Tag: vessel sinks

More than 30 years have passed since the explosion and sinking of the VLCC ‘MT Haven’ off the coast of Genoa, Italy. To date, Haven is not only known as the world's largest shipwrecks, but also the largest oil spill in the history of the Mediterranean Sea.

According to USCG's statement, on Monday, April 15, a small lugger tug, DeJeanne Maria, sank near Venice, Louisiana after striking a submerged object.  The vessel was sailing downriver with two empty barges when she struck an unknown object underwater and began to sink. 

Sewol ferry sank on 16 April 2014, in South Korean waters taking the lives of over 300 people, most of whom where kids on a school excursion. Four years later, in August 2018, the official panel investigation on the accident said it could not find exact causes for South Korea’s deadliest maritime casualty since 1970.

The Philippines Supreme Court has reopened the case against an official of Sulpicio Lines over the 2008 sinking of its ferry Princess of the Stars. The Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals dismissal against Edgar Go, Sulpicio Lines' first vice president and team leader of its crisis management committee.

Based on documents obtained by the Kansas City Star, the Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle that sank in Branson, Missouri in 2018 had been refitted with less capable bilge pumps prior to the accident, with the U.S. Coast Guard's approval. 

The crew of US Coast Guard rescued six people on Saturday, April 6, as their boat started taking on water 25 miles west of Sunny Isles. The rescue took place at about 9 a.m. after an emergency positioning beacon drew the attention of the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami. No injuries were reported.

On 31st March, shipping mourns a relatively recent tragedy: The loss of the South Korean VLOC ‘Stellar Daisy’ in 2017, which took almost entire crew at the bottom of the South Atlantic.

The NTSB issued an investigation report on the flooding and sinking of the towing vessel 'Nancy C' on Lower Mississippi River, near Dyersville, Tennessee, in March 2018. The investigation identified poor maintenance as key cause of the incident. 

The implementation of anti-pollution measures in the area of the sunken Grande America were halted, because north-east winds of 15 knots, cross-seas and a swell of 2.5 to 3 metres on March 25th prevented the procedures.

The favourable weather conditions enable those conducting pollution cleaning operations off the coast of France, where the ill-fated Grande America sank a week ago. In the meantime, the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture published an inventory of the ship's cargo according to which, Grande America was transporting 1.050 tonnes of dangerous goods.