Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Canada, Fire, accident reporting, enclosed space, oil tanker on Jul 7th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Captain Gough Everett Wellon, master of a 76,000 tonnes Newfoundland shuttle oil tanker, Kometik, has been found guilty of violating Canadian labour laws in an incident that led to the death of a deckhand and serious injury of a welder in a [...]
Posted in capsize, oil tanker on Mar 26th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! US Coast Guard hunting for lost crew member
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard searched throughout the night for a crew member missing from a fishing vessel that sank off Alaska’s Aleutian …
China sends 44 divers [...]
Posted in capsize, collision, grounding, oil spill, oil tanker, pollution on Mar 7th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Vietnam tanker sinks, 14 missing
BBC News - UK
… maritime authorities have said. One seaman was rescued at the time of the accident on Sunday, but most of the crew were trapped in the hull,One dead, three missing in ship collision: Japan
AFP [...]
Posted in US Coast Guard, explosion, oil, oil spill, oil tanker, pollution, sinking on Feb 2nd, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in collision, oil, oil spill, oil tanker, ship accidents on Jan 29th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Fatal ferry organizer on the run
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
By Dong Zhen 2008-1-25 A MAN who arranged an illegal ferry ride on January 11 that left 10 dead and one still missing after a collision at sea,Â
Report on ‘07 sinking [...]
Posted in Fire, collision, containership, grounding, oil spill, oil tanker on Jan 3rd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Container Vessel Runs Aground Off South Coast of UK (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
2 (Bloomberg) — A container ship ran aground in the Dover Strait, the world’s busiest shipping lane, the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard agency said.
Bering Sea – disabled freighter The US [...]
Posted in Offshore tug, capsize, collision, oil, oil tanker, pollution on Dec 22nd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Fears grow for missing tug crew
Metro - London,UK
Ian Plater, sector manager for Clyde Maritime & Coastguard Agency, said: “We commenced our search at first light this morning. Most of the assets and units
‘Series of problems in Dolphin disaster’
The Herald [...]
Posted in casualties, oil spill, oil tanker on Dec 9th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! South Korea Coast Guard Battles Supertanker Oil Spill (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
The Taean Coast Guard deployed 12 patrol boats and 3 accident control boats to contain the spill, Jeong said. The tanker was carrying crude oil for Hyundai …
Ferry Boat [...]
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 oil, oil spill, oil tanker, pilotage, pollution, sinking on Nov 21st, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! UM ship damages reef, keeps it quiet
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
”On a personal level, I’m just mortified it happened, but it was an accident,” said Brown, who is leading an internal investigation. .
Driver won’t be charged in port accident that killed worker
The [...]
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