Tag: missing

Two crewmembers are confirmed dead and two more crew members are unaccounted for, after two Japanese cargo ships collided off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, east Japan, in the early morning hours of Sunday. All four crew members aboard the Sumiho Maru, based in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, were safe.

One crewman is confirmed dead and three more crew members are unaccounted for, after two Japanese cargo ships collided off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, east Japan, in the early morning hours of Sunday. An oil spill was also confirmed at the scene.

On May 19, Maersk Patras reported a man overboard in the Saint Lawrence River. Search and rescue operation started but it was unsuccessful and has now been called off. Namely, the 2nd Officer of the vessel Maersk Patras fell overboard into the Saint Lawrence River (Canada) north east of the junction with Saguenay River.

The Philippines Supreme Court has reopened the case against an official of Sulpicio Lines over the 2008 sinking of its ferry Princess of the Stars. The Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals dismissal against Edgar Go, Sulpicio Lines' first vice president and team leader of its crisis management committee.

Six people were rescued after a tugboat capsized, about 12 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast, India, on Monday. One man is still unaccounted for. The 'Revti' and its 8 crew were sailing in Tarapur, Palghar, when the incident occurred. 

Following announcement that a total of 200 migrants have lost their lives worldwide in the first three weeks of 2019, the number now has climbed to 226 for the period 1st-31st January. ECSA criticised Germany's decision to leave Operation Sophia, calling on EU states to “set aside the disputes and decide on how to cope with the refugees rescued in the Mediterranean”.

The US Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas cruise ship crewmember 37 miles east of Hillsboro Inlet. Namely, a crewmember from the Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas cruise ship had gone overboard. Crews searched for approximately 24 hours covering 1,388 square miles.

The Chinese general cargo ship Zhong Xing 689 sank near Pingtan of Fujian, on January 21, while it was heading to Pingtan from Shantou. At the time of the incident the ships was carrying 12 crew. Local authorities deployed two patrol boats and two helicopters, rescuing 11 of the crew, but one is still missing and the search operation is ongoing.

According to Indonesia's Ministry of Transport, the search for the crude palm oil tanker which has reportedly disappeared in Indonesian waters keeps on going and enters the third week. The communication with the vessel and its 12 crew members was lost on December 27.

Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency has launched a search for a crude palm oil tanker which has reportedly disappeared in Indonesian waters. A total of 12 crew are onboard. The 'Namse Bangdzod' departed from Sampit, Central Kalimantan, heading to Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, on 27 December.