Tag: vessel sinks

Spain won support from Europe's top court in its mutlimillion euros damage claim against The London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association for a massive oil spill on its northwestern coast two decades ago.

An offshore supply ship operating as an emergency vessel reportedly suffered a mechanical failure while maneuvering to depart, reverting into a luxury sailing yacht moored in the marina.

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.

The Caribbean Coast Guard along the US Coast Guard and two commercial ships sailing in the Caribbean carried out a search and rescue operation after receiving reports of a sinking tanker.

Djunaidi, the provincial search and rescue agency head of Indonesia, informed that 25 individuals had been missing since last Thursday when their boat reportedly sunk in the Makassar Strait in South Sulawesi province. Yesterday, the Associated Press reported that survivors of the Indonesian have been rescued by local fishermen, leaving 11 people still missing.

An Italian tugboat with six people onboard capsized and sank on May 19 in the Adriatic Sea, leaving five crew members missing, Italian authorities said.

The lighter ship Tamim, loaded with 1,600 tons of wheat, sank on May 18 in the estuary of Meghna in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh, after hitting underwater object.

General cargo ship MEISEN 2, is a flagged Japan dwt 1555 built in 1996. The vessel issued a distress signal at around 03:30 Tokyo time May 14 in Chiba Prefecture waters, Honshu eastern coast, south of Tokyo.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published a report regarding a captain's decision to leave the wheelhouse unattended as the vessel transited the St. Marys Entrance on autopilot, resulting in the vessel's  grounding and sinking off Cumberland Island, Georgia.

A Tunisian judge detained seven crew members of a ship that sank off Gabes in April, as authorities investigated whether the ship may have been deliberately sunk.