected. Central to this is early identification of any involvement you may have in casualty cases. To assist you we provide below brief details of casualties that we are investigating or handling.
You may choose to display this list of casualties either alphabetically by clicking on "VESSEL NAME" or chronologically by clicking on "CASUALTY DATE"
| Vessel Name | Year of Build | Casualty Date | Casualty type | Voyage Details |
| A Plus-1 | 1980 | 1/10/2008 | Grounded | Azov, Russia to Turkey |
| Action | 1983 | 10/10/2008 | Piracy | South-East Asia to Suez Canal |
| African Sanderling | 2008 | 16/10/2008 | Piracy | |
| Ajaks-2 | 1985 | 22/8/2008 | Grounded | Obukhovka, Ukraine to Turkey |
| Algier Star | 1980 | 2/5/2008 | Engine Failure | Italy to Libya |
| Amanda | 2005 | 1/8/2008 | Grounded | Mariupol, Ukraine to Spain |
| Angela Star | 1998 | 24/7/2008 | Grounded | Indonesia to Hoping, Taiwan |
| Antalina | 1984 | 12/9/2008 | Adrift | Various ports in China to Port Arthur, U.S.A |
| Antonios I | 1978 | 5/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Bayonne, France to Ghent, Belgium |
| APL Peru | 2002 | 6/10/2008 | Fire | Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong to Seattle |
| Aquarius J. | 2004 | 29/10/2008 | Collision | Bound to Gothenburg |
| Azzurra | 1983 | 29/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Talara to Callao, Peru |
| Beluga Foundation | 2006 | 9/7/2008 | Engine Failure | Luanda, Angola to Richards Bay, South Africa |
| Biz | 1984 | 8/6/2008 | Machinery Failure | Rosario to Tianjin |
| Borealis | 1980 | 27/7/2008 | Struck S/Mrgd Object | Rostov, Russia to Kavkaz, Ukraine |
| Borthwick | 1977 | 3/9/2008 | Grounded | Porto Alegre, Brazil to San Lorenzo, Argentina |
| Bow Prima | 1987 | 24/8/2008 | Machinery Failure | Various ports in the U.S.A. to Brazil |
| Bright Ruby | 1987 | 10/9/2008 | Piracy | Ukraine to Sri Lanka |
| Capt. Stefanos | 2002 | 20/9/2008 | Piracy | Richards Bay, South Africa to Brindisi, Italy |
| Captain Valentin K | 1983 | 30/9/2008 | Collision | Shanghai, China and Busan and Gwangyang, South Korea |
| Cemtex Venture | 2006 | 31/7/2008 | Grounded | San Lorenzo, Argentine to Vietnam |
| Centauri | 1978 | 18/9/2008 | Piracy | Ethiopia to Mombasa, Kenya |
| Cet Future | 1994 | 8/11/2008 | Piracy | Mediterranean to Malaysia |
| Charlotte Bulker | 2007 | 6/10/2008 | Grounded | Nemrut Bay, Turkey to Nikolayev, Ukraine |
| Chiquita Belgie | 1992 | 2/11/2008 | Grounded | Antwerp, Belgium to Santa Marta, Colombia |
| Cosmic Leader | 1991 | 12/5/2008 | Grounded | Chennai, India to Singapore and various Japanese Ports |
| Cosmos Ace | 1998 | 9/10/2008 | Engine Failure | South Korea, Japan to Australia and USA |
| Crete Cement | 1998 | 19/11/2008 | Grounded | Brevik to Slemmestad, Norway |
| Dana 1 | 1973 | 5/11/2008 | Grounded | Nakskov, Denmark to Tallin, Estonia |
| Daniela | 2003 | 4/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Durban, South Africa |
| Delight | 1986 | 18/11/2008 | Piracy | Germany to Bandar Abbas |
| Duyden 2 | 1977 | 23/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Haifa, Israel to Tuzla, Turkey |
| Federal Kivalina | 2000 | 6/10/2008 | Grounded | Brazil to Sunndalsora |
| Felicitas | 1984 | 16/10/2008 | Engine Failure | Portugal, Spain to North Africa |
| Finnmaster | 2000 | 8/10/2008 | Engine Failure | Kiel, Germany to Helsinki, Finland |
| Fomalhaut | 1999 | 13/7/2008 | Damage to Hull | Haldia and Visakhapatnam, India to China |
| Glassgow Express | 2002 | 3/11/2008 | Heavy Weather Damage | from New York, Norfolk, Charleston to Rotterdam, Hamburg, Le Havre, Southampton |
| Golden Star 1 | 1976 | 5/7/2008 | Grounded | Paradip, India to various ports in China |
| Golden Wealth | 1979 | 26/5/2008 | Collision | Xingang, Tianjin to Kuantan, Malaysia and Singapore |
| Goldie | 1991 | 8/8/2008 | Engine Failure | Trabzon, Turkey to Malta |
| Grand Ruby | 2007 | 7/11/2008 | Dragged Anchor | China to Cuba |
| Grandiosa | 1986 | 25/9/2008 | Grounded | Various Argentinean ports to Europe |
| Green Viship | 1986 | 20/8/2008 | Sank | Vung Tau, Vietnam to Indonesia |
| Gulf Nomad | 1988 | 24/6/2008 | Grounded | Fujairah, U.A.E. to Sikka, India and Maputo |
| Hai Ying | 1985 | 22/7/2008 | Collision | Japan to China |
| Hanjin Elizabeth | 1992 | 16/5/2008 | Damage to Hull | New York, Wilmington and Savannah to Busan, Pyeongtaek, Qingdao, Ningbo and Shanghai |
| Hanna | 2008 | 29/6/2008 | Engine Failure | St. Petersburg, Russia to Rostock, Germany |
| Hansa Centurion | 1998 | 30/5/2008 | Grounded | Various African ports to Amsterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Felixstowe and Le Havre |
| Helgafell | 2005 | 18/11/2008 | Collision | Rotterdam to Germany, Denmark, Faroe Islands and Iceland |
| Helios 3 | 1984 | 29/9/2008 | Ingress of Water | Burma to Jiaxing, China |
| India Lotus | 1981 | 20/6/2008 | Fire | Shanghai, Busan, Osaka and Yokohama to Colon, Panama and Mobile and Houston in the U.S.A. |
| Ing Hua Fu No.9 | 2003 | 18/10/2008 | Sank | Penang and Klang to Bintulu, Malaysia |
| Iran Deyanat | 1983 | 21/8/2008 | Piracy | China to Holland |
| Iron King | 1996 | 31/7/2008 | Grounded | Port Hedland, Australia to various Chinese ports |
| Island Intrepid | 1971 | 13/8/2008 | Grounded | Various Central American ports to Miami, USA |
| Jindal Varuna | 2006 | 4/5/2008 | Heavy Weather Damage | Korea to India and Middle East |
| Karagol | 2007 | 12/11/2008 | Piracy | Turkey to Mumbai, India |
| Kent Explorer | 1986 | 3/7/2008 | Fire | Bilbao, Spain to various U.S. Ports |
| Kornati | 2000 | 22/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Mellitah, Libya and Sines, Portugal to Sidi Kerir, Egypt |
| Kosterberg | 1998 | 18/9/2008 | Collision | Brake to Hamburg / Brunsbuttel |
| Kota Lagu | 2006 | 25/10/2008 | Grounded | Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp to Port Klang, Singapore, Shanghai and Ningbo |
| Kris | 1973 | 27/9/2008 | Grounded | Iskenderun, Turkey to Greece |
| Laxfoss | 1995 | 9/11/2008 | Engine Failure | Nykobing, Denmark to King's Lynn, UK |
| Leo Authority | 1997 | 23/9/2008 | Heavy Weather Damage | Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Lola | 1979 | 10/8/2008 | Shift of Cargo | Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Cape Town, South Africa |
| Lotos | 1985 | 28/10/2008 | Grounded | Lubeck, Germany to Nizhnekamsk, Russia |
| MAC Pole | 1979 | 27/8/2008 | Fire | Ajman, United Arab Emirates to Khorramshahr, Iran |
| Maersk Itea | 1994 | 3/11/2008 | Fire | From Canada and Far East to Mediterranean and Black Sea |
| Maersk Newport | 2008 | 15/11/2008 | Fire | Spain to Lome, Togo; Cotonou, Benin; Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Marfeeder | 1996 | 1/6/2008 | Collision | Kristiansand and Moss, Norway to Hamburg and Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Melina I | 1980 | 9/7/2008 | Fire | Shanghai, China to Angola, West Africa |
| Merawi | Unknown | 26/5/2008 | Engine Failure | Bilbao to Liverpool and Greenock, U.K. |
| Methania | 1978 | 8/8/2008 | Fire | |
| Mevlut Doven | 1990 | 1/5/2008 | Engine Failure | Malaga, Spain to Boston, U.S.A |
| Monte Pascoal | 2005 | 23/6/2008 | Grounded | Santos, Brazil to Buenos Aires, Montevideo in Uruguay and Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Le Havre |
| MSC Amsterdam | 1995 | 20/6/2008 | Engine Failure | Durban to Newark |
| MSC Bali | 1980 | 15/10/2008 | Engine Failure | Voyage 780 A - From Canada to United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and France |
| MSC Immacolata | 1979 | 23/5/2008 | Collision | Osaka and Nagoya to Ningbo to link with world wide destinations |
| MSC Toledo | 1986 | 19/9/2008 | Collision | Singapore to Durban, South Africa |
| Nazish | 1982 | 2/8/2008 | Adrift | Kolkata, India to Yangon, Myanmar |
| Nena J. | 1995 | 31/8/2008 | Engine Failure | Mundra, India to Chile |
| New Dehli Express | 2005 | 30/8/2008 | Grounded | Port Said in Egypt, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Karachi, Pakistan to various ports in India and the U.S.A |
| New Oriental | 1981 | 4/10/2008 | Struck S/Mrgd Object | Thailand to China |
| Noren | 1985 | 8/9/2008 | Grounded | Skelleftehamn, Sweden to Hull, U.K. |
| Norfold | 1989 | 7/10/2008 | Grounded | Qingdao, China to various Japanese Ports |
| Norfolk Express | 1995 | 31/5/2008 | Grounded | Le Havre, Rotterdam, Tilbury, Hamburg, Antwerp and Gioia Tauro to various ports in Egypt, Pakistan, India and the UAE |
| Norsul Recife | 1985 | 20/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Alumar to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Ocean Papa | 1975 | 21/6/2008 | Sank | Manila to Iloilo City, Philippines |
| Onego Forester | 2008 | 4/10/2008 | Grounded | Kaliningrad, Russia to the U.S.A. |
| Oriental Vega | 2007 | 7/11/2008 | Grounded | Fukuyama to Incheon, South Korea |
| Osman Kartal | 1971 | 23/8/2008 | Ingress of Water | Eregli to Izmit, Turkey |
| Oula | 1978 | 17/11/2008 | Grounded | Gemlik, Turkey to Tripoli, Libya |
| Overseas Integrity | 1975 | 20/9/2008 | Machinery Failure | Delaware to Philadelphia |
| Pacific Alliance | 2004 | 31/10/2008 | Grounded | Malaysia / Singapore |
| Pacific Chief | 1992 | 20/10/2008 | Grounded | Chile to the U.S.A. |
| Peonia | 2005 | 1/7/2008 | Grounded | Montevideo, Uruguay to Gibraltar |
| Polynesia | 1996 | 4/8/2008 | Engine Failure | Papua New Guinea, Honolulu, Seattle to Long Beach/Oakland |
| Princess of the Stars | 1984 | 21/6/2008 | Sank | Manila to Cebu, Philippines |
| Pukjani | 1972 | 27/9/2008 | Adrift | Alexandria, Egypt to Cyprus and Turkey |
| Pyxis | 1986 | 15/10/2008 | Fire | Toyohashi, Japan to Portland, U.S.A |
| Rasha Star | 1978 | 10/11/2008 | Grounded | Monfalcone, Italy to Tunis, Tunisia |
| Rogaland | 2005 | 17/11/2008 | Engine Failure | Scandinavia and Baltic States to Germany |
| Rose Brook | 1995 | 21/7/2008 | Engine Failure | Izmit, Turkey to various Mediterranean ports |
| Rosethorn | 1982 | 2/7/2008 | Grounded | En-route to Oslo, Norway |
| Royal Crown | 1981 | 1/9/2008 | Collision | Yuzhnyy, Ukraine to Tunisia |
| Rubino | 1992 | 31/7/2008 | Grounded | Flushing, Netherlands and Tees, U.K. |
| S&B NO.7 | 1985 | 5/11/2008 | Grounded | Busan and Masan, South Korea to Japan |
| San Pedro | 1977 | 19/8/2008 | Capsized | From Lae to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Sava Ocean | 1993 | 16/6/2008 | Engine Failure | Police, Poland to Bayonne, France |
| Scan Atlantic | 1999 | 17/10/2008 | Engine Failure | Europe to the Middle East |
| Scan Fjell | 1978 | 3/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Trondheim, Norway to Eemshaven, Netherlands |
| SCF Tobolsk | 2006 | 2/8/2008 | Collision | Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia to Kandla, India Various European Ports to Middle East |
| Segovia Carrier | 1980 | 9/9/2008 | Fire | Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe to various European Ports |
| Shuo Hai | 1988 | 4/8/2008 | Collision | Port Klang and Pasir Gudang, Malaysia to Shanghai |
| Sider Sun | 2005 | 4/8/2008 | Engine Failure | Alexandria and El Dekheila, Egypt, and Gibraltar to Port Arthur, U.S.A |
| Singa Ace | 1984 | 20/7/2008 | Adrift | Kanda, Yokosuka and Yokohama, Japan to South Africa, South America and Central America |
| Sinotrans Yokohama | 2005 | 10/5/2008 | Engine Failure | Yokohama, Tokyo and Nagoya to various ports in China and South Korea |
| Sirius Star | 2008 | 17/11/2008 | Piracy | Saudi Arabia to the U.S.A |
| Sormovskiy 45 | 1982 | 16/5/2008 | Grounded | Drogheda, Republic of Ireland to Kaliningrad, Russia |
| Stella Lyra | 1989 | 16/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Fawley, U.K. to Bergen, Norway |
| Stelmar | 1978 | 15/10/2008 | Engine Failure | Dakar, Senegal to the Mediterranean |
| Stolt Strength | 2005 | 10/11/2008 | Piracy | Dakar, Senegal to Kandla, India |
| Stolt Valor | 2004 | 17/9/2008 | Piracy | U.S.A. to Mumbai, India |
| Sunny Napier II | 1993 | 6/7/2008 | Shift of Cargo | Napier, New Zealand to various Japanese Ports |
| Tello | 1974 | 16/11/2008 | Shift of Cargo | Hitra to Aalesund, Norway |
| Theofilis Sea | 1977 | 26/9/2008 | Grounded | Nauplia to Poros, Greece |
| Thor Galaxy | 2008 | 16/11/2008 | Piracy | To Warri, Nigeria |
| Thor Star | 1985 | 14/8/2008 | Piracy | Banjarmasin, Indonesia to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Tintomara | 2003 | 23/7/2008 | Collision | New Orleans, U.S.A to Rotterdam and Hamburg |
| Tolstoy | 1981 | 27/9/2008 | Sank | Volos, Greece to Rostov, Russia |
| Transtar 2501 | 2005 | 7/10/2008 | Adrift | Under investigation |
| Uranus | 1992 | 5/8/2008 | Engine Failure | Gothenburg and Helsingborg, Sweden and Felixstowe, U.K. to Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Amsterdam |
| Uttum | 1993 | 24/9/2008 | Grounded | Gothenburg to Vinga |
| Venus | 1980 | 3/9/2008 | Engine Failure | Israel to China |
| Victoria VI | 1980 | 9/10/2008 | Machinery Failure | Middle East to various European Ports |
| Victoria VI | 1980 | 2/5/2008 | Adrift | Hamburg, Germany to Beirut, Lebanon and Lattakia, Syria |
| Vinalines Saigon | 1991 | 9/11/2008 | Grounded | From Takoradi, Ghana |
| Vinashin Iron | 1984 | 2/9/2008 | Grounded | Port Isabel, Philippines to Mongla Port, Bangladesh |
| Vinashin Pacific | 1985 | 20/8/2008 | Collision | Vietnam to Singapore |
| Vinashin Ruby | 1985 | 18/9/2008 | Fire | Incheon, South Korea to Hai Phong, Vietnam |
| Volgo-Balt 225 | 1980 | 11/11/2008 | Grounded | St Petersburg, Russia to Scandinavia |
| Volgo-Don 4 | 1961 | 3/5/2008 | Grounded | Poti, Georgia to various Turkish ports |
| Wilhelmine Steffens | 1981 | 9/11/2008 | Engine Failure | Szczecin, Poland to Keadby, U.K. |
| Windland | 1975 | 9/11/2008 | Grounded | Norrkoping and Oskarshamn, Sweden to Brunsbuttel, Germany |
| Xin Ming FA 17 | Unknown | 2/11/2008 | Sank | Yingkou to Eastern Fujian Province, China |
| Yasa Neslihan | 2005 | 29/10/2008 | Piracy | Canada to China |
| Yong Li | 2001 | 3/7/2008 | Collision | Santos, Brazil to China |
| Yong Wang | 1981 | 16/5/2008 | Heavy Weather Damage | Penang, Malaysia and Singapore to Calcutta and Haldia in India |
| Zara | 2000 | 1/8/2008 | Adrift | Ceuta, Spain to Newport, U.K. |
| Zayed | 1979 | 19/5/2008 | Fire | Bedi Bundur Port, India to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Zeus | 1986 | 24/9/2008 | Capsized | Vietnam to Masan, South Korea |
| Zhong Xing | 1980 | 6/6/2008 | Grounded | India to Indonesia |
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