Ships Accidents

One rescuer died after Coast Guard helicopter crashed into the sea while responding to a grounded container ship TS Taipei in Taiwan. The helicopter was part from the rescue team for airlifting the crew members from the grounded carrier. The pilot of the helicopter is seriously injured, while another three …

The river barge Kreuzenstein allided with pillar of the East Railway Bridge in Stadtlau Austria on Danube river. The accident happened after the barge lost propulsion power and hit the pillar with slow speed. The bridge was closed for railways for several hours before full inspection of the pillar. It …

The general cargo ship Professor Katsman grounded on a mud bottom in Volga river after left the fairway due to navigation mistake of the duty officer. The vessel was making a voyage with 2,427 tons of general cargo on board from from St Petersburg to Baku, Azerbaijan. The ship hardly …

Container crane boom broke during cargo handling operations of the boxship Maersk Karachi in Bremerhaven Container Terminal in Germany. After the accident the crane operator fell with cabin from over 50 m height and died. The port rescuqe team needed several hours to reach the man under the fallen container …

The container ship Eilbek got cargo shift in a storm off Kiel, Denmark. Some of the cargo in containers shifted and vessel received big list to starboard. The accident happened in a gale with strong wind and large waves, during a voyage from Rotterdam via Antwerp to St Petersburg, Russia …