The Grande Senegal ferry, loaded with containers and vehicles, ran aground this Monday due to an alleged accident, in a small area of reefs called "Bajo de Madagascar", off the coast of Sisal, belonging to the municipality of Hunucmá.
A group of riverside residents of this Buenos Aires police station in Hunucmá –located 65 kilometers south-southeast of the Yucatecan capital- reported the mishap.
The large ship, apparently, was heading to Germany and belongs to the Italian multinational Grimaldi Lines, as confirmed hours later by the port authorities, who only gave brief information about this mishap.
Around 4 in the afternoon the location (coordinates) of the ship was: N 21•26.456' W 090•17.697, more or less 40 kilometers from the Sisal coast.
The "Bajo de Madagascar" is home to great marine biodiversity and has a depth of 4 fathoms (about 7 meters), it is also located about 22 nautical miles, equivalent to approximately 40 kilometers from the port of Sisal.
Seamen, in coordination with this small fishing population, demanded before the municipal authorities that the Italian company be held responsible if the stranding caused damage to the reef.
Until now it is unknown if the maritime authorities have already taken notice of the incident which, according to veteran seamen, would be an unprecedented event in the waters of the port of Sisal.
After the two successful unloadings of more than 1,600 cars in the port of Volos, on July 7 and 19, 2023 by a CLdN Ro-Ro, a new ship, the GRANDE ELLADE (Grimaldi Lines), sailed on Thursday, August 10, 2023 to the port from Antwerp, with 1,533 new cars (mercedes, volvo, citroen, peugeot etc.) and 85 ro – ro project machines (caterpillar, john deere etc.).
Continuing my series of pictures of ferries spotted this summer, here are the ones of the Grimaldi Lines family.
Eco Savona entering Livorno harbour in early morning on 22nd August. I'm not sure the green hull was a great idea... it doesn't suit ships well in my opinion ! But I guess it was to emphasis the "Zero Emission in Port" message.
Also on 22nd August, but a bit later, was arriving in Livorno from Olbia the huge Cruise Sardegna.
Cruise Sardegna arriving in Livorno.
Cruise Sardegna arriving in Livorno.
A lot of people on deck to watch the morning arrival !
Cruise Sardegna entering the harbour of Livorno.
Eurocargo Sicilia was seen making very slowly her way to Livorno on 22nd August (maybe waiting for other ships to get in or out).
She's picture at a distance, so the picture is a bit blurry from the heat (I couldn't stay longer and wait for her to get inside the harbour).
hhvferry wrote: ↑10 Jul 2023 22:12
For the record here's a quick and probably incomplete list of fires on Grimaldi ships over the past decade or so. 01/05/2013 Atlantic Cartier Hamburg, Germany
All crew safe; ship resumed service after repairs (Operated by ACL, part of Grimaldi Group) 10/04/2014 Repubblica di Roma Lome, Toga
All crew safe; ship was a total loss 28/04/2015 Sorrento off Palma de Majorca
All on board safe; ship was a total loss (Chartered by Grimaldi to Trasmediterranea) 28/10/2018 Cruise Ausonia NW of Ustica, Italy
All on board safe; ship resumed service after repairs (Engine room fire) 10/03/2019 Grande America Bay of Biscay
All crew rescued; ship subsequently sank 09/04/2019 Grande Sao Paolo Santos, Brazil
All crew safe; ship resumed service after repairs to minor damage (fire broke out after the ship was hit by a runaway truck) 15/05/2019 Grande Europa off Majorca, Spain
All crew safe; ship towed to Palma & subsequently repaired 21/11/2019 Eurocargo Trieste off Livorno, Italy
All on board safe; ship resumed service after repairs 04/06/2020 Höegh Xiamen Jacksonville, Florida, USA
All crew safe; ship was total loss (Vehicle carrier chartered by Grimaldi Deep Sea) 18/06/2020 Cruise Bonaria Olbia, Sardinia
All on board safe; ship resumed service after repairs (Vehicle deck fire broke out as the ship approached port) 18/02/2022 Euroferry Olympia North of Corfu, Greece
11 passengers killed; ship was a total loss 01/08/2022 Ciudad De Alcudia Valencia, Spain
All crew safe; ship resumed service after repairs (Vehicle deck fire whilst in port) 18/02/2023 Grande California off Vigo, Spain
All crew safe; ship continued voyage after fire extinguished 05/07/2023 Grande Costa D’Avorio Port Newark, New Jersey, USA
All crew safe but two firefighters killed; ship a probable total loss
A new entry for our Grimaldi Lines fire list maybe.
Venezia - TBC but expect Ancona-(Corfu)-Igoumenitsa Florencia - TBC but expect Ancona-(Corfu)-Igoumenitsa Catania - Salerno-Palermo-(Tunis) Corfu - Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagliari
GRIMALDI TRASMED Ciudad de Granada (ex-Sorolla) - Valencia-Ibiza, Barcelona-Ibiza, Barcelona-Mahon Ciudad de Palma (ex-Borja Dos, Dimonios) - Barcelona-Palma, Barcelona-Ibiza Ciudad de Barcelona (ex-Volcan del Teide) - Barcelona-(Alcudia)-Mahon, Barcelona-Palma Ciudad de Mahon (ex-Volcan de Tijarafe) - Valencia-Ibizia-(Palma), Barcelona-Ibiza, occasional Palma-Valencia Ciudad de Alcudia (ex-Finnhansa, Euroferry Egnazia) - Valencia-Palma-(Mahon)
MINOAN LINES Kydon Palace (ex-Festos Palace) - Brindisi-(Corfu)-Igoumenitsa Festos Palace (ex-Europa Palace) - Piraeus-(Milos)-Heraklion Knossos Palace (ex-Olympia Palace) - Piraeus-(Milos)-Heraklion Santorini Palace (ex-Highspeed 5) - TBC but expect to run Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Santorini-Heraklion. Counterpart on this route Fast Ferries' Thunder has already confirmed 2024 schedules.
