Venture

AFter its grounding, the 'Venture' was inspected an detained on March 19 with 20 deficiencies,. five of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Pollution Prevention - Sewage communiting and disinfecting system Not as required 2) Pollution Prevention - Sewage treatment plan Not as required 3) Emergency system - Emergency source of power - emergency generator Not as required 4) Water/Weathertight - Covers (Hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulin etc) Not properly maintained 5) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on April 1 and left the port en route to Belfast with an ETA as of April 4. The last detention was only on Jan 15 in the port of: Leith with 15 deficiencies for ten days. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The 'Venture' ran aground short time after leaving the Dradenau Port in Hamburg on the Falkenstein Shore of the Elbe, while sailing downstream on the river towards the Northsea in loaden condition, on March 18, 2025, at around 3.50 p.m. (Lat. 53.5587 Lng. 9.7904) The emergency services attended at the scene at around 4:15 p.m. Smoke was reported coming from the ship. Initially, it was thought the ship had caught fire, and accordingly two fireboats, a multi-purpose boat, and a small fire department boat were deployed. On scene, however, the 45 emergency services determined that the ship had run aground due to an engine damage. The suspicion of a fire was not confirmed. No pollutants were released. According to initial findings, mechanical problems were responsible for the accident. To stabilize the ship, the fire department's boats established a cable connection to the two tugs 'Fairplay 95' (IMO: 9964041) and 'VB Bison (IMO: 9701994). The 'Venture' could be refloated with the rising tide and was pulled back to the Dradenau Port in Hamburg at 5.20 p.m. UTC. After a final inspection, the ship was handed over to the water police at 6.45 p.m. Reports with photos and video: https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/polizei/einsatz-auf-der-elbe-schiff-auf-grund-gelaufen/ https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Frachtschiff-laeuft-vor-Hamburg-Blankenese-auf-Grund,venture100.html https://hamburg.t-online.de/region/hamburg/id_100642006/hamburg-frachtschiff-venture-havariert-auf-der-elbe.html

On Jan 29, the 'Valiant' has returned to service after having suffered steering trouble enroute from Poole on Jan 25 off the coast of Herm. Specialist engineers were called to rectify the steering gear and carry out further repairs on one of the schottels, which was part of the steering system. The ship left Guernsey at 9 a.m. and arrived in St Helier just after 1 p.m. the same day.