An estimated 462,000 gallons of oil were leaked from a tanker in waters near Port Arthur, Texas, on Saturday.

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• Bunkering at Mumbai, JNPT limits for ships in Anchorage: sources

    Bunkering operations at two of India’s busiest ports — Mumbai Port Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust — have been limited to vessels that are already in the ports’ inner anchorage, market sources said early Tuesday, following the collision of two Panamanian cargo ships on Saturday On Monday, a defence

• Poe calls refreshed ship canal after collision

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• UAE naphtha tanker collisions in from Malaysia

    A tanker carrying some 58,000 tonnes of naphtha was involved in a collision with a cargo ship late on Tuesday in the Strait of Malacca, leaving nine crewmen from the oil vessel missing, a Malaysian maritime official said.  Oil traders said on Wednesday the tanker carrying the naphtha cargo from

• Mumbai ship collision: Pilots has no slideshow follow the rule book

     (indianexpress) Saturday’s collision between two ships off the Mumbai coast was caused by a clear violation of standard operating procedure prescribed for communication between ships as well as with port traffic controllers.  Source

• Port Arthur SPILL

     A clearer picture emerged Tuesday of the collision that triggered the biggest Texas oil spill in 15 years, as cleanup efforts continued apace and officials planned to reopen the waterway by Thursday.  Source

• Coast Guard continues the investigation of Charleston Harbor Boat Collision

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into the vessel collision between a Coast Guard 25-foot response boat and the Thriller, a commercial power catamaran, which collided in Charleston Harbor Saturday at approximately 8:30 p.m.  Source

• Lessons from Mumbai ship collision

     (business line) What could have caused the collision between two ships in broad daylight in Mumbai harbour that led to the oil spill along the coastline and suspension of vessel traffic to Mumbai and JN ports last week? Human error, negligence on the part of the captain and failure

• Coast Guard hearing begins on Texas oil Betting

     (AP) An 800-foot tanker struggling with poor visibility and strong winds apparently failed to center itself in a narrow waterway off the Gulf of Mexico, possibly contributing to a collision with a tugboat that caused the largest oil spill in Texas in 15 years, according to testimony and evidence

• 10 million U.S. dollars fine for shipping company Cosco Busan oil spill by

    A Chinese shipping firm was fined $10 million on Friday, for its role in a 53,000 gallon spill of thick bunker fuel into San Francisco Bay, in 2007. Read at $10 million fine for shipping firm after Cosco Busan oil spill

• Clipper yachts crash damaged

     (BBC)   A Hull-based yacht is being inspected to see if it can continue in a round-the-world race after it was involved in a collision.  The Hull and Humber clipper was holed in a collision with the Cork boat at the start of the fourth leg at Cape Town, South