Tag: fatality onboard

A huge wave hit the Viking Ocean Cruises vessel "Viking Polaris" off Argentina, on November 30, killing one person and injuring four more.

EMSA published its Annual Overview of Marine Casualties and Incidents for 2022, informing that 2,637 marine casualties and incidents were reported.

A seafarer of a Russian ship died on November 11, after a crane cable snapped, and goods fell on him.

A Filipino seafarer who stabbed a killed another crew onboard the MSC Ravenna containership, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.

A crewmember from a vessel at the port of Charleston, South Carolina lost his life during a linehandling accident, on October 26.

According to the Ukrainian Operational Command South, Russian fire hit two civilian tugboats at the port of Ochakiv, Ukraine, on October 31, causing two deaths.

Officials in Broward County, Florida have identified the longshoreman who was killed in a container handling accident at Port Everglades, Florida on October 20. 

On October 21, a small ship assist tug sank while working a midsize cruise ship at the island port of Patmos, Greece. As a result the captain lost his life. 

In a new edition of feedback, CHIRP Maritime contains several reports that involve loss of life to highlight never to relax our vigilance when onboard. One case refers to a collision between a passenger ferry and tug, that resulted in fatalities.

A crew member lost his life after a South Korean product tanker sank on 15 October, 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Wuqiu Island in the Taiwan Strait.