Tag: collision

The reefer Kam Star hit the port tug Yaropolk that was moored in the harbor of Petropavlovsk Port, Kmchatka, Russia, in the morning of February 28.

A cargo ship, carrying almost 800 tons of coal, capsized at Pashur channel near Mongla port of Bagerhat, Bangladesh, on Sunday morning, after collision with another vessel the previous night, local media reported. 

JTSB issued an investigation report on the collision of the oil/chemical tanker EOS with the cargo ship AISHO No.8, in the Nagoya Port North Passage, Aichi Prefecture, in March 2019. The investigation stressed that each master respectively attempted to avoid the incident, but course signals made using international signal flags were not checked and VHF communication was not maintained.

A containership collided with a crane near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on February 21, causing the collapse of the crane onto the vessel.

TSB Canada issued an investigation report on the collision of the bulk carriers Golden Cecilie and Green K-Max 1 in the Plumper Sound, British Columbia, in March 2020. The Golden Cecilie suffered dragging anchor due to heavy winds, the report reveals, stressing that the crew did not follow established procedures to ready the vessel for impending adverse weather conditions. 

The owner, the Captain and the third officer of the Italian oil tanker 'Vulcanello' were arrested Thursday in connection to a suspected collision with a trawler, which killed three fishermen in May 2020.

The criminal case from a 2019 accident in which the cruise ship MSC Opera collided with a river cruise ship and the dock while arriving in Venice has ended. As a result, the captain and crew will see jail time.

A Japanese submarine and a commercial vessel collided off the Pacific coast on February 8. Due to the accident, three of the submarine’s crew suffered minor injuries, while the submarine was slightly damaged but still able to sail.

Five crew members from a tugboat are missing after it collided with a containership in the Java Sea. A total of eight crew members were rescued after the accident.

Claims arising from incidents involving vessels under pilotage have exceeded US $1.8 billion in the 20 years between 1999 and 2019, according to data by the International Group of P&I Clubs (IG Clubs).