| 06/26 |
Indonesia |
Containership |
All nine crewmembers of container ship Golden Star 1 were rescued after the vessel started to take on water before sinking around six kilometres off Batam Island in Indonesia. |
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| 06/26 |
Canada |
Non-descript Boat |
Three people were injured after a boat collided with the pillar of a rail bridge in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Three of the four occupants had to be taken to hospital for treatment. |
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| 05/26 |
Indonesia |
Tour boat |
A boat carrying tourists capsized off Binton Island in western Indonesia’s Riau Islands. The eight passengers, the boat’s captain and the tour guide were able to reach nearby mangroves and were rescued by another boat in the area. |
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| 05/26 |
Virgin Islands |
Non-descript Vessel |
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a boater following a vessel fire near St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Coast Guard launched search and rescue after receiving a report of a vessel on fire from an aircraft a vessel fire. Shortly afterwards they rescued the boater who was found floating and clinging to an overturned dinghy. They confirmed they were the sole passenger aboard the 45-foot catamaran, Abundance, which sank after the fire. The survivor was taken to hospital. |
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| 05/26 |
Turkey |
Tour boat |
A tour boat carrying 148 passengers and crew sank off Marmaris on the Turkish Riviera. The Big Boss Diamond suddenly tilted and started to take on water while it was sailing. Passengers were advised to put on lifejackets as Good Samaritan vessels came to evacuate them. Everyone was safely rescued before it sank, although some were treated for minor injuries and shock. |
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| 05/26 |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
Non-descript Vessel |
Eleven people died after a boat capsized in the Inzia River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The vessel had been carrying passengers when it hit some rocks causing it to capsize. Eleven bodies were recovered along with 47 survivors – an unknown number of passengers were reported missing. |
11 |
| 05/26 |
Puerto Rico |
Non-descript Boat |
The U.S. Coast Guard received a call from a boater reporting his father had jumped into the water without a life jacket to fix their vessel’s outboard engine and was quickly swept away. The other two boaters remained aboard the disabled vessel. Coast Guard located and brought him safely aboard their vessel. A Good Samaritan mariner also arrived and established a tow with the disabled vessel. The Coast Guard boat crew transported the survivor and escorted the Good Samaritan vessel with the disabled vessel to safe harbour in Piñones, Puerto Rico. No injuries or medical emergencies were reported in this case. |
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| 05/26 |
Indonesia |
Cargo ship |
Three sailors died after entering an enclosed compartment for inspection work on a cargo ship in Indonesian waters. Members of the Myanmar seafarers’ community said they had died from oxygen deprivation. |
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| 05/26 |
Germany |
Cargo vessel |
A worker died after a heavy object fell on him on board a cargo vessel at the Port of Hamburg. |
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| 05/26 |
Bangladesh |
Crude oil tanker |
No one was injured in a fire that started on board crude oil tanker Meghna Trader, which was anchored off Chattogram Port. The blaze began in the engine room and was brought under control hours later through the effort of multiple emergency services. |
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| 05/26 |
Italy |
Ro-Pax vessel |
A fire broke out on aboard Ro-Pax vessel GNV Phoenix while undergoing maintenance at the Port of Naples. Emergency services, including tugs, Coast Guard patrol vessels and shore-based firefighters, arrived to extinguish, went to deal with the incident. No casualties were reported among the maintenance workers and ship crew |
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| 05/26 |
Guatemala |
Two Container vessel |
Container vessel Seaboard Pride was manoeuvring in Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala when it struck docked vessel Saturn. No injuries or pollution was reported. |
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| 05/26 |
Germany |
Cargo ship |
A fire broke out on board cargo ship Jolyn at the Port of Hamburg leaving eight injured. The fire started in the vessel’s storage area with smoke seen rising from the stern. Seven crewmembers and one firefighter were seriously injured and were taken to hospital for treatment. |
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| 05/26 |
Oman |
Tanker |
Tanker Olympic Life reported an explosion on its port side aft, close to the waterline, around 60 nautical miles east of Muscat, Oman. The incident caused an oil spill of bunker fuel into the water. |
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| 05/26 |
New Zealand |
Non-descript Boat |
Coastguard Tautiaki Moana saved a person a man whose boat had capsized in Lake Wanaka. The man was found clinging to a seat cushion in near-freezing water. Coastguard crew found him despite strong winds, a one-metre swell and poor visibility. |
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| 05/26 |
India |
Non-descript Boat |
Two people died and another five were reported missing after a boat capsized on the Ganga River in Bihar state in India. It had been carrying 14 people when it was hit by strong winds. |
2 |
| 05/26 |
Pakistan |
Cable laying vessel & containership |
Cable laying vessel Niwa and containership Papu collided with each other just outside the outer limits of the Port of Karachi, Pakistan. The Niwa had been entering the port as the Papu was leaving it. The incident left the cable laying vessel with a hull breach and water ingress while the containership sustained no major damage. No injuries were reported. |
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| 05/26 |
USA |
Tour vessel |
No injuries were reported after a tour vessel struck a pier while attempting to dock in San Francisco, California, USA. Some of the vessel’s windows shattered in the incident, and an assessment was carried out to determine any other damage done to the vessel. |
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| 05/26 |
Malaysia |
FSO Vessel |
Three people died on board FSO Sepat offshore East Coast Peninsular Malaysia. Another person was also injured on the vessel as lifeboat maintenance work was being carried out. An investigation has been launched into the cause of the incident. |
3 |
| 05/26 |
Portugal |
Tour Boat |
Two people were injured after a tour boat carrying 12 capsized inside a sea cave in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. Seach and rescue as well as some Good Samaritans helped evacuate the people from the cave. The injured were taken to hospital but were not thought to have life-threatening injuries. |
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| 05/26 |
New Zealand |
Non-descript Vessel |
Six people were rescued after their vessel capsized crossing the Whakatāne bar in New Zealand. The Coastguard found all of its occupants had made it onto nearby rocks before bringing them back to shore. |
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| 05/26 |
Kenya |
Non-descript Boat |
Four people have gone missing after a boat carrying passengers capsized in the Indian Ocean off the boast of Lamu County in eastern Kenya. Four people were safely rescued with some showing signs of acute hypothermia, and a search and rescue effort was launched to find the other four missing people. |
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| 05/26 |
Netherlands |
Trawler & Containership |
A crewmember was injured after trawler Stella Polaris and containership Singapore Express collided in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. A crewmember from the trawler suffered minor injuries and the vessel sustained significant damage – particularly its wheelhouse. The trawler was later towed to Harlinen for the damage to be assessed for repairs. |
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| 05/26 |
Nigeria |
Oil tanker & Cargo ship |
Oil tanker Lady Martina collided with cargo vessel Maersk Valparaiso in the Bonny Inner Anchorage in Nigeria. Five crewmembers on the tanker were injured and were evacuated for medical treatment. An oily sheen was seen in the waters following the incident. The tanker also drifted ashore and was aground on the Bonny Channel whereas the cargo vessel was aground in the Bonny Inner Anchorage. The latter vessel was refloated and went to anchor at Onn Port. |
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| 05/26 |
Turkey |
Dredger |
Dredger Albayrak 5 reported machinery failure near Haydarpaşa Breakwater, Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish authorities sent vessels to tow and escort the vessel safely to the Ahırkapı Iron Field. |
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| 05/26 |
Singapore |
Two Bulk Carriers |
Bulk carrier Cape XL was departing from the eastern bunker anchorage when it hit Huge Kumano as it arrived in Singapore. The former bulk carrier bow section became embedded in the latter’s port side hull. They were both still able to sail under their own power and leave the area. Both vessels were still able to reach their respective destinations later that week. No pollution or injuries were reported. |
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| 05/26 |
Argentina |
Tugboat & Tanker |
A tugboat, HB Perseus, collided with tanker Ginga Bobcat off the coast of Rosario in Santa Fe province on the Paraná River. The anchored vessel reportedly used its horn to warn the tugboat before the collision. The tugboat was split in two and several of the barges it was pushing broke free. There were no injuries reported. |
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| 05/26 |
New Zealand |
Non-descript Boat |
The sole occupant of a boat that caught fire in Waitematā Harbour, New Zealand managed to escape uninjured using a small dinghy. Emergency services responded to crisis with locals reportedly waking up to the sounds of loud blasts. |
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| 05/26 |
New Zealand |
Jet Ski |
Two people were pulled from the water after being injured by a jet ski that exploded near the Motuihe Channel in New Zealand. |
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| 05/26 |
Philippines |
Outrigger boat |
Three people were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard and other Good Samaritan vessels after their vessel capsized. Outrigger boat Triple R was transporting a cargo of rice when it hit rough sea conditions causing it to take on water and capsize off Cagayan province in the northern Philippines. All three crewmembers were saved and found to be in good condition. |
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