Bulk carrier Riva Wind (IMO 9301196), which left the Port of Odesa on August 7th with 50,000 tons of grain on board anchored north of Istanbul on August 9th for inspections.
The grain was said by Harvest Commodities SA to be owned in a joint venture with Indonesia’s Arsari Group, operating through PT Comexindo International. Harvest Commodities SA said that it also owned the Arizona, which left Chornomorsk with 55,000 tons of grain. Both had been locked in at Ukrainian ports since the Russian invasion on February 24th. Harvest Commodities claimed to own two other ships that were in Novorossiysk, Russia, which were being loaded. These were the Bronco (IMO 9675717) with 10,000 tons and a ship that Harvest Commodities identified as the MV Shark, details of which are somewhat elusive, as no vessel with that name fits the bill of vessels shown by MarineTraffic to be in the Russian Black Sea port. Harvest Commodities chairman Gaurav Srivastra was also reported as saying at a meeting in Jakarta with Arsari Group CEO Hashim Jojoadikusuomo that the Bronco was owned by Harvest Commodities SA. This does not appear to be the case, as the ship is operated by Evalend Co SA. Riva Wind, too, is not registered with Equasis as being owned by any of the companies mentioned by Harvest Commodities.
2005-built, Marshall Islands-flagged, 31,261 gt Riva Wind is owned by Avantage Shipping Co care of manager Seamax Marine Inc of Athens, Greece. It is entered with Swedish Club (Piraeus team) on behalf of Avantage Shipping Co. As of August 10th the Riva Wind was in the Marmara Sea, en route to Piraeus, ETA August 11th
2014-built, Liberia-flagged, 17,019 gt Bronco is owned by Brenta Shipping SA care of Evalend Shipping Co SA of Athens, Greece. It is entered with Steamship Mutual (European division) on behalf of Brenta Shipping SA. As of August 10th it remained in Novorossiysk.
Container ship BF Tiger (IMO 9303792) was reported to have collided with a coastal cargo ship identified as the Xinghang (XH489) when the vessels were in the East China Sea, southeast of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, early in the morning of August 7th local time, while sailing in southern direction en route from Qingdao to Hong Kong. The 118-metre long XH489 was reported to have sunk, with three of the four people on board being rescued, but one of them being a fatality.
2006-built, Antigua & Barbuda-flagged, 28,592 gt BF Tiger is owned by BF Tiger Schiffahrts GmbH care of manager BF Shipmanagement GmbH & Co of Stade Niederelbe, Germany. It is entered with Skuld (Business Unit Skuld Hamburg) on behalf of MS “BF Tiger” Schiffahrts GmbH. As of August 10th it was at Ningbo Anchorage.
Many tons of lumber washed ashore in far eastern Russia following a suspected cargo shift from a general cargo ship, which had loaded timber at the port of Olga, Primorskiy kray. The 6,280 dwt general cargo ship Maria (IMO 9008081) was reported to have been carrying lumber for local timber company Terneyles, but experienced a dramatic cargo shift and collapse over the weekend of August /7th, with images emerging on Russian media over the past couple of days of wood hitting coming ashore along some 1km of shoreline. The ship has since anchored at Plastun Bay, north of Preobrazheniya, while investigations into the accident get underway.
1992-built, Togo-flagged, 4,944 gt Maria is owned and managed by Sea Changer Shipping Co Ltd care of Dzhessi Shipping Ko Ltd of Nakhodka, Primorskiy kray, Eastern Russia. ISM manager is Vis Co Ltd of Primorskiy kray, Russia.
Semi-submersible drilling rig Blackford Dolphin (IMO 8753122), located in the Sonda de Campeche, where it carries out drilling work for Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), was raided during the night of August 7th when an armed command stole at least 30 autonomous
breathing equipment (ERAs), cable, communication equipment and tools. Approaching
midnight two motor boats approached the platform, from which six hooded and armed people boarded the platform, taking at least 10 workers hostage, who were tied hand and foot.
The facilities were then systematically looted and the two motor boats loaded with stolen materials. The thieves then fled
The Blackford Dolphin (19,442 gt) was built in 1974 and sails under the Bermuda flag. As of August 10th it was listed as stopped in the Bay of Campeche, some 50 miles north of the south-eastern Mexico Coast.
