Bob Couttie’s Maritime Accident Casebook

Like us? Bookmark this article! xpect to see much discussion on the effectiveness or otherwise of Ship Security Alert Systems over the next few weeks with the scheduled publication of a study by former BIMCO International Liaison Officer Thomas Timlen, now visiting research fellow in the Maritime [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! 1 dead, 5 missing after boat sinks off SKorea’s east coast
International Herald Tribune - France
Meanwhile, rescuers were searching off the nation’s southern coast for 14 sailors feared dead in a separate accident involving their ship that was carrying
Norwegian [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! It’s big, it’s yellow and white and someone out there is missing a… er… whatever it is that washed up on the west of Benbecula after apparently falling off a ship.  The  photo is copyright so you’ll have to check out [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Domestos, a British brand of disinfectant, used to boast “kills 99 per cent of all known germs”, to which some wag added “It’s the 1 per cent that kills you”. I was reminded of it when Icame across a particularly thoughtful slide [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! The UK’s MAIB has released the results of its investigation into the collision between the yacht Whispa and the LPG carrier Gas Monarch. The report comes in the wake of the clearing of manslaughter charges against a ship’s officer for the deaths [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Suspected Sunken Shipwreck Found
Korea Times - South Korea
By Kim Rahn The Navy has found an object on the sea floor which is suspected of being the hull of the cargo vessel Eastern Bright, which sank Tuesday in
Heavy storms to keep [...]

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Whatever lays on the other side of the misty horizon of New Year’s Eve one thing is fairly certain: more seafarers will be arrested, fined and jailed following maritime accidents. On particular, punishments for non-compliance with MARPOL regulations will continue to increase [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! S. Korea locates wreckage believed to be missing ship
USA Today - USA
The latest maritime accident came as South Korea battles to contain the nation’s worst-ever oil spill, after a wayward barge hit a supertanker Dec. …
Ship runs aground near [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Nitric Acid-Carrying Cargo Vessel Goes Missing
A cargo vessel carrying chemicals sank in seas off Yeosu yesterday. A sailor of the vessel was rescued but 14 of the crew are still missing. The ship, carrying 2,000 tons of nitric acid, may cause serious [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! After more than 200 years, Liverpool finally gets a push-pin in the global atlas of piracy after two men in disguise attempted to board a ship on the Mersey. Actually, it’s a tiny bit of a stretch to call it piracy but [...]

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