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Latest maritime news from Oceanook

Aug 16, 2020 1:29 PM
by Davide Gessa

The MV Wakashio oil spill occurred offshore of Pointe d'Esny, south of Mauritius, after the bulk carrier Wakashio ran aground on a c... continue reading

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Dec 23, 2019 5:50 PM
by Davide Gessa

The container ship CDRY BLUE stranded yesterday on the island of Sant'Antioco in Italy, due to the strong wind.... continue reading

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May 20, 2019 8:45 AM
by Davide Gessa

The Oceanook tracking page now integrates open nautical charts from openseamap which provides position and description of lighthouses, lights and other marit... continue reading

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Feb 5, 2019 10:05 PM
by Davide Gessa

Duty crew on routine rounds onboard an anchored tanker noticed a robber escaping via the hawse pipe and raised the alarm. Crew mustered and on searching the vessel ships properties reported missing... continue reading

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Jan 25, 2019 4:23 PM
by Davide Gessa

When we started the project, 2 months ago, we setup an AIS station that allowed us to track maritime traffic near the gulf of Cagliari; now we are sharing these data to the continue reading

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Jan 13, 2019 10:11 AM
by Davide Gessa

Made in Italy bombs killing families in Yemen could seems a distoptic title, but it's the sad truth discovered by an inquiry of the New York Times. In fact, bombs produced in the plant of Do... continue reading

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Jan 11, 2019 8:57 AM
by Davide Gessa

The Ocean Cleanup, an organization founded by the 24 years old dutch Boyan Slat, aims to cleanup oceans from plastic pollution using autonomous floating devices which passively capture plastic from... continue reading

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Jan 1, 2019 12:01 AM
by Davide Gessa

The Panama-registered ship MSC Zoe, a very large containership able to carry 19,000 CTUs, lost 270 containers while making its way through the Wadden Sea from the Belgian port of Antwerp, during th... continue reading

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Sep 28, 2018 9:32 PM
by Davide Gessa

A strong tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake has hit a coastal Indonesian city, officials say, on September 28, 2018. The quake was followed by numerous strong aftershocks including one... continue reading

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