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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

Russian RoRo Cargo Ship Collided with Another Cargo Vessel off Bulgaria's Cape Shabla

The ferry Slavyanin has collided with another vessel east of Cape Shabla and is currently sailing towards Varna. No one was injured in the incident, and there was no fuel spillage. Slavyanin sails under the flag of the Russian Federation. It …
Nov 8, 2023 / Accidents

UPDATE: German authorities halt a search for 4 sailors missing after the collision of 2 cargo vessels in the North Sea

German authorities on Wednesday broke off their search for four crew members missing since their British-flagged cargo ship sank a day earlier following a collision with a larger vessel in the North Sea. Caption: Search of the missing seamen of …
Oct 25, 2023 / Accidents

Video reconstruction of the collision between POLESIE and VERITY off the German coast

AIS video reconstruction of the collision between the British cargo ship VERITY that has sunk after it collided with the bulk carrier POLESIE in the North Sea off the German coast on 24 October 2023, with several people still missing as rescuers …
Oct 24, 2023 / Accidents

British-flagged cargo ship Verity sinks in North Sea after collision with bulk carrier Polesie; P&O cruise ship Iona joins search for 'several missing'

A British cargo ship has sunk after it collided with another vessel in the North Sea off the German coast this morning, with several people still missing as rescuers desperately search for survivors. British-flagged vessel Verity collided with …
Oct 24, 2023 / Accidents

P&O Britannia crashes into oil tanker amid Mallorca storm (Video)

A cruise ship broke free from moorings and collided with a freight vessel during a storm in Mallorca, Spain.  Passengers on Britannia, a P&O Cruises ship based in Southampton, described "being pushed ashore by tugs whilst confined to our …
Aug 28, 2023 / Accidents

Suez Canal tugboat sinks after collision with tanker

A Suez Canal tugboat sank on Saturday and one of its crew was missing after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker though shipping traffic in the strategically important waterway was largely unaffected, the canal authority said. Convoys of …
Aug 8, 2023 / Accidents

One dead in cargo ship fire on board Fremantle Highway, electric car suspected source, Dutch Coast Guard says

One person died and several others were hurt when a fire broke out on a cargo ship carrying cars off the northern tip of Netherlands, forcing several crew members to jump overboard, the Dutch coastguard said on Wednesday. Caption: Smoke rises …
Jul 26, 2023 / Accidents