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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
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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 Barge, Bridge procedures, accident reporting, bridge, bulk carrier on Jul 17th, 2008
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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 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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