Casualties

Three on rescue boat dead during Storm Miguel

According to local sources, three crewmembers of a rescue boat died after the vessel ran aground off the Western French coast during a rescue mission. Storm Miguel was raging over the Vendée coastline with gusts of up to 129 km/h.

Specifically, Patron Jacques Morisseau – SNS 061 of the SNSM-statin Sables-d’Olonne, had seven people onboard when she was called to rescue a 11.5-m-gillnetter Carrera at 1100 hours (local time) on June 7th.

The fishing vessel had got in trouble in the rough seas about...

https://safety4sea.com/three-on-rescue-boat-dead-during-storm-miguel-france/

MPA Singapore: Ocean Cooper 2 wreck not posing risk to navigation

In an official statement, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced that the wreck of the supply vessel ‘OCEAN COOPER 2’, which sank within Singapore Territorial Waters in February, does not pose a risk to navigation.

The Dominica-flagged supply vessel capsized and sank in the westbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme, about 3 nautical miles from Pedra Branca, in the Singapore Strait, in the morning hours of 14 February 2019.

All three Indonesian crew onboard were rescued...

https://safety4sea.com/mpa-singapore-ocean-cooper-2-wreck-not-posing-risk-to-navigation/

USCG in search of missing vessel off Canaveral

The US Coast Guard has initiated a research for a missing vessel, after a distress call on the afternoon hours of Sunday, east of Port Canaveral, Florida.

According to initial information provided by the USCG, the US Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Command Center watchstanders received a distress call at 4 p.m. from a vessel.

People onboard stated they were caught in a storm and were in need of assistance.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a Coast Guard Station...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-in-search-of-missing-vessel-off-canaveral/

Hamburg’s restored wooden ship sinks after collision with container ship

A recently restored wooden sailing ship sunk as it collided with a container ship in Hamburg. Because of the quick response of five rescue boats which where in the area when the accident happened, all 43 passengers were rescued.

The two ships collided on the River Elbe after a failed tack led the sailing ship into the container ship.

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Thanks to the quick response from five rescue boats, all passengers were rescued immediately. These boats were in the area due...

https://safety4sea.com/hamburgs-restored-wooden-ship-sinks-after-collision-with-container-ship/

One dies after crane collapses on bulk carrier at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding

A crane collapsed at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s Yangzi Xinfu yard, on June 10, falling into a bulk carrier which was under construction at the time. The accident caused extensive damages to the ship, while two workers were injured, one of whom died.

As local media report, as a bulk carrier was under construction at the yard, a crane collapsed onto it, leading to damages to the front starboard side of the vessel.

In addition, at the time two workers who were onboard the ship, were injured. One of...

https://safety4sea.com/one-dies-after-crane-collapses-on-bulk-carrier-at-yangzijiang-shipbuilding/

Watch: Russia, US blame each other for almost colliding

The US Navy released two videos showing that while operating in the Philippine Sean a Russian destroyer (Udaloy I DD 572) made an unsafe maneuver against USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), closing to ~50-100 feet. The incident took place at approximately 11:45 am on June 7, 2019.

According to the US Navy, the USS Chancellorsville was recovering her helicopter on a steady course and speed when the Russian ship DD572 maneuvered from behind and to the right of USS Chancellorsville, accelerated and...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-russia-us-blame-each-other-for-almost-colliding/

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