Accidents
The Maritime Incidents, Casualties and Accident Investigations module provides a structured and comprehensive system for recording, managing, investigating, and analyzing incidents that occur onboard vessels or during maritime operations. It enables vessel crews, shore-based teams, safety departments, and management to document incidents such as collisions, groundings, fires, machinery failures, pollution events, cargo damage, personal injuries, near misses, and other operational or safety-related occurrences.
Containers Crash onto Bunker Vessel During Cargo Operations in Antwerp
Accidents Containers Crash onto Bunker Vessel During Cargo Operations in Antwerp Incident Highlights Risks of Simultaneous Cargo Handling and Bunkering Activities A routine cargo operation
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Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Pipeline Hub as Global Energy Supply Tightens
As tensions disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, another blow has hit global energy logistics. Ukraine has targeted a key Russian oil pipeline facility linked to Black Sea export terminals, potentially affecting crude flows from one of Russia’s major export routes.
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Training Gap Exposed After Tanker–Trawler Collision Sinks Fishing Vessel in Firth of Clyde
A routine afternoon in Scottish coastal waters ended with a trawler on the seabed and three fishermen in a liferaft.The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has now concluded that the collision between the crude oil tanker Apache and the stern trawler Serinah was not just a navigational…
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29 Dead in Basilan Ferry Sinking as Philippines Grounds Operator’s Entire Fleet
A routine inter-island voyage turned fatal in the early hours of January 26, when a roll-on/roll-off ferry capsized off Basilan in the southern Philippines.With 29 lives lost and a history of prior incidents linked to the operator, authorities have taken the rare step of suspending the company’s…
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Evergreen Bets on Mid-Sized Tonnage with $1.47 Billion Newbuild Program
Evergreen Marine is expanding again — this time with 23 new containerships focused squarely on the mid-size segment.In a market still navigating volatility, the Taiwanese carrier is doubling down on flexibility and fleet renewal.
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Devon Bay Sinks with Suspected Nickel Ore Liquefaction: A Familiar Warning for Bulk Shipping
On January 23, the Singapore-flagged bulk carrier Devon Bay went down while sailing from the Philippines to China with 55,000 tonnes of nickel ore onboard.The vessel issued a distress signal late on January 22. Rough seas were reported in the area.According to Philippine Coast Guard Commandant…
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Massive explosion at Ningbo Port in China on YM Mobility
Accidents China CHINA – An explosion occurred on the boxship YM Mobility at a container terminal in the busy Beilun Port area of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port
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