ISTANBUL, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A Turkish cargo ship with 10 crew on board sank in the Black Sea near the Asian side of Istanbul early on Wednesday morning, according to the coast guard. The cause was still unclear. The ship, Bilal Bal, was carrying cast iron from Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa to the northern province of Zonguldak, the Dogan news agency … [Read more...]
Derrick Barge DB-1 Partially Sinks in Gulf of Mexico
The derrick barge DB-1 has partially sunk in the Gulf of Mexico after a powerful squall caused it strike an underwater platform jacket that it was working to remove. The owner of the barge, Louisiana-based TOPS, LLC, confirmed the circumstances of the incident to gCaptain in the following statement: Oct 22 morning Storms developed from a non forecasted direction … [Read more...]
Eleven Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Crimea
MOSCOW, April 19 (Reuters) - A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey sunk off the coast of Crimea early on Wednesday morning and 11 of the crew are missing, Crimea's emergency situations ministry said. It said that the Panama-flagged vessel 'Geroi Arsenala' had sent an SOS signal when it was located 14 nautical miles off the Crimean coast. The Interfax news agency … [Read more...]
Seven Crew Rescued After Cargo Ship ‘Fluvius Tamar’ Sinks in North Sea
The UK Coastguard coordinated an extensive search and rescue effort overnight after a 90-meter cargo ship sank in the North Sea approximately 35 nautical miles northeast of Ramsgate, England. All seven crew members were rescued safely after abandoning ship in the dark. France’s Préfet Maritime reported that the Barbados-flagged M/V Fluvius Tamar sank at about 1 a.m. in … [Read more...]
Crew Rescues as North Korean Cargo Ship Sinks Off Japan
TOKYO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A North Korean cargo vessel carrying rice sank off the west coast of Japan's westernmost major island of Kyushu on Thursday after springing a leak, but all 26 crew members were rescued without sustaining injuries, Japan's coastguard said. It has not been decided how to send the crew, all of them North Koreans, to their home country, a coastguard … [Read more...]