Two more bodies recovered following Danube River vessel collision

Wreckage of a motor launch that was struck by a cruise ship in the Danube River in Hungary on May 18, 2024. The incident left at least four people dead.

Police officials in Hungary have reported the recovery of the bodies of two more victims of a collision incident involving a river cruise ship and a small motor launch in the Danube River late last week. All four confirmed fatalities were occupants of the motor launch that collided with a cruise...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/cruise/two-more-bodies-recovered-following-danube-river-vessel-collision/

Danube River vessel collision leaves two dead; five others missing

The Hungarian Parliament Building near the Danube River in Budapest

Two people are confirmed dead while five others have gone missing after a cruise ship and a small motor launch collided with each other in the Danube River near Hungary’s capital city of Budapest on Saturday, May 18. Local police officials said the incident occurred in the late evening (local time)...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/cruise/danube-river-vessel-collision-leaves-two-dead-five-others-missing/

EU prosecutors launch probe into Romanian agencies’ fraudulent purchase of tugs

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the European Union’s independent public prosecution office, is leading 12 searches in an investigation against the officials of two Romanian government agencies in connection with suspected fraud relating to the procurement of two new river tugs....

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/tug-and-salvage-world/inland-tug-operations/eu-prosecutors-launch-probe-into-romanian-agencies-fraudulent-purchase-of-tugs/

17 injured after river cruise ship hits wall in northern Austria

Seventeen people suffered varying degrees of injury after a Bulgarian cruise ship transiting the Danube River struck the side of a lock in northern Austria on Friday, March 29. The unidentified vessel, which had more than 140 passengers embarked, was sailing along the Danube near the municipality...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/cruise/17-injured-after-river-cruise-ship-hits-wall-in-northern-austria/

Cruise ship captain gets prison sentence for deadly collision with tour boat on Danube River

A court in Hungary has sentenced a cruise ship captain to five and a half years in prison for his role in a collision with a tour boat that left 27 people dead in the Danube River in Budapest four years prior. On Tuesday, September 26, 68-year-old Ukrainian national Yuri Chaplinsky, captain of the...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/cruise/cruise-ship-captain-gets-prison-sentence-for-deadly-collision-with-tour-boat-on-danube-river/