Tag: collision

A US guided-missile cruiser and Navy resupply vessel have collided off the coast of Florida during a training exercise on February 5, according to the US Naval Institute (USNI). From the collision there were no casualties addressed, whereas only minor damage above the waterline to both ships was reported.

Although the delay was long concerning weather conditions, the salvage process for the sunken Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad is almost completed, and the Norwegian Navy expects to raise it on February 7 for transport to a nearby naval base. Salvage divers managed to remove the majority of the frigate's missiles and torpedoes for disposal. As the torpedoes were too sensitive to be transferred, they were destroyed nearby.

On 11th February 2015, the Marshall Islands registered oil tanker Alexandra 1 and the United Kingdom registered container ship Ever Smart collided near the entrance to the buoyed approach channel in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. The analysis of this collision highlights important key lessons, taking into consideration that both vessels were modern, equipped with advanced systems for navigation & communication and manned with certified experienced crews, under the supervision and guidance of a VTS collided, within Port limits.

The city of Troy in New York published a video depicting several unmanned boats and vessels pass beneath the Troy-Menands Bridge on the Hudson River. The vessels broke free of their moorings on Friday, January 25, because of heavy rainfall and ice flow on the Hudson River. One of them, a river cruise boat, broke its moorings and drifted downstream, hitting a bridge and wedging itself under another in Albany.

This video depicts a collision between the ferry Cruise Olbia, with the ferry Athara at Olbia port, Sardinia, Italy, on January 24. The collision was minor, but it caused damage to both ships. The collision took place probably due to rough weather. Athara's bridge wing was damaged and remained at port, while Cruise Olbia continued her voyage after leaving Olbia harbor.

Chinese icebreaker 'Xue Long' collided on an iceberg in Antarctic, during its 35th Antarctic research mission, on January 19. After the collision the icebreaker avoided any mechanical casualties and according to the Ministry of Natural Resources there were no injuries reported concerning the crew onboard.

The Bournemouth Crown Court has started trial over a crash incident in Poole Harbour, southern England, September 2017, when the Captain of the 50ft-long ferry 'Maid of Poole' reportedly crashed on purpose on a dinghy, injuring the driver, over a parking row. 

Transport Malta's MSIU issued an investigation report on the collision of the Maltese-registered bulk carrier 'Doris' with the fishing vessel 'Zhe Xiang Yu 24005', in January 2018. The report identified as a key cause the close quarter situation developing to an extent that it could not be recovered.

On January 13, the pipelay vessel Star Centurion capsized and partially sank in the Singapore Strait after a collision with a product tanker. All 22 crewmembers evacuated safely, and no casualties were reported. The collision took place at an anchorage off Bintan Island, Indonesia, near the eastern entrance to the strait. No pollution or injuries have been reported from either vessel.

20 crew members were rescued from Vanuatu-flagged MV Star Centurion, after it capsized in the Indonesian waters of Singapore Straits after a collision with a Hong Kong-flagged tanker MT Antea, on January 13 according to the Jakarta Post. The first responders to the incident were Singaporean authorities. Indonesian navy has also dispatched search and rescue vessels to the site.