Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in maritime safety news on Feb 28th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! We’ve received a report in confidence regarding a crane boom failure on an offshore rig leading to one fatality and another person still missing.
On 20th February a crew on the jack-up rig Rowan Gorilla IV in the Gulf of Mexico was installing [...]
Posted in maritime safety news on Feb 28th, 2008
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Search resumes for crew of missing ship
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
The International Maritime Bureau, Kuala Lumpur already has ruled out the possibility of marine piracy. The families of the missing sailors, meanwhile,
Sinking ship feeds flames in new Gib row
Olive Press - [...]
Posted in maritime safety news on Feb 27th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! It looks like social networking site Facebook where MAC has a maritime safety group, might do a Quiapo on the web if a press release from the UK’s Maritime And Coastguard Agency is any indication.
Although it concerns a private yacht and a [...]
Posted in grounding, maritime accidents, pollution on Feb 27th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! At least 11 missing in boat mishaps off Chinese coast
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Hangzhou (China), Feb 25 (Xinhua) Chinese maritime rescue service officials are searching for at least 11 seamen who have been missing off the east coast
Leylon Sneed Runs Aground [...]
Posted in maritime safety news on Feb 26th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! At least 11 missing in boat mishaps off Chinese coast
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Hangzhou (China), Feb 25 (Xinhua) Chinese maritime rescue service officials are searching for at least 11 seamen who have been missing off the east coast
Oil rig collision probe [...]
Posted in maritime safety news on Feb 26th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Department stores attach radio frequency Identity, RFID, tags on their goods to ensure that, for instance, their DVD players go out the front door by way of the cash register rather than tucked down some light fingered granny’s bloomers. New versions of [...]
Posted in maritime safety news on Feb 25th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 13 Die in Boat Crash in Amazon River
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
Brasilia, 22 Feb (Prensa Latina) The authorities and first aid lifesavers reinitiated the search for people disappeared during the shipwreck of the ship of
25 Indians on board Panama vessel feared [...]
Posted in maritime accidents on Feb 25th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! If maritime news is the art of stating the obvious then the recent statement by DNV Maritime’s principal safety consultant Dr. Torkel Soma about the worsening situation regarding navigational accidents was big news. Certainly it came as no surprise to anyone who [...]
Posted in maritime accidents, maritime safety news, ship accident, ship accidents on Feb 23rd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! From Det Norske Veritas
Singapore: Updated figures for 2007 show that the losses from navigational accident within the shipping industry are continuing to increase. This trend is also confirmed by the insurance industry. Premiums may increase by as much as 30 per cent [...]
Posted in maritime safety news on Feb 23rd, 2008
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20 Feared Dead in Brazil Ship Collision
The Associated Press -
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Twenty people were reported missing and feared dead Thursday when a ferryboat with more than 100 passengers sank to the bottom of
Japan coast [...]
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