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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 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 [...]
Posted in accident reporting, maritime safety news on Jun 20th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 2 workers killed, 5 hurt in shipyard mishap
Straits Times - Singapore
Fourteen others were hurt in the explosion on the Rainbow Star. No explosion took place on Wednesday on board the ship that was being converted into a
Man Crushed in Barge Incident
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Oil spills as merchant ships collide off Uruguay
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Merchant ships from Greece and Malta collided off the coast of Uruguay, dumping fuel oil from one of the vessels, Uruguay’s Navy said on Wednesday in a statement.
A government environmental official said [...]
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