Tag: fatality onboard

Thirteen people have died and 251 were injured during a toxic gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, on June 27.

The Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority, published its report on the 25 October 2020 incident, when the captain of the oil tanker 'Stavanger Bliss' died when he entered a cargo tank that had not been cleared for entry.

Two Indian crew members died, probably from toxic poisoning, onboard a ship at the anchorage of Chattogram port on June 18.

A UK officer has been sentenced to 18 months in jail in Denmark for his role in a fatal collision in 2021, involving the "Scot Carrier", that hit the "Karin Hoj" in the Baltic Sea.

A US judge said the owner of an oil tanker must pay the US $44.6 million for its role in a 2017 collision between the tanker with a US Navy destroyer in southeast Asia that killed 10 sailors and injured dozens.

The transport prosecutor's office in Chuvash, Russia initiated an investigation into the cause of a deadly tug collision on the Volga River on June 12, which killed four. 

UK MAIB published its annual report for 2021, reporting that it raised 1530 reports of marine accidents and commenced 22 investigations in 2021. However, no deaths were recorded on UK-flag ships, despite the fact that the number of casualty probes increased.

The death count of a ferry sinking in the waters of South Sulawesi on 26 May, increased to 19. In addition, the search and rescue operation has been called off after 10 days.

Bangladesh’s Kabir Group has rejected claims made by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform regarding an increase in accidents at its breaking yards.

At least 49 people lost their live and more than 300 got injured, after a fire tore broke out on a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh over the weekend.