Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in maritime crime, piracy on Sep 18th, 2008
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As of 2pm Japan time, as follows:
1) The vessel’s Master has confirmed on email and phone that all crew on board are safe and unharmed. All crew are confined to one location - the ship’s wheelhouse - but are being allowed to [...]
Posted in casualties, maritime crime on Jul 4th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Senior officials in the maritime accident investigation department of the Panama Maritime Authority have told Maritime Accident Casebook that fraud is still being considered in the disappearance of the general cargo carrier M/V Rezzak earlier this year. Panama and other states [...]
Posted in accident reporting, maritime accidents, maritime crime on May 28th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Two bodies found in ship’s hold
The bodies of two men have been found in the hold of a ship docked at Ayr harbour, police have said. Officers were alerted to the discovery on the 90m-long cargo ship, The Pascal, at about 1440 [...]
Posted in grounding, maritime accidents, maritime crime, oil, oil spill, oil spill contingency plan, pollution, ship accident, ship accidents, sinking on Mar 12th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Three dead, one missing in SW China boat crash
Xinhua - China
The accident happened on the Wu River in Changshou District at 8 pm when a passenger ship from the suburban Fuling District crashed with the cargo shipÂ
Boat slams bridge
Sun.Star [...]
Posted in maritime accidents, maritime crime on Mar 5th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Felixstowe cranes collapse in high winds
03 Mar 2008
Two ship-to-shore gantry cranes at Felixstowe’s Landguard Terminal ended up in a mangled heap on the quayside at the weekend after a ship delivering three new ship-to-shore cranes to the port broke loose from its [...]
Posted in maritime accident casebook, maritime accidents, maritime crime on Dec 28th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in maritime accident casebook, maritime crime, maritime safety news on Nov 14th, 2007
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Crew member escapes from hijacked Japanese tanker
AFP -
It has urged the pirates to abandon the vessels. The CTF-150 also operates under international maritime conventions to secure international waters for
Lobster boat sinking takes captain’s life
CBC New Brunswick - New Brunswick,Canada
The [...]
Posted in accident reporting, maritime accidents, maritime crime on Oct 19th, 2007
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Captain missing in Greek cargo ship collision
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
It was the second maritime accident near Thessaloniki in less than a week. Last Friday, a Greek ferry collided with a fishing boat 23 km off the coast.
Canadian [...]
Posted in Nautical Institute, maritime crime, pollution on Oct 3rd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Increasingly, Masters are finding themselves at the pointy end of criminal charges, facing heavy fines and imprisonment for pollution incidents and shipowners need to stop paying lip-service to anti-pollution regulations and get their act together, says the Nautical Institute.
In an article in [...]
Posted in Maritime Accident Casebook Toolbar, Maritime English, maritime accident casebook, maritime accidents, maritime crime on Sep 21st, 2007
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