Tag: fatality onboard

A massive fire broke out at a tank at the Matanzas petroleum complex, Cuba, on August 5, killing at least one person and leaving 17 missing. 

The bodies of 25 people have been recovered after a floating crane reportedly sank off south China’s Guangdong Province in early July.

Hong Kong provides lessons learned from a fatal accident that happened on board a Hong Kong registered bulk carrier when it was anchoring at Astoria anchorage, Columbia River, USA.

Over the years, MAIB has seen many incidents where seafarers have been struck by mooring lines, unfortunately in some cases resulting in serious injury or death.

One person was killed while four others were injured after a tug suffered an onboard explosion and then sank in the inland waters of the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on July 23.

A marine pilot at the port of Yalova, Turkey died on July 18 after falling from a pilot ladder into the water.

Two years after the Titanic sinking made headlines, Liverpool suffered another shipping tragedy, when the state-of-the-art passenger ship “Empress of Ireland” sank in St. Lawrence River, Canada, killing over 1,000 people.

UK MAIB published an investigation report on a fatality onboard the cargo vessel Teal Bay, at Kavkaz South anchorage, Russia, on 30 August 2021. The vessel's chief officer was injured after being struck by a mooring line that sprang free from an open roller fairlead.

Chinese search and rescue teams recovered twelve bodies on July 4 from waters off Hong Kong after a typhoon-hit offshore wind installation vessel with 30 crewmembers sank during the weekend.

Jordan dismissed senior officials at the country's main Red Sea port of Aqaba port after finding gross negligence behind the deaths of thirteen people following a chlorine gas leak at a major berth.