Incidents
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
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
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
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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 –
Friday, June 20, 2008
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
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Incident Photo Of The Week – Lifeboat Aground
Just some of the flotsam from the MSC Napoli. Read all the details at
Monday, May 26, 2008
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
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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
Friday, May 23, 2008
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
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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
Saturday, May 17, 2008
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
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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
Sunday, April 27, 2008
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,
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