A Taiwanese cargo ship collided with two Japanese fishing boats on Monday, causing them to capsize in western Japan’s Osaka Bay – leaving one dead and one missing. The two fishing vessels, operated by a total crew of 4, reportedly hit the WAN HAI in the early hours of Monday morning. The Taiwanese Foreign
Read moreA cargo ship has run aground approximately 2.5 miles south of Tobermory, Sound of Mull. Stornoway Coastguard received a 999 call just after 6am this morning reporting that a 90-metre long vessel carrying wood had run aground on rocks. The seven crew on board are said to be safe and well, with no reported
Read moreUkrainian captain, Yuriy Kulemesin, must serve his 18-month jail sentence for endangering lives at sea in a fatal 2008 ship collision, according to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. The South China Morning Post noted that the ruling upheld a Court of Appeal judgment last year on one of Hong Kong’s deadliest marine disasters.
Read moreAnafarta cargo ship started sinking after sustained damages due to excavating the sea bottom for sand with the backhoe loader. Accident with the Turkey-flagged cargo ship occurred on Riva Kupelitas point, south-west of Istanbul. The captain of the cargo ship, which was started to take on water, made a distress call to Vessel Traffic
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