The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens Haverikommission; SHK) has published its report on an investigation into the tragic death of a crewmember on a passenger vessel on a Swedish-flagged ferry on June 27, 2022. On the said date, a marine engineer was found unconscious on board Stena...
Incidents
Tour boat capsizing leaves 12 dead in northern China
Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13. The unidentified vessel was transporting passengers on the Qinlong River near the village of Qinhuangdao when the incident occurred at around 14:30 local time on...
COLUMN | Safety culture matters: Pemex and Perenco on the wrong side of history [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting...
Iran Seizes Portuguese Containership MSC Aries in the Strait of Hormuz
By Maha El Dahan (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, days after Tehran said it could close the crucial…
https://gcaptain.com/iran-seizes-portuguese-containership-msc-aries-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/
Captain criticised for actions leading to loss of Thai warship in bad weather
Officials of the Royal Thai Navy said the captain of a warship that sank in bad weather in late 2022 had taken “imprudent” actions that resulted in the ship’s loss along with at least 24 of its crew. An investigation revealed that Captain Phichitchai Thueannadee, commanding officer of the corvette...
Fire kills one on Russian icebreaker under construction
Prosecutors in Russia have told local media that one person was killed while three others suffered varying degrees of injury after a fire broke out on an icebreaker that is still under construction on Monday, April 8. The 106-metre Yekaterina Velikaya was at a shipyard in Vladivostok undergoing...
Over 90 dead in Mozambique ferry tragedy
Authorities in Mozambique have confirmed that more than 90 people were killed after a passenger ferry capsized and sank off Nampula province in the country’s northern coast on Sunday, April 7. The unidentified vessel was transporting over 130 people, many of whom were reportedly attempting to flee...
Blast injures nine on fishing boat in Bay of Bengal off India
Nine crewmembers of a fishing boat suffered injuries after a fire ignited and caused a gas cylinder to explode on board their vessel off the southern Indian city of Visakhapatnam on Friday, April 5. The locally-registered fishing vessel Durga Bhavani was in the Bay of Bengal 65 nautical miles off...
Over 100 evacuated after ferry catches fire in Gulf of Thailand
The Bangkok Post reports that more than 100 people were evacuated from a passenger ferry after it caught fire in the Gulf of Thailand on Thursday, April 4. The vessel identified as Ko Jaroen 2 was approaching Koh Tao island in southern Thailand’s Surat Thani province when a blaze ignited in its...
Shipowner, master convicted in Australia over vessel boarding mishap leading to serious injury
The Australiam government’s Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), on behalf of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), has successfully prosecuted a ship’s master and a shipping company following a serious accident involving a ship’s pilot on May 25, 2023. On the said date, a pilot attempting to embark the Panama-flagged general cargo ship Boshi […]
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