Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
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 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 safety news, ship accident, ship accidents on Feb 23rd, 2008
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Singapore: Updated figures for 2007 show that the losses from navigational accident within the shipping industry are continuing to increase. This trend is also confirmed by the insurance industry. Premiums may increase by as much as 30 per cent [...]
Posted in US Coast Guard, grounding, maritime accidents, maritime safety news, ship accidents, sinking on Feb 14th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 25 feared dead in Uganda boat collision
AFP -
Sixteen managed to swim away… but 25 are believed dead,” he said, adding the feared death toll would make the collision one of Uganda’s deadliest everÂ
Storms Upset Miss. River Ships, Kill [...]
Posted in maritime accidents, ship accident, ship accidents, sinking on Feb 4th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 2 dead in tug boat sinking
Globe and Mail - Canada
The coast guard dispatched a Cormorant helicopter, a Hercules aircraft, and two vessels to the scene, but spokesman Christopher Fitzgerald says things  Dubai ship sinks off Manama
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Strong winds [...]
Posted in ship accident, ship accidents on Jan 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Part 2 of The Case Of The Unfamiliar Mariner, the first episode in our second series of Maritime Accident Casebooks is now on line here.
We have also done a small re-edit of Part 1.
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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, 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 allision, collision, containership, oil spill, pollution, ship accidents, sinking on Jan 27th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Titas pipeline on blaze after hit by trawler
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
“Soon after the propeller of the vessel hit the pipeline with a bang, a huge swirl was created in the river and we thought our boat was sinking,” saidÂ
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Posted in Bourbon Dolphin, accident reporting, allision, bridge, casualties, collision, grounding, maritime accidents, ship accidents, sinking on Jan 19th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Total Responds to Erika Verdict
The French oil giant is “disappointed” that the Paris Criminal Court imposed a fine for the maritime pollution that occurred as result of the 1999 sinking of the tanker Erika.
UK – update re sinking of ICE PRINCE The [...]
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