A surviving crew member of the lost offshore tug Bourbon Rhode has secured ‘substantial compensation’ for the ordeal, the International Transport Workers’ Federation said Monday. The sinking of the Bourbon…
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COLUMN | Luxembourg’s report on Bourbon Rhode: Bourbon, class and the flag state could do better; Nigeria too
Better late than never. Luxembourg’s flag state report on the sinking of the RAmpage 5000 design anchor handling tug Bourbon Rhode on September 26, 2019, was finally is ..
COLUMN | The Metals Company: what lies behind the subsea mining pitch? – Part Two [Offshore Accounts]
We return once again to the issue of subsea mining this week. This means we can’t offer any insight into the tragic loss of the Afcons Infrastructure work barge P305, w ..
COLUMN | Seacor Power: a sobering note on incident reporting [Offshore Accounts]
The tragic sinking of the liftboat Seacor Power with the loss of thirteen lives when it capsized on April 13 in a squall three hours after departing Port Fourchon, Louisi ..
COLUMN | Bourbon Rhode update: so many questions about fatal sinking [Offshore Accounts]
On September 26, 2019, the anchor handling tug Bourbon Rhode sank whilst sailing through the middle of Hurricane Lorenzo in the Atlantic whilst en route from a drydocking ..
ITF Joins Unions Demanding That Search Continue For Bourbon Rhode Crew
The Luxembourg-flagged Bourbon Rhode – crewed by 14 Ukrainian, Russian, South African, Filipino and Croatian seafarers – sank on September 28 after it was hit by the category 4 hurricane “Lorenzo”. At the time of the incident, the vessel was in transit around 1,200 nautical miles off the French Martinique island and 60 nautical miles from the eye of the hurricane.
Search and rescue operations coordinated by the Regional Operational Centre of Surveillance and Rescue (CROSS) since September 26...
ITF Calls on France to Continue Search for Bourbon Rhode Crew
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has joined Ukrainian and Croatian maritime unions in demanding that the search for seven missing Bourbon Rhode seafarers continues in the mid-Atlantic. The Luxembourg-flagged Bourbon Rhode sank on September 26 after becoming caught in Hurricane...
South African Seafarer Reported Missing In The Caribbean
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has confirmed an incident of the sinking of an offshore Luxembourg registered tug 1200 nautical miles off Martinique Island on which a South African seafarer was reportedly on-board.
The sinking took place 60 nautical miles South-South East from the eye of a Category 4 hurricane storm named Lorenzo.
SAMSA has received information that the tug, the Bourbon Rhode, sank on the 26th of September and that 14 crew members were declared missing. It has...
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Possible Flare Spotted in Search for Bourbon Rhode Crew
Crew members on board the ALP Striker reported seeing possible distress flares in the search for missing crew members from the Bourbon Rhode in the central Atlantic. Bourbon has now confirmed the sighting that was first reported by French media. According to Bourbon, two seafarers on board the ALP...
Update On Search Operations For Bourbon Rhode Crew; Three Survivors Return
The three survivors of Bourbon Rhode’s crew arrived on October 6, in Fort de France onboard the French Navy frigate “Ventôse”. They were welcomed by civil and military authorities, and by BOURBON representatives. The three seafarers, in good health, have been taken care of by the health structures and have already been reunited with their families.
The bodies of the seafarers who died during the sinking were taken care of by the funeral services and will be repatriated to their families.
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