Four dead, 15 missing after Spanish trawler sinks off Newfoundland

Four people are confirmed dead while 15 others have gone missing after a foreign-flagged fishing vessel sank off Newfoundland island in eastern Canada on Tuesday, Februar ..

The post Four dead, 15 missing after Spanish trawler sinks off Newfoundland appeared first on Baird Maritime.

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/trawling/four-dead-15-missing-after-spanish-trawler-sinks-off-newfoundland/

Hurricane Larry making waves in Atlantic shipping lanes

Satellite animation of Hurricane Larry in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Larry, which was a mere tropical depression off the western Africa coast 10 days ago, passed to the east of Bermuda Thursday.

It produced winds of at least 40 mph in some areas of the island — the low end of the tropical storm force wind range — as well as choppy waters and high surf.

Storm surge at low tide ahead of #Hurricane #Larry at John Smith's Bay #Bermuda this morning. #WX pic.twitter.com/twy53Gdcws

— Bill Davidson (@Adjustah) September 9, 2021

As of early Friday morning,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hurricane-larry-making-waves-in-atlantic-shipping-lanes

51 New Active Cases Reported In Newfoundland

There are seven new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday, with a cargo ship anchored in Conception Bay also reporting 11 new confirmed cases among crew members, reports CBC.

The affected cases

All of the seven reported cases are related to travel within Canada. The new cases include:

  • Two men between 20 and 39 in the Eastern region
  • A woman in her 60s in the Eastern region
  • Two men between 20 and 39 in the Central region
  • Two men in their 50s in the Central region

With the 11...

https://mfame.guru/51-new-active-cases-reported-in-newfoundland/

Fugro succeeds with new seep survey license sales offshore Newfoundland

High-resolution bathymetric map, viewed in Fledermaus, of the Orphan and Carson Basins, offshore Newfoundland; lease blocks are outlined in yellow. The Fugro Searcher acquired the data with its hull-mounted, Kongsberg EM302 MBES system.

Fugro succeeds with new seep survey license sales offshore Newfoundland

Fugro and partner Amplified Geochemical Imaging (AGI), are reporting recent success selling multiple licences for data from frontier regions offshore east coast Canada. The data were acquired...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/10/fugro-succeeds-with-new-seep-survey-license-sales-offshore-newfoundland/

Titanic Didn’t Sink Because of an Iceberg – ‘Rogue’ Wave Threat Revealed!

According to an interesting article published by the Express United Kingdom, cruise ships are guided by experienced captains, with the majority of journeys proving successful.

Yet they sometimes encounter natural dangers at sea which cannot be forecast. An ex ship officer has revealed the most dangerous, and what he thinks is the real reason Titanic did not survive its collision with the infamous iceberg.

Threat of rogue waves

In his new book, The Truth About Cruise Ships, Jay reports that in...

http://mfame.guru/titanic-didnt-sink-because-of-an-iceberg-rogue-wave-threat-revealed/

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