CMA CGM’s container ship suddenly broke down and sailing was interrupted
A few days ago, a CMA CGM container ship with a capacity of 15,000TEU named “CMA CGM OSIRIS” suffered an engine failure when leaving Xiamen Port.
It is reported that at the time of the incident, the giant ship carrying a pilot was already sailing in a narrow area of a main channel. Due to its loss of control, a serious accident eventually occurred and blocked the channel.
Fortunately, the tug base was located near the accident site, so the three tugs responded almost immediately and disaster was averted. “CMA CGM OSIRIS” was towed back to the berth. Through inspection, it was found that the main engine was seriously damaged and needed to be returned to the shipyard for repairs.
The “CMA CGM OSIRIS” ship was built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. in 2021 and flies the Maltese flag.
The ship was deployed on the CMA CGM REX2 service route and was on the 0RDBMW1MA voyage at the time of the incident, involving multiple shipping companies including ANL, CMA CGM, CNC, COSCO SHIPPING, EVERGREEN, OOCL, and PIL.
“CMA CGM OSIRIS” will call at Shanghai Yangshan Port on January 26-27, Ningbo Port on January 28-29, Xiamen Port on February 1, and will next call at Shekou Port.
After that, the ship will be fully loaded with Chinese goods and sail to Singapore, pass through the Strait of Malacca and sail to the port of Djibouti and the port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
As of February 7, more than 5,000 containers have been unloaded, and the “CMA CGM OSIRIS” ship will be towed to the ship repair yard in Shanghai. The unloaded containers will be transported to the destination port by alternative vessels.
A Maersk ultra-large container ship ran aground and had docked at many domestic ports
Recently, a Maersk ultra-large container ship “Mumbai Maersk” fully loaded with Chinese goods and with a capacity of 20,568TEU deviated from the waterway on its way from the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Bremerhaven in Germany. It ran aground about 6 kilometers north of Wangerooge Island.
After the accident, the German Maritime Emergency Central Command organized a rescue. On the morning of February 3, local time, two professional salvage tugboats “Union Sovereign” and “SAR NEUWERK” and five tugboats tried to rescue the “Mumbai Maersk” for the first time, but failed.
It was not until the high tide in the early morning of February 4 that additional tugs were added to finally free the “Mumbai Maersk” from the shallows.
The container ship is owned and operated by Maersk. According to a statement issued by Maersk on February 4, it was confirmed that the “Mumbai Maersk” ship stranded outside Bremerhaven, Germany, was successfully refloated at 1:30 a.m. Central European Time on February 4.
The vessel will undergo further hull and mechanical assessment before proceeding. There will also be an internal investigation into the cause of the grounding. All crew members on board are safe, there was no pollution caused by the accident, and there were no signs of hull rupture.
Maersk hopes to be able to unload the cargo on the ship for German import customers on the 5th. If the ship’s assessment finds any reason to further delay the voyage to the next port of call, Gothenburg, Sweden, alternatives will be put in place to minimize delays.
This may include deploying a feeder ship to rotate to the remaining ports or using another ship to conduct additional loop services.
The “Mumbai Maersk” ship was deployed on the Maersk AE5 service route. It was conducting a 150W voyage at the time of the incident, involving multiple shipping companies including ALIANÇA, HAMBURG SÜD, HAPAG-LLOYD, MAERSK, MCC, SEAGO, and SEALAND.
The ship departed from Asia and had called at Dalian Port, Tianjin New Port, Ningbo Port and Shanghai Port. It was in the process of unloading cargo when the incident occurred.
According to the latest news from Ship News, the ship has docked at the Port of Gothenburg on February 7.
Friends of cargo owners and freight forwarders who have recently shipped ships with cargo loading or above, please pay attention to the ship dynamics in a timely manner, maintain communication with the shipping company, and learn about alternative ships, shipping schedule delays, etc.!
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