Families of the 40 missing crew members of livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1 have launched a privately funded search operations to find survivors. The Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) called off official searches on 10 September. […]
The shipping industry must learn hard lessons from the Beirut explosion about vessel abandonment and stamp out its underlying causes To date, there have been more than 200 people killed, 5,000 people injured, and an estimated […]
Three crew members are dead and one is missing after the Mauritius Port Authority (MPA) tug they were on board collided with the oil barge it was towing. The MPA tug, Sir Gaetan Duval, sank […]
An oil tanker collided with a cargo ship in the Yangste River, near Shanghai Port, East China, on 20 August, leaving eight crew members dead and a further six missing. According to the Shanghai Maritime […]
A new set of best practice guidelines and recent legislation appear to improve maritime safety for bulk carriers. However, lack of training and understanding of the cargoes transported may mean issues will persist The sinking […]
A massive explosion, emanating from the Port of Beirut, has rocked the city, totalling ships at anchor there, causing deaths, injuries, and damage to buildings as far as 5 km away. Preliminary reports issued by […]
The 61-year-old South Korean captain of a container ship has been found dead and the vessel was deviated to bring his body home. The Korea Coast Guard (KCG) stated that on 22 July 2020, the […]
Almost three years after the fatal collision between the container ship ACX Crystal and the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald that claimed the lives of seven US Navy sailors, a US judge has dismissed two lawsuits […]
With dozens of seafarers stranded for months due to air flight suspension following the COVID-19 spread, on 10 June 2020, commercial air carrier US-Bangla Airlines operated a special flight to ferry 45 Indian seafarers back […]
An Iranian flagged cargo vessel sank in Iraqi waters on 4 June, leaving one crew member dead and two others missing. The head of Iran’s maritime and port association, Nader Pasandeh, said that the 650 […]
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