Casualty – Pusher tug SHOEI MARU capsized after collision – 23.11.2024
Last Saturday 23rd November around 1800 hrs local time the pusher tug SHOEI MARU and the 229 metre bulk carrier YIANNIS NG that had just departed the Port of Kobe collided with each other. None of the 21 crew members of the bulker were injured, but the pusher tug capsized due to the force of […]
Former Military – Small Hospital Ship ISLAND REACH at Malta – 22.10.2024
One of the former naval vessels that was given a second life, converted as a small hospital ship ISLAND REACH is the former Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) Clovelly Class Fleet Tender RMAS MELTON A 83. She passed breakwaters on Tuesday 22nd October at 1129 hrs coming from Malaga, Spain and while approaching Malta she […]
Casualties – New Zealand Navy Ship ran aground, catches fire and sink – 05.10.2024
On Saturday 5th October, 2024 the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Hydrographic Survey & Diving Support Vessel HMNZS MANAWANUI A 09 sank after she grounded on a reef, caught fire and sank with all compliment as 75 souls including crew and scientists were rescued safely in lifeboats off Samoa. Samoa fire commissioner Tanuvasa Petone said […]
Casualties – Update 3 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 23.08.2024
Articles regarding the super sailing yacht BAYESIAN sinking awful accident published on Tuesday 20th August after our Italian Team Members arrived on site – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinks-after-storm-with-fatalities-19-08-2024/ Update 1 published on Wednesday 21st August with 5 Bodies found – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-update-1-of-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinking-21-08-2024/ Update 2 published on Thursday 22nd August with 1 unaccounted soul – Casualties – Update 2 of Super Sailing […]
Casualties – Update 2 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 22.08.2024
Articles regarding the super sailing yacht BAYESIAN sinking awful accident published on Tuesday 20th August after our Italian Team Members arrived on site – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinks-after-storm-with-fatalities-19-08-2024/ Update 1 published on Wednesday 21st August with 5 Bodies found – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-update-1-of-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinking-21-08-2024/ With 5 bodies found of which the 5th one (Male) was retrieved in the morning the search […]
Casualties – Update 1 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 21.08.2024
With the search for the missing persons continuing at night rescue divers are facing a really dangerous operation getting inside the sunken sailing yacht BAYESIAN and according to local news reports, rescue teams have managed to enter the yacht by smashing through a glass window after a local blacksmith has crafted jacks that were used […]
Casualties – Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinks after storm with fatalities – 19.08.2024
The 58 metre super sailing yacht BAYESIAN homeported in London (GBR Flag) sank off Porticello, Sicily, Italy, following a violent waterspout that struck around 0430 hrs local time on Monday 19th August. The 2008 built sailing yacht was carrying 22 souls of which 15 were rescued by the 1958 built sailing ship SIR ROBERT BADEN […]
AFM – Crew members airlifted from Crude Oil Tanker LILLESAND anchored offshore Malta – 22.07.2024
On the evening of Monday 22nd July the Malta Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) coordinated the rescue of 3 crew members from aboard the 2007 built Crude Oil Tanker LILLESAND who required medical assistance after they lost consciousness due to being stuck in a hydrocarbon tank that was anchored OPL Malta – 18.1 nautical miles from […]
Maritime Accident – Collision between a Jetski and High Speed Craft GOZO EXPRESS – 24.05.2024
Today Friday 24th May, 2024 around 1355 hrs the High Speed Craft (HSC) GOZO EXPRESS reported to Valletta VTS that they had a collision with a Hired Jet Ski with 2 souls aboard in the North Comino Channel. The 2 souls, a man (Helm) and a woman both French Nationals were recovered by a rib […]
Maritime Accident – 300m container ship DALI rammed a Bridge at Baltimore, USA – 26.03.2024
The most severe US bridge allision since the Tampa Skyway Bridge disaster in 1980 happened around 0128 hrs of Tuesday 26th March, 2024 in the while the ship was under pilotage. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being rammed by the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) built 299.9m long (loa) container ship DALI causing […]
