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Charity Rowing Team Nearly Collides with Cargo Ship in Atlantic Ocean
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...
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Cargo Ship Collides With Ferry in Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait
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...
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VIDEO: Near Collision Caught on Camera
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17 Missing After Cargo Ship Collides With Fishing Vessel in East China Sea
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...
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Major Damage to Maersk Line Ship Involved in Collision Off China
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...
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WATCH: Cargo Ship Hits Small Boat in Gulf of Izmit
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. The post WATCH: Cargo Ship Hits...
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Argentine Navy Ship Damaged in Collision With Tanker
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...
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Noah’s Ark Crashes Into Coast Guard Vessel… You Read That Right
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...
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Oil Tanker Hits Three Sailboats Leaving US Northeast
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...
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Coast Guard: Oil Tanker Hit Sailboats AND Ran Aground – Here’s Incident Video
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...
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Royal Navy Nuclear Sub Damaged in Collision with Commercial Vessel
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...
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Iranian Supertanker Collides With Giant MSC Boxship in Singapore Strait –...
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...
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Sightseeing Boat Hits Three Vessels in Boston Harbor
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...
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Windoc Incident – Story Behind YouTube’s Most Chilling Video
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...
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U.S. Navy: Nuclear-Powered Sub Collided With Support Vessel
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...
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Video: Packed Tour Boat Slams Into River Thames Pier in Downtown London
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...
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Tanker Collides With Philippine Navy’s Newest and Largest Ship
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...
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Up to 80,000 Trout Escape After Cargo Ship Crashes Into Fish Farm in Denmark
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...
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Eleven Rescued from Cargo Ship in England After Heavy Weather Collision
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...
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Damaged ‘Saga Sky’ Moved to Port in Dunkirk, France
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...
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