Tag: vessel sinks

According to local news, on 21st July, a containership sunk near the entrance to Taiwan’s Kaohsiung port, leaving on the surface hundreds of floating containers. Efforts to stabilize it failed overnight.

Gareth Lock studies the Titan incident where an OceanGate submersible collapsed during its descent in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 370 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. 

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.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) rescued three boaters from an oil rig after their vessel sank near Freeport, Texas on Sunday.

At least 22 people, including many children, were killed after a double-decker tourist boat capsized in the southern Indian state of Kerala last Sunday evening.

According to PCG, on Friday 10th March, a Philippine landing craft struck a tugboat in the port of Cebu, sinking the tug and claiming the life of one crewmember.

Port of Gibraltar has released a survey report detailing the damage sustained by the OS 35 wreck as a result of recent storms. The wreck, which must be removed by May 30th, suffered further damage on its hull and fuel tank 1.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Philippines has released a statement claiming that with the help of BRP Hydrographer Ventura, they may have detected the possible site where the sunk vessel Princess Empress is located.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is monitoring a possible oil spill after an oil tanker sank off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday.

According to international news, a Chinese bulk carrier that was holed by ice off Russia’s Sakhalin island sank. Last week had reported that the 33,600 dwt bulker was in the Tatar Strait drifting with other vessels in the ice flows while waiting to proceed to the port.