Tag: marine casualties

On 24th October, two cargo ships collided in the North Sea off the German coast, resulting in crew members still missing and one confirmed dead.

A tanker vessel caught fire in the sea of Batangas, Philippines, on the morning of October 22, killing two crew members and leaving a third missing.

A tragic occurrence happened on the morning of October 4th at Tanjung Pelepas Port, when a Bangladeshi dock worker fell off a ship, losing his life.

On August 5th, a Suez Canal tugboat sank after colliding with an LPG tanker, resulting in the death if one of the tugboat's crew members and injuring six others.

INTERCARGO published its Bulk Carrier Casualty Report, reporting that 26 bulk carriers of over 10,000 dwt were declared as total losses for the years 2013-2022.

Last week, after a 7-year-old boy fell out of a Stena ferry and into the Baltic Sea, his mother dove in to recover him, resulting in a major rescue operation. Now, things have taken a dark turn as the case is being investigated for murder.

The U.S. Coast Guard convened a Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) into the loss of the Titan submersible and the five people on board.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is launching an investigation into the fatal occurrence involving the Canadian-flagged vessel Polar Prince and the privately operated submersible Titan.

As the US Coast Guard reported, a 30-foot boat collided with Fisher Island Ferry near Miami early Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring another.

On June 14th, a fishing boat transporting refugees hundreds of and migrants and refugees sank off Greece, resulting in 78 people dead and many missing.