The Riverside was an 820-foot-long, steel-hulled liquid bulk cargo vessel (oil tanker) built in 2009 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae Shipyard in Changwon, South Korea. It was owned by Glory Riverside Navigation LTD and operated by Thome Ship Management PTE LTD. The vessel was double hulled, meaning its cargo tanks were within an inner watertight hull separated by ballast or void tanks or other spaces from its outer hull, and had a liquid cargo capacity of 793,842 barrels of oil. The vessel was powered by one STX MAN B&W (model 6S60MC-C) slow-speed, two-stroke diesel engine, producing 18,184 hp and directly driving a single fixed-pitch propeller. The vessel’s maximum speed was 15 knots. To change the propeller direction, the engine had to completely stop and then restart in the opposite direction. The main engine could be started from three locations: the bridge, the engine control room, and locally at the main engine.
The Riverside was an 820-foot-long, steel-hulled liquid bulk cargo vessel (oil tanker) built in 2009 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae Shipyard in Changwon, South Korea. It was owned by Glory Riverside Navigation LTD and operated by Thome Ship Management PTE LTD. The vessel was double hulled, meaning its cargo tanks were within an inner watertight hull separated by ballast or void tanks or other spaces from its outer hull, and had a liquid cargo capacity of 793,842 barrels of oil. The vessel was powered by one STX MAN B&W (model 6S60MC-C) slow-speed, two-stroke diesel engine, producing 18,184 hp and directly driving a single fixed-pitch propeller. The vessel’s maximum speed was 15 knots. To change the propeller direction, the engine had to completely stop and then restart in the opposite direction. The main engine could be started from three locations: the bridge, the engine control room, and locally at the main engine.
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by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 8 April 2020
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published on 26 November 2020
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published on 14 December 2020
NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of tow William C with a Rock Island railroad bridge protection cell, on Des Plaines River, in January 2020. The investigation established that high speed prevented the pilot to correct the tow’s position after completing the transit through the previous bridge.
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published on 15 August 2020
Jacobsen Pilot Service and Los Angeles Pilot Station published a notice to all ships to inspect pilot ladders before the pilot boards.
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Video Grounding of Orient Centaur
published on 15 November 2019
On 6 November 2017, the fully laden, mini cape-size dry bulk carrier Orient Centaur was transiting the South Channel, Weipa, Queensland, outbound under the conduct of harbour pilots as part of a trial introduction of this size of ship to the port. While in the South Channel, the ship’s main engine shut down due to a loss of water from a cracked engine cooling component, and propulsion was lost. Shortly after, the ship grounded on the northern batter of the channel. The stern then slowly...
Video Metal Shark and Sea Machines Launch New Sharktech Autonomous Vessel
published on 11 December 2019
USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark and Sea Machines, a Boston-based leading developer of autonomous marine technology, have partnered on the introduction of a new 29-foot autonomous vessel now being offered through Metal Shark’s “Sharktech” autonomous division. Full story here: http://bit.ly/seamachines
Video Disembarking Elbe Pilot - Germany, Lotse 4 - Hamburg
published on 31 August 2022
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