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NTSB Underscores Critical Role of Smoke Detectors After Fishing Vessel Fire and Sinking
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is highlighting the importance of properly placed smoke and fire detectors following its investigation of a September 2024 fire aboard the fishing vessel Tarka II near...
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Two Crew Members Charged in Fatal Singapore Tanker Collision
Two crew members from the Singapore-registered oil tanker Hafnia Nile have been charged under the country’s Merchant Shipping Act following a collision that resulted in one death and serious injuries...
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Indian Navy Battles Engine Room Fire on Tanker in Gulf of Oman
The Indian Navy stealth frigate INS Tabar has responded to a distress call from the Pulau-flagged tanker MT Yi Cheng 6 in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday after the...
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NTSB Issues Preliminary Report on Mexican Navy Tall Ship Collision with Brooklyn Bridge
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the May 17 accident in which the Mexican Navy training vessel ARM Cuauhtémoc BE 01 struck the Brooklyn Bridge,...
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Container Losses Rise in 2024 as Red Sea Crisis Forces Riskier Routes
The World Shipping Council (WSC) released its annual Containers Lost at Sea report today, revealing that 576 containers were lost at sea in 2024, up from the record-low 221 containers...
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Salvage Industry Showed Signs of Recovery in 2024
The International Salvage Union (ISU) has released its annual statistics for 2024, revealing a modest recovery in the salvage industry compared to past years with gross revenue for ISU members...
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NTSB Finds Captain’s Navigation Error Led to Ohio River Grounding
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that a towing vessel grounded on a submerged jetty in the Ohio River last year after the captain navigated too close to...
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Car Carrier Morning Midas Sinks in North Pacific After Three-Week Fire Battle
The car carrier Morning Midas has sunk in international waters of the North Pacific, nearly three weeks after a fire broke out on board, according to salvage operator Resolve Marine. The vessel...
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Tech Tycoon Lynch’s Doomed Bayesian yacht Lifted To Surface
By Roberto Mignucci PORTICELLO, Italy, June 21 (Reuters) – Salvage experts lifted Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to the surface and began pumping seawater out of it on Saturday, 10 months after it sank off the coast...
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Salvors Raise Mike Lynch’s Sunken Superyacht in Italy
Salvage experts winched Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht towards the surface on Friday, 10 months after it went down off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech tycoon, his teenage daughter and five others.
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Maritime NZ Files Charges Against KiwiRail Following Cook Strait Ferry Grounding
Maritime NZ has filed two charges against KiwiRail under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 following a comprehensive investigation into the June 2024 grounding of the Interislander roll-on/roll-off...
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India Files Criminal Charges Over Deadly Containership Explosion
Indian authorities have launched criminal case against the owner, master, and crew of the Singapore-flagged container vessel Wan Hai 503 following a major fire and explosion incident that left four...