Tag: vessel sinks

Combined Maritime Force, Maritime Shipping, a Royal Navy helicopter and a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship have been involved in a search and rescue operation, in the Arabian Sea south of Oman, following sinking of the merchant tanker Rama 2. In spite of extensive searching, one crew member out of the 14 could not be recovered.

Nine people are confirmed dead and 28 are still missing, after a tour boat sank in Colombia's Penol-Guatape reservoir, on Sunday, 25 June. The multi-decked vessel was carrying about 170 people, at the time of the incident.

UK Coastguard have co-ordinated a long range rescue, after an oil tanker sank 240 miles off the coast of Yemen, on early hours of June 26, due to inclement weather conditions. Commercial vessels nearby recovered 12 of the 14 crew, one crew was recovered by a Royal Navy Rescue Helicopter and one remains unaccounted for.

Six crewmen are reported missing, after an oil tanker sank in Johor waters, off Malaysia, in early hours of June 15. The ship is believed to have capsized due to explosion. Four boats commenced a search and rescue operation in the area, at 12:30 pm of the same day.

In the 7th case of its Safety Digest report, the UK MAIB presents the sinking of an unmanned survey vessel, due to damaged valve, providing a description of what happened and important lessons learnt, to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future.

Polaris Shipping, the South Korean operator of Stellar Daisy, that sank in the South Atlantic, on March 31st, has reached a compensation agreement with the families of the most missing crew members, without detailing financial terms.

On May 2nd, South Korea's Cabinet passed an ordinance, defining the exact operational duties of a committee that is to conduct investigation on the fatal sinking of the Sewol ferry, in April 2014, which caused death to over 300 people.

The Turkish Coast Guard announced that a Russian intelligence gathering ship sank off the coast of Istanbul, on 27th April 2017, following collision with a Togo flagged livestock carrier. All the 78 sailors on board are reported safe.

A Panama-flagged dry cargo ship sank in the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea, early morning on Wednesday, April 19th. There were 12 crew members on board, at least 7 of whom are missing, but the exact number is yet to be officially confirmed.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau issued an investigation report on the grounding of Searoad Mersey in the inner breakwater of Grassy Harbour, in Tasmania, on October 2016, aiming to raise a greater industry awareness of potential safety issues and possible safety actions.