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The long-delayed CalMac ferry project at Scottish shipbuilder Ferguson Marine has hit another snag. The first hull, Glen Sannox, is nearly complete after six years in the water - but safety regulators have determined that its design now requires extra ladderways and wider corridor doors. The changes will push back the timeline for the vessel's entry into service until the second half of 2024, after the busy summer season on its run to and from Arran. According to Ferguson Marine head David Tydeman, the UK Maritime and Coastguard agency "re-assessed the application of 'cargo ship' rules" for crew spaces aboard all passenger vessels, including the Glen [...]

A small Japanese interisland cargo ship capsized after colliding with a Greek-managed containership while transiting the busy Kii Channel in southeastern Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard is reporting that three crewmembers were rescued and transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, while a search is ongoing for two missing crewmembers. The Liberian-flagged containership Contship Uno (13,834 dwt) radioed the Coast Guard shortly before midnight on August 24 reporting that it had been in a collision with another vessel. The location was reported as approximately nine miles offshore in the eastern Wakayama Prefect near Hidaka. The Japan Coast Guard reports when [...]