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Three men were injured after a pipe burst onboard the cutter suction dredge 'C.R. McCaskill', while the vessel was operating off the coast of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, in the afternoon hours of Monday. Initial eyewitness reports suggested that an explosion had occurred, due to the magnitude of the blast.

Over 100 people were evacuated from the passenger ship 'Lite Ferry 28' after a fire broke out onboard, while the ship was sailing approximately 300 meters off Taloot Port Argao, Cebu, in the afternoon hours of Sunday, 2 September, the Philippine Coast Guard informed. 

Two crew members suffering injuries were evacuated after a fall onboard the 177-meter bulk carrier 'Bona', on the evening hours of 28 August. The two men were seriously injured after a wave washed over the vessel in heavy seas causing them to be washed up against machinery onboard the vessel.

The fatal grounding of Costa Concordia cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea, resulting in 32 deaths, 64 serious injuries, and a ship total loss. The casualty remains a classic example of how human error, lack of alertness and failure of compliance with procedures can lead to maritime disasters.

An Indonesian-flagged RORO ferry crashed into shore at high speed, while approaching Kendari port, southeast Sulawesi island, Indonesia, in late hours of November 23, the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency informed.

On Wednesday afternoon, NSRI East London were alerted by the Transnet National Ports Authority, following reports of two sailors requiring urgent patient evacuation off the ship, sailing from Abijan to Durban. The two men were reported to be unconscious and suspected to be suffering from Malaria.

On Friday noon, 68 passengers and crew members onboard the Robben Island passenger ferry "Thandi" were evacuated, after the ship was reported to be taking water, off Table Bay, South Africa, the Transnet National Ports Authority informed.

VIKING will showcase its new solutions and servicing concepts in a forthcoming exhibition. The company says their products combine all the advantages of modern lifeboats, such as self-propelled maneuverability, with the flexibility, comfort and smaller footprint of liferafts. In addition, their new storage and launch unit, is expected to set new standards for innovation, functionality and aesthetics in deckside or hull-integrated evacuation systems.

Revolutionising how rescues can be conducted in the future Quickly and efficiently evacuating passengers and crew from a ship in case of emergency is a matter of life and death. With a view to prevent tragedies such as the sinking of COSTA Concordia in 2012, the LYNCEUS project set out to revolutionise how rescues can be conducted.The sinking of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia in 2012 - and the reported difficulties in evacuating over 4,000 people with the eventual loss of 32 lives -underlined the urgent need to accurately trace passengers during emergencies. Indeed, while most people on board were brought ashore during a six-hour evacuation, the search for missing passengers and crew continued for several months.In response, the three-year LYNCEUS project, which ends in early 2015, set about revolutionising how rescues can be conducted in the future. The team sought to adapt low-power wireless technologies in order to help localise and track passengers, and thus improve search and rescue operations. Innovative wireless tags have been developed that can be embedded into life jackets, providing rescuers with the exact location of every passenger and crew member during an evacuation. A radar device has also been developed to detect the ...