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56 Years Ago Today, Andrea Doria Sinks Off Nantucket in Catastrophic...
On 25 July 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria and Swedish cruiser Stockholm collided off Nantucket on the New England coast. USS Edward H. Allen (DE 531) and USNS Private H. Thomas (AP 185) rescued...
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LPG Tanker and Bulk Carrier Collide off Singapore
Location of Sultan Shoal Lighthouse, image via Google Earth Temasek Fairway, Singapore, image via Google Maps A collision between two ships resulted in an oil spill in the sea outside Singapore,...
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13 Missing After Ship Collision Off Japan
Nikkei Tiger, image (c) Clark Crawford, via MarineTraffic 13 are still missing and a fishing vessel has sank following a collision at sea early Monday morning of Japan’s northeastern coast. According...
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NTSB Faults Pilot in 2011 Houston Ship Channel Collision
MSC Nederland, Image via MarineTraffic.com WASHINGTON – The collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011 was likely caused by the inappropriate...
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Crew Members Arrested in Hong Kong Ferry Disaster Probe, Death Toll Rises to 38
Screen shot from a BBC America broadcast this morning (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong arrested seven people and started a criminal investigation after at least 38 people were killed in the city’s worst...
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Nuclear Submarine Rammed By Navy Cruiser – UPDATE
The USS Montpelier, SSN 765 Update: The U.S Navy submarine and Aegis cruiser that collided off the East Coast of the United States on 13 October arrived safely in port on the 14th. USS Montpelier (SSN...
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Car Carrier Sinks Near Rotterdam After Collision, Casualties Reported – UPDATE
File photo of the car carrier “Baltic Ace” in the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Update 3: Five bodies have been recovered and six are still missing in the North Sea. AIS Data and damage photos of the...
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US Navy Submarine Gives Love Tap to Fishing Boat, Damages Periscope
An aerial bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS JACKSONVILLE (SSN-699) underway. WASHINGTON – A nuclear-powered U.S. attack submarine struck a suspected fishing vessel shortly after...
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Sailboat Sinks in Collision with Tug Near Golden Gate Bridge
Undated file photo of ship traffic under the Golden Gate Bridge. Photo: Mike Schuler Two recreational sailors had to be rescued from San Francisco Bay on Saturday after their sailboat sank following a...
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Skaugen’s Norgas Cathinka Ship and Crew Held “Hostage” in Indonesian Legal Limbo
At 0540 local time on Wednesday 26 September 2012, the Indonesian ferry, KMP Bahuga Jaya, owned by PT. Atosim Lampung Shipping, sank after colliding with the Singapore-registered LPG/Chemical carrier,...
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Japanese Whaling Ship Strikes Back, Collides with Sea Shepherd Fleet [PHOTOS...
The Sea Shepherd vessel, Bob Barker (front), and the Japanese tanker Sun Laurel in the Antarctic, taken and released by the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) February 20, 2013. Credit REUTERS/The...
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Chemical Tankers Collide Off Galveston
Bow Kiso, via FleetMon Two chemical tankers inbound toward Houston collided in the early morning on Wednesday, approximately 70 miles south of Galveston according to a report by the US Coast Guard. At...
View ArticleBulk Carrier Runs Over Cargo Ship in Singapore Straits [VIDEO]
This is what happens when you get so close that you run out of steering options. According to AIS data, the name of the larger ship is the Beks Halil, which departed Singapore on 1 March 2013, the...
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Vessel Sinks After Colliding with High Speed Ferry Off Singapore, 1 Crew...
Sea Hawk, image courtesy LittleWalter/Shipspotting.com (Bloomberg) — An Indonesian-registered vessel sank in Singapore waters after colliding with a ferry this morning, triggering a search and rescue...
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German Sailors Arrested in India Over Alleged Fatal Hit-and-Run
MV Grietje via MarineTraffic.com The Captain and Second Officer of a German-owned cargo ship have been arrested in India and charged in connection to a fatal ship collision with an Indian fishing...
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Dutch Freighter Sinks French Trawler In The English Channel
“We are very shocked. After what we experienced last night, we will have many nightmares,” said Ludovic Rabasse, captain of the French trawler Loïc Lucas after being rescued from the English Channel...
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Search Underway for Six People Missing After Barges Collide South of Hong Kong
Rescuers travel in a boat as they search for survivors amidst heavy fog near a sunken barge, south of Hong Kong April 19, 2013. REUTERS/Apple Daily A search is underway for six people missing after...
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WATCH: Fishing Trawler Rams Docked Canadian Warship
An U.S. fishing trawler on Tuesday rammed a Royal Canadian Navy warship that was docked at the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt at Vancouver Island, near Victoria… and it was all caught on video. The...
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2 Killed, 8 Missing After Ship Collision off Greece
MS Consouth, file image courtesy: Reederei Erwin Strahlmann (Bloomberg) Two Syrian sailors were killed and another eight are missing after a cargo ship carrying fertilizer collided with a container...
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Tanker Sinks Following Collision with Car Carrier in Myanmar
The capsized Myan-Aung Seventeen crewmembers of a Myanmar-flagged tanker were rescued Sunday following a collision with car carrier on the Yangon River near Thilawa Port, Myanmar. Local media has...
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