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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
THISDAY - [...]
Posted in IMO, accident reporting, capsize, maritime accident casebook, maritime accidents on Aug 30th, 2008
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While the report of Board Of Marine Inquiry, BMI, in the Philippines on the capsize of the Princess Of The Seas in a typhoon with the loss of more than 700 lives, has met its primary objective, establishing liability for the incident [...]
Posted in Filipino, accident reporting, capsize, ferry on Aug 9th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Not unexpectedly, the master of the Sulpicio Lines ferry Princess Of The Stars will be deemed liable by a Board Of Marine Inquiry for its capsize and sinking with the loss of 800 lives. All other factors such as inadequate lashing of [...]
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 accident reporting on Jul 22nd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! By coincidence, this week could be dubbed ‘Ferry Cropper Week”. In the Philippines the Board of Marine Inquiry is to release its report on the sinking of the Sulpicio Line’s ferry Princess Of The Stars, which cost more than 700 lives, while [...]
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 Barge, Bridge procedures, accident reporting, bridge, bulk carrier on Jul 17th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Bridge Alarms on the Button for Denmark
After the general cargo ship KAREN DANIELSEN collided with the Great Belt Bridge in 2005, Denmark and the Bahamas submitted a proposal to the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) on a carriage requirement for a bridge [...]
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 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 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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