A four-man rowing team attempting to row their boat from Europe to Brazil had a close encounter with a cargo ship, narrowly escaping a collision at night. The team is part of a group called Row2Rio 2016, attempting to row the journey from London to Rio de Janeiro ahead of the summer 2016 Olympics aboard […]
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An 88-meter cargo ship collided with a Turkish passenger ferry in the Dardanelles strait this week, causing damage to both vessels. The Turkish Directorate of Coastal Safety confirms that the collision involved the Cook Island-flagged dry cargo ship Esperanza and the passenger ferry Ezine, occurring just after midnight on April 3. Both vessels were take to nearby […]
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Hard to port! Hard to port!
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SHANGHAI, May 7 (Reuters) – Seventeen people were missing after a Chinese fishing boat collided with a Maltese cargo ship and sank in the East China Sea on Saturday, state media reported, citing the country’s coastguard fleet. The fishing boat, Lu Rong Yu 58398, had 19 people on board when the incident happened at 3.40 […]
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A major collision over the weekend involving two containerships off Ningbo, China caused severe damage to both ships and fire on board one of them. No serious injuries to the crews of either vessel were reported. The collision involved the Maersk Line-owned containership Safmarine Meru and the Northern Jasper, a German-owned containership. Maersk Line confirmed […]
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This incident apparently occurred recently in the Gulf of Izmit. Luckily it appears whoever may have been aboard the small boat did not hurt, but they easily could have.
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An Argentine Navy patrol ship has been damaged after dragging anchor and colliding with a tanker in strong winds near the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base in Argentina. Local media reports that the incident occurred Tuesday night when the fisheries patrol ship ARA Esporta, anchored in the outer harbor of the naval base, began dragging anchor in […]
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A 230-foot long replica of Noah’s Ark collided with a Norwegian Coast Guard vessel as it arrived in Oslo, Norway on Friday, causing damage to both ships. Media says the wooden replica, built by a Dutch carpenter Johan Huibers after he dreamed of a flood in his home town, was being towed into Oslo harbor when it […]
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A 477-foot oil tanker collided with three moored sailboats Wednesday at the mouth of the Piscataqua River near Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. The sailboats were unmanned at the time and no injuries or pollution have been reported. Check out a video of the incident The Coast Guard says […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard is trying to determine how exactly a 477-foot oil tanker lost control and collided with three sailboats before running aground Wednesday at the Maine-New Hampshire border. A new video of the accident shows the MT Chem Venus hit at least two moored sailboats before a large crash can be heard, presumably from the […]
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LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – A British nuclear Astute-class submarine was involved in a “glancing collision” with a merchant vessel off the coast of the peninsula of Gibraltar on Wednesday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said. “The submarine suffered some external damage but there is absolutely no damage to her nuclear plant and no member of […]
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An Iranian Very Large Crude Carrier and a large containership collided in the busy Singapore Strait late Wednesday night, causing damage to both ships but luckily no injuries or reports of major pollution. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore says it was notified just before midnight that the VLCC Dream II and the MSC […]
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A Boston Harbor Cruises sightseeing boat smashed into three other vessels Saturday afternoon after suffering a mechanical failure as it approached Boston’s Long Wharf pier. According to the Coast Guard, the BHC passenger vessel Regency allided with two other Boston Harbor Cruises ships, the Rookie and Aurora, at the Long Wharf pier just after 10 […]
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In August 2001 the Bulk Carrier Windoc was lined up on the Welland Canal’s Bridge 11 in Ontario Canada. After receiving the flashing amber approach light indicating that the bridge operator was aware of the vessel, the captain lined up on the centerline and maintained a speed of 5 knots. Minutes later while the vessel […]
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The nuclear-powered submarine USS Louisiana collided with a U.S. Navy Offshore Support Vessel last week while conducting routine operations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca off the coast of Washington state, the U.S. Navy has confirmed. The Navy did not name the other vessel involved. The collision occurred at 6:00 p.m. local time on August […]
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An out of control tour boat filled with passengers slammed into a pier on the River Thames Sunday afternoon after fire broke out in the engine room of the vessel. A video of the incident posted to social media shows the ship plow into the embankment as smoked poured from the stern. The incident occurred […]
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Authorities in the Philippines are investigating how a commercial tanker veered off course and collided the Philippine Navy’s newest and biggest ship. The Philippine Navy said the tanker MT Tasco struck the side of the BRP Tarlac Monday night off the coast of Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines. Reports indicate that the Navy ship was […]
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COPENHAGEN, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Danish anglers could be in for the fishing trip of their lives in a few days’ time, after a ship crashed into a fish farm and caused up to 80,000 rainbow trout to escape into the open sea. The cargo vessel, sailing from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad on the […]
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A major search and rescue operation off Dover, England on Sunday after a cargo ship with 23 crew members lost power and collided with a barge in heavy weather. The general cargo ship, the Saga Sky, has been moved to a safe anchorage at Dungeness. The UK Coastguard says it received a distress call from […]
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The damaged cargo ship Saga Sky has been moved into port to undergo repairs after losing power and steering and colliding with a stone barge off Dover, England on Sunday. The ship sustained damage and was taking on water after it drifted into a rock barge in heavy weather at the Varne Bank approximately three miles […]
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