Casualties
The Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA) sums up a recent incident where a bulk carrier was disabled in the Coral Sea, & outlines its proactive maritime
USCG co-ordinates ocean rescue of two Danish sailors by Finish warship after their yacht 'Petra' sank
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District command
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) provided assistance to a drifting bulk carrier in the Coral Sea before tugs arrived
The Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier,
With Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner Franco Gabrielli in attendance, Costa Crociere S.p.A. and Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi, the winner of the
A damaged hoist cable and the inability to find equipment needed to repair the fraying cable are the two causal factors in the Coast Guard’s unsuccessful
The South Africa Maritime Safety Authority says salvage of the Japanese fishing vessel stranded on Clifton’s First Beach has become an issue of national importance
Wilfred Solomons-Johannes,
Coastguard monitors safety aspects as MSC hire Donjon-Smit to make a salvage assessment of fire-damaged 'MSC Idil' off the Puerto Rico coast
The coastguard reports
'Eihatsu Maru' a 50 m Japanese registered long-liner is aground on South Africa's Cape Peninsular Beach
The vessel has been on the beach for several days due to heavy surf.
To help oil companies respond best in major emergencies J J Black Consultancy launch 'The Single Platform System (SPS)'
One of the key benefits of this new service
Attorneys file a lawsuit on behalf of four on-board musician victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck
A $US200 million ($A199.45 million) lawsuit has been filed
'Panos Earth' has been anchored in South Africa's False Bay for 7 weeks without electrical power & the crew wants to go home
The Panos Earth, 75,864 dwt bulk carrier needs $500 000 (R3.
Antarctica oil spill: a wrecked Brazilian ship 'Endless Sea', leaks oil, trapped in ice
A wrecked Brazilian ship is trapped in ice and spilling fuel in Antarctica,
Mr John Walker has been appointed as head of GL Noble Denton's growing Marine Casualty Investigation practice for the Americas region.
Based in the New York office,
Donjon Marine Refloats car ferry GOV. HERBERT H. LEHMAN.
After a competitive bidding process, in late March 2012 Donjon Marine was awarded a job to refloat the 277-foot Ex-Staten Island,
Coast Guard responds to offshore drilling unit, tanker collision in Gulf of Mexico
The Coast Guard is responding to a collision between a mobile offshore drilling unit and a tanker vessel ,
National Transportation Safety Board publishes its findings on 2010 Staten Island ferry accident
On May 8, 2010, the 310-foot-long passenger ferry Andrew J.
Around 40 were dead and 160 missing when the overcrowded Indian ferry sank
The Bangkok Post newspaper reports that around 40 people were dead and 160 missing
Salvors made good progress in removing containers and cargo from the 'Rena'; debris seen on beaches
Svitzer salvors have made good progress in removing containers
Newport Beach to Ensenada boat race entrant 'Aegean' destroyed, 4 dead, may not have been seen by larger vessel
Coast Guard investigators working to determine
Fairmount tug 'Fairmount Glacier' re-floated bulk carrier 'Akiba' from aground off Mozambique
The Greek owned bulk carrier, Akiba, which was recently grounded off the coast of Maputo,