A ship’s officer went overboard after lashing at height on board Singaporean-flagged Maersk Patras on the Saint Lawrence River, Canada. A search-and-rescue operation for second officer Ravindu Lakmal Pieris Telge was called off on the […]
On 11 April the US Navy dropped a charge of negligent homicide and other offences against Commander Bryce Benson, captain of the USS Fitzgerald on 17 June 2017 when it collided with the commercial vessel, […]
A study by the Seafarer International Research Centre (SIRC) has observed an uptick in crew fatalities since 2009, as well as an increased number of suicides in certain quarters. Research involved collecting data from seven […]
Twelve seafarers have been found dead, and nine more are missing after a botched ship-to-ship LNG transfer operation and subsequent fire in Crimea’s Kerch Strait. Vessel Candy was carrying 9 Turkish and 8 Indian crew […]
South Korean authorities have issued an arrest warrant against Polaris CEO Shipping Kim Wan-joong over the sinking of their very large ore carriers (VLOC) Stellar Daisy on 31st March 2017. The 1993-built, 266,000 dwt bulk […]
An explosion that engulfed two tankers anchored in the black sea near the Kerch Strait in flames has claimed the lives of 14 crew members with many more listed as missing. The two Tanzania-flagged LPG […]
A court case into the sinking of the MV Rabaul Queen in Papua New Guinea in 2012 could reopen after protests from families and survivors. In 2012 the Rabaul Queen capsized and sank in heavy […]
Families of the 22 crew members who are believed to have died in the Stellar Daisy sinking in 2017 want to have the right to appoint a salvage company to search for the wreckage. Stellar […]
Rescuers have found what are believed to be the bodies of two crew members from an Iranian tanker that has been burning since a collision on 6 January. China’s Ministry of Transport said on 13 […]
All 32 crew members from an oil tanker owned by National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) are feared dead after the vessel collided with a Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier. A statement released by China’s Ministry of […]
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