Lifesaving Incidents

Salvors have removed a total of 566 containers from Rena by Svitzer, and a further 72  have been recovered from the shore or sea by Braemar Howells container

The Master and Second Officer of the cargo vessel Rena today pleaded guilty to 10 out of the 11 charges laid by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) against the men

Tragic news from Nick Cutmore, Secretary General of the International Maritime Pilots’ Association… We have the sad duty to inform you of the

Horizon Lines’ Chief Mate Steven Itson gives a replay of the rescue at sea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPNb_uRhG_c The crew of the 38-foot sailboat

Michael Crye is the executive vice president of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world’s largest cruise association. In this

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the MOL-operated containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank

On February 1st, the passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen sank in heavy seas off Papua Guinea.  The search for survivors continues. Papua New Guinea’s

A Papua-New Guinea (PNG) flagged passenger ship/RoRo sunk yesterday in heavy seas off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea.  350 people are reported to have

Yesterday marked 32 years since the sinking of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crewmembers lost their lives during

Salvors working on the stricken M/V Rena are focusing primarily on removing containers from the bow section ahead of heavy weather that is forecasted over the

– by Captain Bill Doherty, Director of Maritime Relations, Nexus Consulting  Critical Incident Management Systems (CIMS) are only as good at the

Serious, and unambiguous statements by Dr Valeria Montesarchio from the Court of Grosseto.  The following are a few highlights, the entire transcript is

Chevron Nigeria reports they have suspended their search for the 2 missing rig workers from the jack up rig that blew out and caught fire on 16 January.  It

Wall Street Journal News Radio host Michael Castner discusses the actions of the Costa Concordia’s Captain, Francesco Schettino, with Rob

Over the past three days I’ve heard a lot of back and forth about the captain of the Costa Concordia and his actions during the evacuation of his ship

A senior United Nations official today called for a thorough investigation into the incident involving the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off

[Disclaimer] the following story was reportedly written by the GSM of the Concordia but is unverified as of Monday morning.  If true, it goes against what has

ROME (Dow Jones)–The chief executive of Carnival Corp.’s (CCL) Costa Crociere SpA blamed the captain of the shipwrecked Concordia

There is clearly a lot of speculation about what happened on board the Costa Concordia that led to her tragic demise.  Was it a navigational error?  Did the