Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Filipino, accident reporting, capsize, ferry on Aug 9th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Not unexpectedly, the master of the Sulpicio Lines ferry Princess Of The Stars will be deemed liable by a Board Of Marine Inquiry for its capsize and sinking with the loss of 800 lives. All other factors such as inadequate lashing of [...]
Posted in NTSB, accident reporting, ferry, grounding on Jul 24th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! MASTER’S POOR DECISION LED TO GROUNDING OF PASSENGER VESSEL EMPRESS OF THE NORTH, NTSB DETERMINES
Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the grounding of the Empress of the North was the [...]
Posted in Fire, Uncategorized, capsize, containership, ferry, fire safety, sinking on Jul 7th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 100 firefighters extinguish massive fire on cargo ship
Associated Press - July 6, 2008 11:44 AM ET MIAMI (AP) - More than 100 firefighters have extinguished a massive fire on a cargo ship on the Miami River.
Agency finds safety problems in [...]
Posted in ferry, maritime accidents, ship accident, ship accidents on Mar 13th, 2008
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Canada’s Transportation Safety Board blames poor watchkeeping practices which lead to a course change not being made for the loss of the 8,889 gross tonnes ferry Queen Of The North on March 22, 2006 at Gil Island, Wright Sound, British Columbia, but has declined to [...]
Posted in Somalia, ferry, ship accident, ship accidents on Jan 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Language Barrier Caused Coast Guard To Underestimate SF Bay Oil Spill
AHN - USA
… crew and inexperience in assessing the accident prompted them to initially estimate the oil spill from the m/v Cosco Busan at 140 gallons.Â
Royal Navy finds sunken wreck [...]
Posted in collision, fatality, ferry, human element, sinking on Jan 13th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Two dead in Baltic Sea lifeboat accident
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Two people died and one was seriously injured in a lifeboat accident onboard a container freight ship in the Baltic Sea, officials said.Â
Oil Tanker on Fire at Nigerian [...]
Posted in Bourbon Dolphin, Fire, allision, ferry, grounding, oil, oil spill, oil tanker on Nov 28th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! FATHER OF DEAD FEMALE SEA-FARER DOESN’T BELIEVE IT’S SUICIDE
Niu FM - Auckland,New Zealand
Auckland 6am: The family of the Kiribati woman seafarer said to have hanged herself say they saw no sign that was the case on her body.
Four people and [...]
Posted in Indonesia, Narcotics, collision, fatality, ferry on Oct 23rd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Fatal ship in £155M coke haul
Sunday Mirror - UK
A freighter involved in a fatal accident has been seized off the coast of West Africa with cocaine worth £155million on board. Much of the stash found on
Up to 31 dead in [...]
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