Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in capsize, collision, collision regulations, maritime accidents, pilotage, sinking on Nov 20th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Following MAC’s forceful comments on claims regarding the capsize and sinking of the east German cargo ship Magdeburg after a collision with a Japanese ship, Yamashiro Maru, made by journalist Andrew Rosthorn and ‘naval historian’ E. John McGarry that the Central Intelligence [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! Five ships, two under gunfire, deterred attacks by Puntland pirates in the Gulf Of Aden in one day alone. Lessons, it seems, are being learned.
Evasive manoeuvering and fire hoses were used to defend the vessels, which have not been named, on [...]
Posted in capsize, explosion, maritime safety, maritime safety news, piracy, sinking on Oct 19th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Cargo ship blows up at Southpoint
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
The blast is believed to have ripped open the bottom of the vessel, causing it to start sinking immediately. The fire department, marine police and the
Pirates Hijack 8 Nigerian Vessels
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Posted in collision, maritime accidents, ship accident, sinking on Aug 6th, 2008
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Filling big, expensive ships with ill-trained mariners from the third world with but a smattering of English is nothing new, if recent research into the sinking of the, brief, pride of Henry VIII’s fleet in 1545 if Professor Hugh Montgomery, a medical [...]
Posted in AMSA, accident reporting, capsize, classification, collision, sinking on Jul 19th, 2008
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Mersey chemical spill contained
ABC Online - Australia
The Environment Department and the Fire Service were called early this afternoon, after a container on the ship, Searoad Mersey, spilled about 500 litres of
Seamec vessel damaged in accident
Equity [...]
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 accident reporting, capsize, sinking on Jul 5th, 2008
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Poor training, questionable communications, stability and God have come into the firing line [...]
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 Man Overboard, collision, sinking on Feb 21st, 2008
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Video shows man’s plunge from cruise ship
After calling off its search for a missing cruise ship crew member Tuesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday has begun looking again.
The reason: A video has surfaced of the 28-year-old Chinese national falling overboard [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! Japanese Navy Collision With Fishing Vessel Leaves Two Missing
Bloomberg - USA
By Takashi Hirokawa Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — Two people are missing after a Japanese Navy destroyer collided with and sank a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean …
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