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Oil tanker Stena Immaculate and cargo ship Solong collide off Yorkshire coast
A tanker and a cargo vessel have collided in the North Sea, the Coastguard said. An HM Coastguard spokesman said: “HM Coastguard is currently co-ordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off the …
Mar 10, 2025 / Accidents
Twenty crew members evacuated as MSC Baltic III runs aground in rough seas
Twenty crew members were airlifted to safety after MSC Baltic III lost power and ran aground in rough seas off Newfoundland. Twenty crew members were airlifted to safety on Saturday morning, February 15, after their vessel, MSC Baltic III, ran …
Feb 19, 2025 / Accidents
Two injured after Singapore-flagged container ship hits Australian vessel in Perth
Two crew members on an Australian ship were injured on Friday (Aug 30) after it was hit by a Singapore-flagged container vessel at Perth's Fremantle Port. The container ship, Maersk Shekou, hit the stationary ship STS Leeuwin II at about 6.20am …
Sep 2, 2024 / Accidents
Update on DALI Collision: Search operation ends in "heartbreaking conclusion," Maryland governor says (Video)
Six people, who were believed to be part of a road construction crew, are presumed dead after Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning. The collapse came after a 984-foot containership DALI hit the bridge's pillar. …
Mar 27, 2024 / Accidents
Containership DALI suffered a total blackout before the collision with bridge
The pilot of the ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge Tuesday did “everything that he could have done” to slow the ship and keep it from drifting toward the bridge, said Clay Diamond, executive director and general counsel of the American …
Mar 27, 2024 / Accidents
WATCH: VesselFinder AIS data reconstruction of the allision of container ship DALI with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after the container ship DALI ran into it. The collision occurred on Tuesday, 26th March 2024 at around 1:30 am LT. Multiple vehicles were on the bridge at the time, including one the size of a …
Mar 26, 2024 / Accidents
WATCH: Baltimore Bridge collapses into the water after being struck by containership DALI; Many casualties feared
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a container ship ran into it. Media reports said that the vessel crashed into the bridge at about 1:30am on Tuesday, catching fire before sinking. At least seven people and seven vehicles are …
Mar 26, 2024 / Accidents
Crew abandon Rubymar cargo ship after Houthi rebel missile attack
Belize-flagged Rubymar came under attack in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen Houthis have deployed underwater drones in the Red Sea, US Central Command says A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a Belize-flagged ship travelling …
Feb 19, 2024 / Accidents
Turkish cargo ship sinks off Black Sea coast, 1 crew member killed, 11 missing
One crew member has died and eleven others were missing after a cargo ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast in severe storms, Turkish officials said on Monday. The ship was on its way to the western Turkish port of Izmir The Turkish-flagged …
Nov 20, 2023 / Accidents
Video reconstruction of the collision between Russian Ro-Ro ship SLAVYANIN and the Palau-flagged cargo ship NEW RAOUF
AIS video reconstruction of the collision between the Russian Ro-Ro ship SLAVYANIN and the Palau-flagged cargo ship NEW RAOUF off Bulgaria's Cape Shabla. Related news: Russian RoRo Cargo Ship Collided with Another Cargo Vessel off Bulgaria's Cape …
Nov 8, 2023 / Accidents