628 results found for 'Casualty'

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  • Video: Tide Carrier Towed to Safety after almost Grounding off Norway

    24 February 2017

    Stricken barge carrier Tide Carrier that dragged anchor on Wednesday south of Bergen, Norway has been towed to safety on Thursday morning. Namely, the 263-meter vessel was drifting toward the coast and was in danger of going aground following an engine failure while sailing off Feistein Fyr. Twenty crew members were on board the ship when the […]

  • Video: Tanker Crewmember Medevaced off Durban

    13 October 2017

    An Indian crewmember of the oil/chemical tanker Bochem Oslo was airlifted by South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) helicopter following a request for medical assistance from the ship’s crew. The 39-year-old crewman was suffering chest pains. The sea rescue craft Eikos Rescuer II was launched accompanied by 2 Netcare 911 rescue paramedics. The ship […]

  • Kerala Court Orders Data Seizure from Panama Ship after Fatal Collision

    13 June 2017

    The Kerala High Court has ordered the seizure of all data, including digital records, from the Panama-flagged ship MV Amber L that collided with a fishing boat on Sunday, June 11, off Cochin, killing two local fishermen, local media reported. A third fisherman is reported missing since the incident, and eleven are said to have sustained […]

  • Man Dies after Fall From Color Magic Cruiseferry

    5 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    A cruiseferry passenger has died after falling overboard Color Magic off the Swedish coast.

  • Worker Dies at Meyer Turku in Forklift Accident

    12 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    A worker died in an accident at Finnish Meyer Turku shipyard on Thursday afternoon. 

  • Crew Member Missing from MSC Boxship

    23 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    A crew member has been reported missing from MSC containership MSC Giannina, a Geneva-based spokesperson from the company confirmed to World Maritime News. The incident took place while the 2,054 TEU Sub Panamax containership was en route from Gioia Tauro to Genoa, Italy, last week, between the 19th and 20th of October. According to Italian […]

  • Girl Dies after Falling aboard Carnival Glory

    16 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    An 8-year-old girl died following a fall while on board a Carnival Cruise Line’s ship, Carnival Glory, while the ship was docked at PortMiami on October 14. As informed, the girl fell from a deck in the ship’s interior atrium to a lower deck. The cause of the fall is yet to be determined by […]

  • Report: One Dead, One Missing as Chinese Freighter Sinks in the Bohai Sea

    10 December 2018

    One person died, one is still missing from a crew of ten sailors, who were manning the Chinese freighter Rui Xing Lun.

  • Explosion aboard Tanker Kills One, Injures Five

    19 April 2016

    One crew member was killed and five personnel sustained injuries when an explosion occurred aboard their tanker vessel Heung-A Pioneer off the coast of Tanjung Dawai, Malaysia around 10 pm local time on April 18, according to local media. The explosion was preceded by a fire, which broke out in the middle of the ship’s deck. At the time of the incident […]

  • Worker Dies after Falling from Tanker Nord Gardenia

    29 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    A worker died after he fell into the water while transferring from a service vessel to the chemical tanker Nord Gardenia, the vessel’s operator Danish shipping company Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S confirmed. The 47-year-old service technician was soon pulled out of the water and evacuated by a rescue helicopter. He was declared deceased upon arrival at the hospital. The incident occurred on […]

  • Salazar: Shell Entered Arctic Drilling Unprepared

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar yesterday, March 14, announced the findings of a Departmental review of Shell’s 2012 Arctic operations, which will help guide the conduct and oversight of future Arctic exploration. In January, Secretary Salazar directed the high-level review of Shell’s 2012 offshore drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas – including the […]

  • United Response: Specially Trained Forces With Dedicated Equipment

    27 August 2014

    In June 2014 expert firefighters from France, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands boarded the Princess Seaways owned by DFDS Seaways where they were confronted with a fire on one of the cruise ferry’s car decks. Not to worry though, it was merely a large scale exercise held by MIRG-EU project which formed the […]

  • Irish Maritime Development Office Releases Shipping Markets Review

    12 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    On July 10 the Irish Maritime Development  Office released a Shipping Markets Review for week 27, 2012, which provides an in depth analysis of international shipping markets and a global economic overview for the week. Based on the report, the container market top 20 carriers remain locked in intense competition, with 844,000 teu added to […]

  • Seven Missing after Turkish Ship Sinks off Libya

    17 March 2017

    At least seven seafarers are missing after their vessel, the Turkey-flagged cargo ship Tinaztepe S, sank off the coast of Libya due to inclement weather conditions, local media reported. Libyan naval forces rescued six of the 1979-built ship’s crewmembers following the incident, which occurred on March 16. The vessel sank some 2 nautical miles off the coast […]

  • Two Sailors Dead after Inhaling Toxic Fumes

    3 September 2018

    Two crew members of a Maltese-flagged chemical tanker have died following inhalation of toxic fumes.

  • MOL Boxship Drifting off BC after Engine Fire. Two Crew Medevaced

    2 February 2018

    Two crew members of MOL Prestige airlifted after they sustained injuries in an engine fire.

  • Bulker Detained in Iraq after Deadly Collision

    24 August 2017

    At least four people died and seven are reported missing after the 48,200 DWT bulker Royal Arsenal collided with Iraqi diving support vessel Al Misbar on Saturday, August 19, while departing Umm Qasr, Iraq. Due to the strength of the impact, Al Misbar sank taking down 21 crew members with it. Ten crew members were […]

  • Calumet Refloated, Traffic Back to Normal in Soo Locks

    14 August 2017

    The cargo vessel Calumet, a 629-foot ship that ran aground on the north side of Sugar Island Wednesday, was refloated Friday, at approximately 8:50 PM local time, after the United States Coast Guard approved a salvage plan submitted by Grand River Navigation, the vessel’s owner. The St. Marys River, which had been closed to commercial […]

  • 11 Indian Crew Rescued from Sunken Ship

    21 July 2017

    Eleven crew members of MV ITT Panther cargo ship were rescued after their ship sank some 200 nautical miles from Port Blair, on Thursday, July 20, India’s Defence Ministry said. The crew managed to send a distress signal to the Coast Guard once their ship started listing beyond control only to capsize shortly after. The […]

  • Euronav’s Tanker Runs Aground, Crew Safe

    13 April 2017

    Euronav’s crude oil tanker M/T Alex ran aground on Wednesday, April 12th on a soft mud bottom while sailing between Borneo and Sumatra on its way to Ningbo, China. According to the ship’s managers, Euronav Ship Management, the 299,446 DWT vessel was laden when it got grounded. “No injuries or pollution have been reported while the vessel remains […]

  • Tanker Fire at Gadani Shipbreaking Yard Still Active

    3 November 2016

    The fire is still ongoing at the Gadani shipbreaking yard in Pakistan following a series of explosions aboard an oil tanker on November 1, according to IndustriALL global union. The union added that up to 150 workers are still trapped inside the 1995-built tanker Aces, which supposedly ignited due to gas wielding processes undertaken during the dismantling […]

  • Maersk Patras Crewman Falls Overboard, Search Suspended

    20 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Patras lost a crew member overboard while taking a pilot on board off Quebec.

  • Mariner Dies on board LPG Carrier off Mexico

    28 June 2018

    A crew member of Seasuccess died while the ship was underway off the Mexican coast.

  • Fire Erupts aboard Maersk Boxship

    23 August 2017
    Business & Finance

     A fire broke out on board the Dutch-flagged containership Maersk Pembroke on August 22 while underway some 125 nautical miles South West of Ireland. The fire was reported at 01:30 CET in the 2,902 TEU vessel’s engine room, a Maersk Line spokesperson confirmed to World Maritime News. “The fire originated from an auxiliary engine and is reported […]

  • Three Dead, 12 Missing in Collision off Indonesia

    21 November 2016

    Three people were reported deceased while 12 were missing after two vessels collided off the coast of Indonesia’s East Java province, according to Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas). The vessels which took part in the collision are the local fishing boat Mulya Sejati, which sank afterwards, and the Vietnamese bulk carrier MV Thaison […]