Casualties
Robbers target Korean bulker near Singapore Strait
Incident involving seven armed pirates occurred early Monday, say government officials
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/1826681/robbers-target-korean-bulker-near-singapore-strait
USCG begins investigation into three tugboats sinking
Shortly after completing pollution response, the US Coast Guard announced it has begun an investigation on a major marine casualty involving three vessels sinking in the Illinois River near Hardin, on 5 July 2019.
USCG Sector Upper Mississippi River received a report of three tugboats and a deck barge that were tied together and began taking on water at mile marker 20.7 on the Illinois River on Friday, 5 July and responded to the scene to find all three vessels fully submerged.
The vessels were...
https://safety4sea.com/uscg-begins-investigation-into-three-tugboats-sinking/
Marshall Islands urges European Union to give it a break on tax
Registry says it deserves to be removed from tax blacklist at the earliest opportunity, after promising, once again, to clean up its act
Philippine crewmembers loses life in accident at Port of Savona
On July 18, a Philippine crewmember died, after falling from 60 feet into an empty hold on board the bulker Ilektra, at Port of Savona, Italy. When the incident happened, the victim was conducting maintenance works above the hold, local authorities inform, and as a result he was killed instantly.
Due to the accident, Port of Savona’s operation has been suspended until 14.00 hours on July 19, according to local media.
After the fatal accident, three Italian transport unions began a series of...
https://safety4sea.com/philippine-crewmembers-loses-life-in-accident-at-port-of-savona/
Sri Lanka Navy saves vessel from hitting Bonavista coral reef
According to the Sri Lanka Navy, a vessel was in distress due to rough weather conditions. General Manager of the Marine Environment Protection Authority Dr. P.B. Turney Pradeep Kumarsa informed that the vessel was washed up ashore.
Specifically, Navy Media Spokesperson Lt. Commander Isuru Sooriyabandara reported that the ship was washed ashore in Rumassala, Galle, and was in close proximity to the Bonavista Coral reefs.
The spokesman added that the situation of the vessel posed a threat...
https://safety4sea.com/sri-lanka-navy-saves-vessel-from-hitting-bonavista-coral-reef/
Two crew members killed on bulk carrier off Brazil
Two crew members were killed and another two were injured during tank cleaning onboard the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier ‘AP Dubrava’ in the afternoon hours of Wednesday.
At the time of the incident, the ship, owned by the Croatian shipping firm Atlantska Plovidba (AP), was sailing about 150 nm offshore Brazil.
Weather conditions impeded the rescue efforts and the ship had to divert to Tubarao, where it rendezvoused with a Brazilian Navy helicopter crew off the coast on Thursday.
The...
https://safety4sea.com/two-crew-members-killed-on-bulk-carrier-off-brazil/
Two bulker crew die while cleaning tank
Atlantska Plovidba says two more injured during incident off Brazil.
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/1826073/two-bulker-crew-die-while-cleaning-tank
IMO condemns tanker attacks as ‘serious risk’ to safety at sea
The organisation says the attacks pose ‘grave danger to life’ and ‘serious risk to navigational safety’
Commercial boat collides with a mooring buoy, four minor injuries
UK MAIB focuses on a collision that took place between an inflatable boat and a mooring buoy, on River Thames in London. The collision resulted to two passengers and the boat’s two crews, with minor injuries, that were later transmitted to the hospital. In the meantime, the commercially operated rigid inflatable boat suffered severe damages.
On Thursday, January 17 2019, Tiger One, a commercially operated rigid inflatable boat collided with a mooring buoy on the River Thames in London, with a...
https://safety4sea.com/commercial-boat-collides-with-a-mooring-buoy-four-minor-injuries/