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Maritime Accidents

Mega container ship lost containers in North sea, some with dangerous cargo

Mega container ship MSC ZOE lost 30+ containers during the night Jan 1 – Jan 2 in North sea in rough weather, north of Borkum, Germany

14 Migrants Caught Attempting to Cross Channel on Stolen Trawler

French police have intercepted 14 migrants at Boulogne who were allegedly intending to cross the English Channel on a stolen fishing trawler

Explosion, fire on tanker off Cyprus, 2 injured

Product tanker ATHLOS suffered explosion, followed by fire, in the morning Dec 29 off southern coast of Cyprus

Japanese cruise ship holed in collision in Apra Harbor, Guam

Cruise ship NIPPON MARU with 524 passengers on board collided with Delta Pier in inner Apra Harbor,

Cargo vessel sinks on collision with CMA CGM boxship

 Chinese general cargo vessel sank in the waters south of Hong Kong after it collided with a 9,415-teu CMA CGM boxship in the early hours of Monday

Coast Guard Searches for Missing Passenger off Florida Keys

The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a search and rescue effort for a man who went over the side of the cruise ship Carnival Victory on Friday morning

RoRo Passenger ferry catches on fire again off Lymington

A fire broke out onboard ‘M/V Wight Sky’, a RoRO ferry, while she was in berth at Lymington, Hampshire, England, early this morning, December 14

Two Vietnamese Shipbuilding Execs Arrested on Corruption Charges

Vietnam's Investigative Police Agency has arrested two executives from troubled state shipbuilder Vinashin on charges of embezzlement. 

EU Avoids Mention of Sanctions Over Kerch Strait Incident

The European Union's member nations have elected not to threaten Russia with new sanctions over the seizure of three Ukrainian Navy vessels near Kerch Strait last weekend

Tanker, Frigate Collision Shuts Down Norwegian Oil, Gas to Europe

Norway has been forced to close the Sture Oil Terminal near Bergen and has started closing down the nearby Kollsness gas-and-condensate terminal

Near miss fatal incident reported on rig off Nova Scotia

A near miss incident from dropped object was reported onboard the ‘Noble Regina Allen’ jack-up rig, offshore Nova Scotia, when a 52 foot chain fell onboard on 5 November.

EMSA: 25% of accidents on Ro-Ros are fire related

According to EMSA data, the last seven years, 3,236 Ro-Ro accidents were reported out of which 25% are fire related, 19% collisions and 16% are attributed to loss of control.

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