Maritime Safety News – 1 May 2009
Got news? Know something others should? Email news@maritimeaccident.org Search crew find missing oilman’s body Upstream Online – Oslo,Oslo,Norway It is believed Lindsay, who was not wearing survival...
View ArticleMaritime Safety & Security News – 5 September 2009
Hundreds rescued from sinking ferry in Philippines Reuters AlertNet The "Superferry 9" vessel was carrying about 960 passengers and crew when it set off from General Santos City, on the southern island...
View ArticleMaritime Safety & Security News – 08 September 2009
Crew saved from grounded trawler Lerwick lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter were dispatched to help the Banff-registered Serenity when she began taking on water. Rush to avert fuel spill The Times –...
View ArticleUnhappy Christmas For Philippines Ferries
Three Philippine ferries came to grief in as many days starting on Christmas Eve. Dozens of lives lost in incidents that do not speak well of the nation that provides around 25 per cent of the world’s...
View ArticleMore Banana Boat Deaths, Fatalities, in the Philippines
One Korean tourist has died and two hospitalised after a ‘banana boat’ inflatable collided with a motorised outrigger in the Mactan Channel, Cebu, Philippines. The driver of jet-ski towing the...
View ArticleLessons From The Guardian Grounding – Don’t Trust Charts
With a US Navy investigation underway to assess the circumstances surrounding the USS Guardian grounding that occurred in Philippine waters there are lessons already to be learned: Charts are not...
View ArticleSurprising Development in USS Guardian – Philippines To Invoke IMO Casualty Code
In what may be a promising step forward for maritime accident investigation in the Philippines the country's coast guard is to follow the IMO code of casualty investigation for it's enquiry into the...
View ArticleUSS Guardian Investigators To Collaborate
Newly appointed US Secretary of State John Kerry has assured his opposite number in the Philippine government, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario, of "full cooperation in the salvaging of...
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