Tag: collision

The Vanuatu-flagged cable ship 'Star Centurion' capsized following collision with the Hong Kong-flagged tanker 'Antea' on Sunday, in the Indonesian waters of the Singapore Straits, authorities informed on Monday. The collision took place just north of Bintan, an Indonesian island in the Riau Islands province that sits opposite Singapore.

According to investigators the watch officer on board the Tunisian vessel Ulysse was talking on his phone, while the watch officer on the container ship Virginia did not attend to radar alarms. This caused the collision between the two ships in Corsica on October 7, which also led to an oil spill.

An inland cargo ship collided with the bulk carrier Daio Southern Cross, on January 7, off Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. After the collision, the cargo ship split in half and sunk, carrying five crewmembers. Of them, four were rescued, while the body of the missing crewmember was found in the ship’s cabin during a search and rescue operation.

This video is a compilation of ships crashing into bridges. Sailing under a bridge requires attention, as if the ship hits it, significant damages can take place. Whether this happened due to bad luck or inappropriate calculations, the lesson is one. A careful sailing is crucial in these situations.

The West of England Club informed that it has experienced two claims where, in separate incidents, a container vessel and a tanker inexplicably lost control whilst departing port under pilotage. Namely, one vessel made contact with an oil jetty causing notable damage to the face of the berth, while the other left ran aground on top of a submarine pipeline.

A Chinese general cargo vessel, 'YUSHENG 366' sank in the waters south of Hong Kong after a collision with a CMA CGM containership in the early hours of Monday, December 24. The crew abandoned the ship, immediately, and they were, all, safely rescued.

The Norwegian military released a video footage of the damage to the frigate Helge Ingstad, which sank last month after colliding with a merchant tanker on the approaches to Bergen, Norway.

The Seafarers International Research Centre has published the results of an analysis of maritime accident investigation reports for the period 2002-2016. Collision, close quarters and contact were the most common accidents, with inadequate lookout being the main cause. In general, ‘inadequate risk management’ was most commonly identified as an immediate and a contributory cause of accidents.

The 691-foot-long cruise ship Silver Spirit crashed into a mooring dolphin in Key West, on November 28, due to heavy winds. Because of the crash, Mallory Square will be unusable for three months. The ship was not significantly damaged, while no injuries were reported.

US NTSB published its report on the allision of the container ship 'Helsinki Bridge', with the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal on December 6, 2017. According to the report, the Massachusetts Port Authority did not provide proper berthing arrangements during ongoing construction at the Conley Container Terminal.