Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Local reports in the Philippines quote Philippine Coastguard officials rely on cellphones and text messages to get the co-ordinates of ships in trouble because they don’t have the capability of receiving EPIRB signals.
Writing in the Philippine Inquirer, a report by Leila Salaverria [...]
Posted in grounding, maritime accidents on Jul 9th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Fatal accident at Savannah ports
WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
They say an International Longshoremen was working with the Stevedore Society of America near or on the vessel, The Saga Journey when the accident occurred.
The Spirit of Nantucket runs aground - again
The Virginian-Pilot - [...]
Posted in accident reporting on Jun 23rd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Death came early this year. The typhoon season has only just started and already, brightly coloured flop-flop rubber sandals are arriving on the coastlines of Sibuyan in the central Philippines. They are very small slippers because many children were among the 800 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! We have reports of a ferry capsize involving the deaths of more than 800, four survivors. We’ll give more when it has been confirrned. The vessel was the Princess Of The Stars, operated by Sulpicio Lines.
It is probable that a board of [...]
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