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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

Video Update: Phillippines Ferry Sinking

June 25, 2008
Total Views: 4

Monday, June 23, 2008
Incidents

Princess Of The Stars Capsized: Death Comes Early For Ferry Victims

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

June 23, 2008
Total Views: 643

Lifesaving Incidents

MV Princess Of Stars – Ferry Capsizes In Philippines Typhoon

CNN sends news of a tragic ferry capsize in the Phillipines. They write: Rescuers have found at least 33 survivors and at least six dead among the nearly 750

June 23, 2008
Total Views: 644

Sunday, June 22, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

The Coast Guard’s Most Extreme Rescue – Alaska Ranger

In a feature appropriately titled “Worst Case Scenario” Popular Mechanics brings us “The Coast Guard’s Most Extreme Rescue –

June 22, 2008
Total Views: 162

Friday, June 20, 2008
Fire Incidents

Fire In Icey Waters – M/V India Lotus

Coast Guard officials say a fire aboard a container ship in the North Pacific has been put out. The 781-foot India Lotus, from Malta, reported a fire in the

June 20, 2008
Total Views: 10

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Maritime Security

Hospital Ship Mercy – Under Fire In The Philippines

The NY Times reports on unfortunate news from the ship I’d most like to sail on, the Hospital Ship Mercy. They write: Though countries in Southeast Asia

June 10, 2008
Total Views: 26

Saturday, June 7, 2008
Oil Spill

Cosco Busan Owners Blame California

Today’s AP wire tells us: The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit six months ago accusing the pilot and the owner of the Cosco Busan of breaking

June 7, 2008
Total Views: 24

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Lifeboat Aground

Just some of the flotsam from the MSC Napoli. Read all the details at

June 4, 2008
Total Views: 5

Monday, May 26, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Norwegian Spirit

Yesterday the passengers of the cruise ship Norwegian Spirit were, as the Daily News headline reads, “Cruising For A Bruising”, yesterday as the

May 26, 2008
Total Views: 26

Sunday, May 25, 2008
Incidents

Error In Navigation – Tracing Paper Blamed

The Guardian tells us: A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine needed £5m worth of repairs after it struck the seabed because a piece of tracing paper covered

May 25, 2008
Total Views: 22

Friday, May 23, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

EPIRBs Failure – The Investigation Continues

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL EDITION By Robin Storm Both Captain John Konrad of gCaptain and I have written much on the importance of GPIRBs and EPIRBs

May 23, 2008
Total Views: 197

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – M/V New Flame

Photo of the M/V New Flame. Marine Link has the details of this incident HERE. Video can be found

May 22, 2008
Total Views: 3

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Fire Incidents

A Forgotten Tragedy: America’s Worst Maritime Disaster

On April 27, 1865 the Mississippi River paddlewheeler, Sultana, was utterly destroyed when a boiler explosion ripped through the ship. The legal capacity of

May 21, 2008
Total Views: 81

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

Incident Video – M/V Ice Prince

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9aqztvdTw . For more information on this incident view our previous coverage: English Channel Abandoment – M/V Ice

May 17, 2008
Total Views: 10

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Incidents

B.C. Ferry Damage

MV Coastal Renaissance, Courtesy B.C. Ferries NANAIMO (NEWS1130) is reporting: B.C. Ferries has confirmed one of its shiny new ships has sustained some damage

May 14, 2008
Total Views: 3

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Research Boat Russell W. Peterson

Photo of the research boat Russell W. Peterson takes on water about 14 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, Del., Monday, May 12, 2008. Video of this

May 13, 2008
Total Views: 11

Thursday, May 8, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Lifeboat Bottle Explosion

The Marine Safety Forum gives us information on this lifeboat air bottle explosion: A gas bottle exploded in a lifeboat of a vessel during the process of

May 8, 2008
Total Views: 91

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

Mass Evacuation Of European Cruise Ship

The BBC tells us: Latvian authorities have begun evacuating hundreds of people from a cruise ship stuck on a sandbank. So far tugs have failed to free the

May 6, 2008
Total Views: 4

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – MSC Sabrina

CargoLaw.com brings us this week’s incident photo. At first glance this could just be two ships at anchor, waiting on weather. To uncover the incident

May 1, 2008
Total Views: 37

Sunday, April 27, 2008
Maritime Security

Pirates free Spanish boat, crew

CNN.com/world is reporting: MADRID, Spain (CNN) — The crew of a Spanish fishing boat seized by pirates last week off the coast of Somalia has been freed,

April 27, 2008
Total Views: 3
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