Incidents
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السيطرة على حريق بميناء دمياط طال سفينه دخلت الى رصيف 9 لشحن خام الفوسفات
اعلنت مصادر بميناء دمياط والذى يقع على مسافة 10كم براً غرب نهر النيــل (فرع دميـاط ) وعلى بعد 70 كم براًً غرب ميناء بورسعيد (20 ميل بحـراً ) كذا يقع على مسافـة 200 كم براً من ميناء الإسكندريـة (125 ميل بحراً ) انه قد حدث حريق بالسفينة (HABIBA. M ) اثناء…
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The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) expressed its concerns about the escalation of containership fires
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) expressed its concerns about the escalation of containership fires, calling for urgent improvement of onboard firefighting systems. This year has already seen an alarming number of boxship fires including Yantian Express, APL Le Havre, APL Vancouver, Grande America, E.R. Kobe and KMTC Hong Kong. At a conference…
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Fire on Taqa’s Tern Alpha Platform, Injuring Offshore Worker
According to the UK regulator, HSE, there was a total of 106 injuries reported under RIDDOR, with a rate of 365 injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTE), during 2018 All reported injuries (offshore) There were 23 Fire and Explosion related offshore oil and gas industry incidents reported in 2018,…
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High Tech Salvage Cowboys looking into slicing the overturned ‘Golden Ray’ in place instead of using Parbuckling Option
The Unified Command, picked up the route of Baltic Ace and MV Tricolor, over the option of Cougar Ace or the most expensive, approx. U$ 2 Billion, Costa Concordia Salvage Operation After ‘pure horror’ of the rescue mission, authorities brought a sigh of relief when all POB were safely rescued, after…
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Cruise passenger, 75, killed after jumping off balcony of eighth-floor room
An Italian cruise line Tuesday confirmed the death of a 75-year-old passenger who jumped from the eighth-floor balcony of their cabin aboard the Costa Cruise ship Costa Pacifica following a major search-and-rescue operation to recover the body. A company spokesperson said crew members were alerted by a witness who allegedly saw the unnamed passenger “voluntarily jump…
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ITF is Searching for Bourbon Rhode Crew
The Luxembourg-flagged Bourbon Rhode – crewed by 14 Ukrainian, Russian, South African, Filipino and Croatian seafarers – sank on September 28 after it was hit by the category 4 hurricane “Lorenzo”. At the time of the incident, the vessel was in transit around 1,200 nautical miles off the French Martinique…
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Grounded of Vessel ‘Priscilla’
UK based Marine Accident Investigations Branch report revealed the facts behind the grounding of General cargo vessel ‘Priscilla’, in Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth, Scotland Netherlands registered Priscilla, with length overall 88.97m, departed from Klaipeda, Lithuania on 14 July 2018 with a cargo of 3300 tonnes (t) of fertilizer, bound for…
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Cruise Ship Passenger Dies after Falling Overboard
Spanish authorities recovered a body of a cruise ship passenger in the Gulf of Cadiz today, NATO said. The person was reported missing from an cruise ship sailing off the coast of Spain.Italian Although the cruise ship has not been identified, German cruise ship website Schiffe und Kreuzfahrten reported that…
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Incidents : USCG Rescues Lost Divers off Maui
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three divers who lost contact with their dive boat about 20 miles off the northern coast of Maui. “These were seasoned divers who became lost after diving for an extended amount of time,” said Lt. Megan Bowis, command center chief at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.…
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95victims of the MV Butiraoi ferry disaster died of hunger, dehydration not drowning
An inquiry report into the disaster off the coast of Kiribati was made public on Monday. The investigation revealed that drunk crew members and incompetent captain led to the death of 95 off the 102 people who boarded the ferry, the MV Butiraoi in a remote island in the South…
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