Tag: vessel sinks

A freighter sank last week off the coast of Abaco, The Bahamas in hazardous weather, with salvors working to reduce the risk of pollution. 

The German Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation published its report on the foundering of the fishing vessel RAMONA in the mouth of the River Elbe on 21 September 2021.

A search and rescue operation started in the waters around Jersey in the Channel Islands on December 8, after a Ro-Ro cargo ship hit and sunk a fishing vessel off France.

Authorities in Trinidad & Tobago are trying to contain a possible environmental disaster, after a supply vessel carrying 900 barrels of diesel fuel capsized and sank in the Gulf of Paria, on November 30.

The Indonesia-flag Serasi I experienced a hull breach, after it collided with Temas Line’s general cargo ship Batanghari Mas, on December 1 in the Bangka Strait, off Indonesia.

Three individuals had to be pulled from the waters of Vancouver Harbour, while the rented runabout capsized after a possible collision with the Saga Beiga Flor cargo vessel.

A general cargo vessel named MIKA collided with a local fishing vessel on 19 October, off Ravenna, Italy.

Recent information reports that the fire stricken TSS Pearl has sunk. The ship had suffered a major fire in the Red Sea last week, with all crew safely evacuated. 

About eight crew of a tugboat were saved on October 9 after the vessel sank in the waters of Golo Island in Occidental Mindoro province, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

A coastal sailing vessel that heading for the Maldives, sank off the island nation’s coast on October 8. One of the eight crew is missing, while the others have been rescued.