Bob Couttie’s Maritime Accident Casebook

Like us? Bookmark this article! Two injured in boiler explosion off Port Stephens
Newcastle Herald - Newcastle,Australia
The two Filipino men, aged 51 and 31, were stabilised on board the ship while the Hunter Westpac rescue helicopter raced to the scene, some 41 nautical
MV Ocean Papa [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Cargo ship blows up at Southpoint
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
The blast is believed to have ripped open the bottom of the vessel, causing it to start sinking immediately. The fire department, marine police and the
Pirates Hijack 8 Nigerian Vessels
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Like us? Bookmark this article! Sharp eyes picked up on a headline in Maritime Safety News for 16th June: “The LNG Threat:Liquefied Natural Gas Tankers Remain Giant Terror Targets on the extremist American website The Cutting Edge,. We would have ignored it except [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! 10 fishermen feared dead in South Korean shipwreck
Times of India - India
All the 10 fishermen are feared dead,” a spokesman for Jeju Maritime Police said. The 136-tonne ship named the 102 Soyang went down 65 kilometres (40 miles)

Stricken ferry runs aground
Melbourne [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Just as soon as my sore throat clears up we’ll be posting The Case Of The Unfamiliar Mariner, the story of the explosion and sinking of the Bow Mariner. In the meantime, here’s some video of that sad ship’s end.
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Like us? Bookmark this article! ou might wonder whether a 90 year old disaster can have much to teach today’s seafarers. Yes it can. Today is the 90th anniversary of the Halifax explosion that followed the collision of a munitions ship and a relief ship in the [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Boiler No. 23 on the S/S Norway, formerly the France, exploded on May 25, 2003 in Miami, Florida, killing eight crewmembers, seriously injuring 10, with another seven minor injuries. Damage was estimated at up to $23m.
The Norway was one of the last [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Fire extinguishers can be deadly, as this recent safety flash from the Marine Safety Forum shows. We’ve mentioned this before on Maritime Accident Casebook and I’d like to hear about other cases that you might be aware of through our confidential reporting [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! One of those ‘it probably won’t happen to you’ situations, but then, they always are:
An old foam-filled fire extinguisher was found among the debris of an engine room which was being prepared for dismantling. When an attempt was made to move the [...]

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