Bob Couttie’s Maritime Accident Casebook

Like us? Bookmark this article! May has turned out to be an interesting month for bilge, and I’m not talking talking Barilary Clintbama and the super delegates, which itself sounds like a Marvel comic (’Super delegate – leaps taller than the highest hyperbole, runs faster than a [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Ship Pilot Charged in San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Case
WASHINGTON—John Joseph Cota, the pilot of the Cosco Busan, the 65,131-ton container ship that collided with the San Francisco Bay Bridge resulting in the discharge of approximately 58,000 gallons of oil, was charged [...]

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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 ship 
Boat slams bridge
Sun.Star [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! VIDEO: Minister: Fire on Ship Cannot be Put Out
The burning ship has started to move away from shore, and the emergency centre in Pula has announced that the drama will continue overnight.
Blazing freighter threatens oil spill off Croatia
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Tug [...]

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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! 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, 

Report on ‘07 sinking [...]

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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.
Another freighter hits bottom in Muskegon
Kalamazoo [...]

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Whatever lays on the other side of the misty horizon of New Year’s Eve one thing is fairly certain: more seafarers will be arrested, fined and jailed following maritime accidents. On particular, punishments for non-compliance with MARPOL regulations will continue to increase [...]

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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 [...]

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Like us? Bookmark this article! Five Egyptians die in Nile river cruise ship fire
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
The accident occurred shortly after an Italian tourist was lightly injured when a charter plane bound for the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm 
Bauxite carrier [...]

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