| Date |
Ship |
2012 |
Incident |
| November 20 | Nordlandia Ekero Line |
Cruise Ind reports Estonian news outlet ERR is reporting that a two passengers witnessed a man falling overboard into the Gulf of Finland. Authorities were called and after 45 minutes, a helicopter spotted the man treading water. He was transported back to the vessel. | Person overboard - rescued alive |
| November 19 | Finlandia Ekero Line |
Cruise Ind reports that while participating in an emergency life raft drill, 20 crew members suffered broken bones, burns and sprained ankles as they descended down a chute to their raft. Modern ferries have chutes for easily descending to water level. Finnish media are stating that the drill was halted not after the injures were first reported, but later when “when Eckero staff refused to follow their colleagues down the chute.” The 2001 built Finlandia was recently acquired from Moby likes by Eckero Line. | Workers injured |
| November 3 | Napolean Bonaparte SNCM |
The Daily Mail reports the passenger ferry is listing along a dock in Marseille after being wrenched from her moorings by 60mph winds that battered France's southern coast on October 28th. It rotated before crashing into the wharf after some dozen ropes snapped in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to reports today. The impact ripped a 30-metre long hole in the rear of the boat below the waterline, according to owners Nationale Corse Méditerranée (SNCM). Water poured into two watertight compartments and the ship's keel now 'seems to rest on the bottom,' a SNCM spokesman told Metro France. No one was hurt in the incident as the ferry is currently out of service for the winter. The ship can carry 2,650 passengers and 708 vehicles. NOTE: See pics at the Daily Mail. | Collision with pier - heavy list |
| October 1 | Silja Galaxy | Finnish press reports a man fell into the sea from the passenger ferry Silja Galaxy about 20 miles southeast of Mariehamn, on the night of Sunday. Coast Guard was forced to abort the search as fruitless on Sunday morning. Silja Europa and several merchant vessels participated in the search. Neither the Finnish or Swedish rescue helicopters were involved in reconnaissance due to heavy Rain. Rough seas were heavy at night. Silja Galaxy operates between Turku and Stockholm. | Pax overboard |
| September 20 | DFDS Seaways | The Herald Sun reports JAMES Bailey fell asleep at the bar on a stag night cruise. He woke up on fire. And no-one will tell him what happened. Bailey, 28, from Lanarkshire in England is seeking legal advice after he says the owners of the Amsterdam booze cruise boat refused to accept any responsibility for the incident. He told the Daily Mail: “After a few drinks I feel asleep at a table on the eighth floor bar. Most of my friends were either asleep or back in their rooms. “I suddenly awoke in extreme agony and quickly realised my clothes were on fire. “The bartender assisted in removing my shirt and putting out the flames. “I burned my hand which instantly blistered to the size of a grape. Mr Bailey claims there was a group of 20-30 people in the bar when the incident occurred plus the bar staff. And yet no-one can tell him how he came to be on fire. He said shocked bar staff doused the flames but not before he suffered first, second and third degree burns. Cruise company DFDS Seaways said they were unable to comment on the accident. | Pax injured |
| April 15 | Stena Saga |
Cruise Law News reports the cruise-ferry , which operates between Oslo and Fredrikshavn in Denmark, was hit by an explosion in its engine room over the Easter weekend. The explosion sparked a fire. A newspaper in Norway reports that "alarmed residents south of Drøbak called emergency services when they saw smoke billowing from the ship and noted that it was off course in the sound leading into the inner Oslo Fjord." A Stena Line spokesman confirmed that the explosion created a lot of smoke but claimed it was contained by the vessel’s sprinkling system in the engine room. The vessel drifted for a brief period but was able to continue sailing towards Oslo, where it arrived around 30 minutes late. 1,392 passengers and a crew of 180 were on on board at the time of the explosion and fire, although no evacuation took place. |
Fire |
| April 9 | Spirit of France P&O Ferries |
The Daily Mail reports around 200 undergraduates stripped naked, smashed glasses and overturned furniture during a night of havoc on the ferry last week. The early-morning ferry was sailing from Dover to Calais on Sunday April 1 when students from the University of Manchester clashed with rivals from the Manchester Metropolitan University in the ship’s bar. Students from the two Manchester universities caused a mass brawl onboard. Passengers, many with young children, had to be moved to a secure room for their own safety. Crew members said many of the students, who were going skiing, were drunk before they boarded the ship. It has been reported that students were seen dancing on the tables and were even exposing themselves. Men and women are believed to have been streaking and fighting at the bar and a P&O spokeswoman said they were forced to take all non-university passengers to an area of the ship which is usually an exclusive lounge so they were 'out of harm's way'. | Mass brawl |
| April 1 | Condor Rapide Condor Ferries |
The BBC reports the search for a woman missing from a ferry in the English Channel will not resume. The ship was en route from the Channel Island of Guernsey to Poole in Dorset when the alarm was raised at about 17:30 BST on Sunday. A major air and sea search of the routes was suspended after five hours. Coastguard rescue helicopters from Portland and La Hague, lifeboats from Weymouth and Alderney, Channel Islands Air Search and the French Coastguard were all involved in the search. An MCA spokesman said the temperature of the water had been the deciding factor in the decision to call off the search on Sunday night. | Passenger missing |
| March 8 | Stena Line | The UK Press reports a passenger ferry has been involved in a collision with a vessel at the entrance to Belfast Lough. A Stena ferry has docked at its terminal in Belfast. There are no reports of injuries. Police said the collision took place close to the Fairway buoy near Bangor, Co Down. The second vessel remains close to the buoy under the instructions of Belfast Harbour while damage is being assessed. The ferry left Birkenhead on Wednesday morning and was on the final stretch of its sailing to Belfast when the collision took place. There were 51 passengers and 47 crew on board. A spokesman said there were no reports of injuries and everyone on the ferry had safely disembarked in Belfast. Passengers on the ferry recounted the force of the collision and initial fears they might have to abandon the vessel before it was confirmed the ferry could safely complete its journey. | Collision |
| February 4 | Shardon (Italian ferry) |
Inquirer News reports more than 260 people were rescued early today when the ferry ran aground off Italy in a snow storm. The ferry ran aground shortly after setting off from Civitavecchia north of Rome. | Aground |
| Date |
Ship |
2011 |
Incident |
| September 6 | Princess Seaways DFDS Ferries |
BBC reports a woman has been rescued after falling overboard from a Newcastle passenger ferry bound for the Netherlands. She fell overboard at about 20:35 BST on Monday. The ferry then reversed course and rescued her off the coast of Flamborough Head, at about 21:00 BST. The woman, 23, from Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, was taken to Scarborough Hospital, where she was kept in overnight and then released. 'Reversing course' Mike Green, watch manager at Humber Coastguard said the water temperature would have been between 11C and 12C. He said he did not know how she fell off the vessel. Mr Green added: "We received a call about 20:45 last night from the Princess Seaways DFDS ferry out of Newcastle. They said they'd had a person overboard and they were reversing their course. "We alerted the RAF Sea King helicopter and put the Scarborough and Filey lifeboats on stand-by in case we had an extended search. "The crew of the DFDS ferry were very efficient with their man-overboard procedures, they managed to get a visual contact with the lady, launched their rescue craft and managed to get her on board the ferry." | Pax overboard - rescued alive |
| August 23 | Finnish Ferry | All Headline News reports a Finnish ferry ran aground after the captain got locked in the ship's bathroom. The coast guard reported that the tourist ferry crashed into a rock near the shore of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. Officials said the captain got stuck in the bathroom after the lock jammed. He yelled for help and was rescued, but not in time to prevent the accident. A crew member was able to slow the vessel, but the island cruising ship still crashed. There were no reports of any serious injuries, but some of the 54 passengers onboard did suffer minor bruises. The name of the cruise line has not been released. | Aground |
| February 7 | Ship unknown Tallink-Sija Line |
The Baltic Times reports a Latvian man who fell overboard while travelling on a Tallink cruise liner from Stockholm to Riga has still not been found, rescue workers say. The man fell overboard at appoximately 2:45 in the morning. A search involving numerous boats and helicopters ensued, but rescuers were unable to locate the man by the time the search was called off at about 8 am. Medics say it is unlikely that the man would be able to survive for more than a few minutes in the frigid waters. | Pax overboard |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2010 |
Incident |
| 9.10.10 | Lisco Gloria | The Independent reports more than 200 passengers and crew were evacuated after a ferry caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea. The Lithuanian passenger and car ferry Lisco Gloria was en route from the northern city of Kiel to the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda when an explosion occurred around midnight local time.The ferry MS Deutschland and a police vessel had been nearby at the time at the accident and came to the rescue of passengers either swimming in the water or clinging to liferafts. Several people were injured and three taken to hospital by helicopter. According to a spokesperson, "The vessel is ablaze ... and it is realistic to expect that it will burn the whole day." | Fire |
| 27.9.10 | Moby Otta Moby Line |
Le Repubblica Genova reports two German tourists, aged 28 and 29, died when their car plunged into the sea as cars were offloading from the ro-ro ferry. Apparently the gate over which cars passed from the ship to the terminal moved away from the shore. Human error has not been eliminated as the cause of the accident. | Freak accident |
| 8.8.10 | Scottish Viking DFDS Seaways |
BBC reports an investigation is under way into a collision between a ferry and a trawler which has left a teenage fisherman lost in the North Sea. The North Shields-based Homeland prawn boat was in collision with the Scottish Viking off the Berwickshire coast just before 2000 BST on Thursday. Two fishermen, who are brothers, were on board the trawler. One, aged 20, was pulled to safety by another boat. The search for the other brother, thought to be 16, has been called off. Fred Caygill from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) told the BBC a crewman from another vessel had seen the missing boy in the water at 2025 BST on Thursday, but he then slipped from view. The MCA confirmed the search was terminated at 1400 BST on Friday, a decision which had followed 17 hours of searching, when expected survivability had been exceeded.The Marine Accident Investigation Branch will examine how the collision happened. A spokesman said: "We are conducting a preliminary examination at the moment." | Collision |
| 7.6.10 | Hjatland Northlink Ferries |
STV News reports the ferry, which operates between Aberdeen and Shetland, has been withdrawn following an outbreak of sickness and diarrhoea and is currently docked at Aberdeen harbour where it will remain for the next 48 hours. Northlink Ferries say the decision was taken after a bus party from Hereford became ill within an hour of boarding the vessel on Friday in Lerwick. It is understood 14, mainly elderly people, reported feeling unwell during the course of the journey. The ship was then subjected to a ten hour chemical deep clean prior to sailing north on Saturday evening but Northlink Ferries decided to withdraw it from service after three members of the Hjaltland crew became ill with similar symptoms on Sunday. The ferry is now being cleaned again and is expected to operate as normal on Wednesday. | Illness |
| 7.2.10 | Isle of Arran Caledonia MacBrayne Ferry |
BBC reports fourteen passengers were brought to shore safely after the ferry crashed into a pier on the Kintyre Peninsula while reversing into the harbour at Kennacraig at about 0930 GMT, after sailing from Islay . The ferry, which was also carrying a few commercial vehicles, hit the pier but no-one was hurt in the incident. A spokesman for the ferry company said early indications were that a mechanical fault was to blame. Engineers are now assessing damage to the pier, which is not thought to be too severe. | Collision with pier |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2009 |
Incident |
| 25.11.09 | Barfleur Brittany Ferries |
The Guardian reports a suspected illegal immigrant sparked a five-hour air and sea search after jumping off a cross-Channel ferry in a desperate attempt to get into Britain. The apparent stowaway leapt into rough and freezing seas as the boat approached Poole harbour, in Dorset. Despite 65mph winds and 3-metre (10ft) waves, he made it 50 metres to shore on the exclusive Sandbanks peninsula, wearing a wetsuit under his clothes to protect him from hypothermia. He was caught when he was spotted dripping wet while boarding a chain ferry that crosses the harbour. At first he told police through an interpreter that a second man also went overboard with him and two women colleagues were left on board. A huge search of the harbour was launched involving some 50 lifeboat personnel, coastguards and police officers, costing around £26,000. The operation was called off at 5.30am and although police continued to search the shoreline, they found no trace of anyone else involved. The man, aged in his 40s, was arrested on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant and is being questioned by immigration officials in Poole. | Pax jumps overboard - rescued |
| 23.10.09 | Hrossey NorthLink |
The Orcadian Daily News (Orkney Islands) reports that four passengers on NorthLink Ferry's northbound Hrossey sustained minor injuries in severe weather conditions on Thursday morning. The vessel encountered heavier than forecast south-easterly gales (force 10) off the Fair Isle, and, in very heavy seas, a sudden roll to port led to four passengers sustaining minor injuries. Additionally, a number of cars were slightly damaged and a plate glass panel was broken by a sofa. Speaking on Thursday morning, a NorthLink spokesman commented: "Four passengers sustained minor injuries when the vessel lurched unexpectedly during a particularly heavy roll — one who who sitting in the bar, one who was asleep in a bunk and a couple who were asleep on a sofa. "So far as I am aware, at the moment, hospitalisation was not required." | Injuries in rough seas |
| 23.7.09 | M/S Gotland |
Safety at Sea International reports the officers of two Swedish ferries that collided today near Stockholm harbour in thick fog are to be interviewed by police. The ships collided about 1100 local time. Rescuers said at least 12 people were injured, with five of them sent to a hospital; 1,338 passengers and 76 crew were aboard the larger M/S Gotland, which had a 30cm hole in its hull, according to passengers. The smaller HSC Gotlandia 2, with 532 passengers and 19 crew onboard, was reported seriously damaged, including a huge hole torn at the height of the passenger seating area. The vessel has been declared operationally safe and will be sent to a repair yard. A passenger aboard M/S Gotland told the newspaper: "The whole boat shuddered and we started swinging back and forth." Passengers on the smaller ferry reported a huge bang, quickly followed by sirens, then a din of falling and crushing structures all around them. A police officer said its starboard side was completely smashed. Reports from passengers on the smaller ferry indicated that it had been trying to avoid another large ship emerging from Nynäshamn in thick fog, which caused it to veer into the path of the oncoming M/S Gotland. See also The Local (Sweden's News in English). | Colllision |
| 7.7.09 | Eurovoyager |
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch issued a report on an incident November 3, 2008 where a crew member was crushed by a watertight door, resulting in serious injury. The report found that many of the doors were routinely left open at sea, which potentially compromised the vessel’s watertight integrity. It also lists other safety concerns related to the accident. | Crew injury - Safety issue |
| 29.5.09 | Vicenzo Florio Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA |
The ferry, travelling from Naples to Palermo, was 25 miles from the Sicilian capital when a fire broke out in the car hold early today. The 526 passengers used lifeboats to reach another ferry and a Coast Guard ship that came to the rescue. Initially, most of the 35 crew members stayed aboard to help firefighters extinguish the blaze, however the captain later ordered a complete evacuation because the flames were spreading. The ship is being towed and was expected to reach Palermo later today. |
Fire |
| 18.5.09 | P&O Express P&O Ferries |
The BBC reports a man with a psychiatric condition was seen jumping from the Larne to Troon ferry on Sunday evening. The boat, which was travelling at about 30 knots, turned around to look for him. It launched its onboard fast rescue craft and a helicopter from Prestwick and a RNLI lifeboat from Girvan joined the search. The man was winched to safety and taken to hospital after the vessel docked at Troon. | Person overboard - rescued |
| 24.3.09 | Eolos Kenderis 2 NEL Lines | According to GR Reporter the ferry hit the breakwater at the Santorini port at the moment when the crew was trying to dock and to tie the rope to a post on the port. There were 26 passengers and 20 crew members on board and no serious injuries. There is a strong 7 Beaufort wind at the time. The incident, which happened around 09:30 pm, scratched the ship right under the water line. The ship is anchored outside the port and will be examined to determine whether it needs repairs or it could continue sailing. | Collision with breakwater |
| 4.3.09 |
Hrossay Northlink Ferries |
BBC
reports a passenger and a crewman on sailing from Aberdeen to
Shetland were taken to hospital after being thrown against bulkheads in
rough seas. The men were hurt at about 0610 GMT, when the ship was hit
by large waves and rolled twice in quick succession after it was caught
up in severe gale-force winds. In January both of Northlink's
Shetland ferries were seriously damaged by large waves within a week of
each other. |
Injuries in high seas |
| 29.1.09 |
Stena Voyager Stena Line |
The
Herald (Scotland) reports 156 passengers and 23 crew members were
stranded onboard after a lorry broke free and burst through the cruise
ferry's rear door shortly after it set off from Stranraer, Dumfries and
Galloway. The ship was forced to head back to port with the lorry
hanging out of the back. But passengers and crew were not able to
disembark because the ferry could not berth, leaving them stuck on
board for a whole day. They were subsequently removed from the ship to
shore one-by-one by a fire service cherry picker. The lorry was later
lifted from the vessel, finally allowing the ferry to dock at the
harbour and the other vehicles to be removed. The lorry was a
tanker carrying non-hazardous ferrous sulphate powder and none of the
substance had leaked. |
Accident |
| 2008 |
|||
| 9.12.08 |
Pride of Hull P&O Ferries |
According to the
BBC, the ferry was left drifting 50 miles (80.5km) from port after
an engine fire broke out. It was returning from Rotterdam to Hull when
the blaze started at about 0530 GMT. Staff on the vessel, which had
several hundred passengers and crew on board, quickly extinguished the
blaze, during which time the other engine was shut down. No one had
been injured and the ferry was due to arrive in Hull later in the day. |
Fire |
| 2.12.08 |
Pride of Rotterdam P&O Ferries |
The BBC
reports six lifeboats and two search and rescue helicopters are
searching the sea off Norfolk for a man believed to have fallen
overboard. The alarm was raised just before 0600 GMT by crew on the
passenger ferry, which was on its way from the Dutch city to The
Humber. The search is concentrating on a 60-mile area of sea from the
east of Cromer to The Humber. The missing man is believed to be a ferry
crew member. |
Crew overboard |
| 2.12.08 |
Sea Wind Tallink Silja |
Helicopters have evacuated passengers from a cargo ferry in
the Baltic Sea after a fire broke out in the engine room. All 11
passengers were flown to the nearby port of Mariehamn in the Aland
Islands, while the 28 crew members put out the fire. , Robin Lindstrom
from the Turku Rescue Centre said on Tuesday. The ship was en route
from the south-western Finnish port of Turku to Stockholm, Sweden, when
a fire broke out in the engine room at about 2.40am Tuesday (1140
AEDT). The ferry suffered severe fire damage. |
Fire |
| 30.10.08 |
Fantastic Grandi Navi Velaci |
The
ship arrived in Genoa after she snapped a stabiliser in stormy seas off
Genoa on October 30th, 2008. She was carrying 439 passengers at the
time, 37 were seriously hurt during the incident and several damaged
vehicles on the car deck. Apparently she has suffered engine problems
after being hit by a 60kt gust of wind just before the stabiliser
damage and the captain was forced to drop anchors in order to avoid a
collision with the breakwater.The ferry was enroute from Barcelona at
the time. See
pics here. |
Stabiliser snapped |
| 30.7.08 |
Isle of Inishmore Irish Ferries |
The Evening
Herald (Ireland) reports more than 200 passengers on an Irish
Ferries vessel were put
on
evacuation standby as firefighters tackled a blaze that broke out on
board. A boiler room fault triggered the fire that sparked the
emergency on the ferry after it docked in west Wales. All 316
passengers and crew aboard the ferry escaped unharmed. The had arrived
at Pembroke Dock and was about to set sail for Rosslare when the fire
broke out as a result of a fault in the ship's thermal boiler. Members
of the ferry's crew detected the fire while it was still in its early
stages, and immediately shut down the stricken boiler unit. Nobody was
injured during the incident. |
Fire |
| 28.6.08 |
Theofilos NEL Lines |
The ferry changed course and had to be evacuated (475 passengers) after hitting the reef near the eastern Aegean islet of Oinousses. A 20-metre gash was found in its hull below the waterline, but the ship's watertight compartments held and it only listed two degrees. A cleanup operation was underway Sunday around the ferry to contain fuel that seeped out of the vessel during the incident. The ship's 97-man crew are on board as repairs are underway to seal the breach so the ship can sail to Chios for a fuller inspection. A prosecutor on Chios is expected to press charges against the captain and others deemed responsible for the incident. The Theofilos is one of the ferries connecting the islands of Chios and Mytilene with the Greek mainland and it is high season for tourists in the Aegean. | Grounded -- Holed |
| 5.2.08 |
Und Adriyatik (Turkish) |
The ship caught fire close to Croatian territorial waters and was likely to sink, but all crew members and passengers had been rescued, Croatian marine officials said. Croatia's sea and transport ministry said the incident happened 13 nautical miles west of the Adriatic town of Rovinj. "The ship's stern is completely destroyed, while its prow is is still burning," the ministry said in a statement. The statement said the 193-metre long ship Und Adriyatik was sailing from Istanbul to Trieste and was carrying "200 trucks and nine tons of dangerous material". | Fire -- Abandon Ship -- Sunk |
| 1.2.08 |
Riverdance Seatruck Ferries |
23 people were airlifted off the ferry in the Irish Sea
after the
ship ran into difficulties in bad weather. The ferry had apparently
been travelling
close to Fleetwood in Lancashire, northwest England, when it ran into
difficulties after its cargo suddenly shifted. The ship was listing
badly and bad weather
was hampering the rescue effort. A spokesman for Seatruck Ferries said
the ship, bound for Warrenpoint,
Ireland, was carrying trucks and trailers. The ship ran aground on the
north shore of Blackpool Beach. |
Heavy list -- Abandon ship |
| 31.1.08 |
Pride of
Canterbury P&O Ferries |
The ferry
grounded on a charted wreck while sheltering from heavy weather in an
area known as ‘The Downs’ off Deal, Kent. The vessel suffered severe
damage to her port propeller system but was able to proceed unaided to
Dover, where she berthed with the assistance of two tugs. The vessel
was on a scheduled crossing from Calais to Dover in severe weather when
she learned that Dover Port was to be temporarily closed due to the
weather and sea conditions. She proceeded to The Downs to wait for the
reopening of the port. |
Grounded -
Propellor damage |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2007 |
Incident |
| 15.12.07 |
Pride of Kent
|
A cross-channel ferry narrowly avoided a collision with the QE2. P&O Ferries Pride of Kent had to slam on the breaks when the cruise liner failed to give wat at sea off the Dover coast and sailed into the passenger ferry's path. A subsequent investigation said the QE2 was required to give way; when it became apparent that no avoiding action was being taken by the QE2, Pride of Kent reduced speed and allowed the ship to pass 0.6 mile ahead. | Near-miss of collision |
| 8.11.07 |
Red Funnel Ferries |
A
42 year old man went missing from the Isle of Wight passenger ferry. He
was the only foot passenger aboard the 11:30PM ferry between East
Cowes and Southampton (a one hour trip). The man's disappearance became
known after the
ferry docked at Southhampton. His body was subsequently found in a
search. It is unclear whether he fell overboard or intentionally jumped. |
Person missing -- Body recovered |
| 15.10.07 |
Stena Voyager Stena Line |
An alarm was sparked after a fire broke out on a Stranraer to Belfast ferry carrying about 600 passengers and crew. The fire, in a sealed turbine unit in the engine room, was put out by an automatic system. Life jackets were given to everyone on board in accordance with safety procedures and the ferry continued its journey. Nobody was injured. The incident was brought under control within less than an hour. | Fire |
| 13.8.07 |
Salih Reis 4 |
A Turkish ferry and a Ukrainian-flagged cargo ship collided off Istanbul, injuring at least 30 people. Ambulances rushed to the quayside after the crash in the Sea of Marmara. The ferry docked at Yenikapi pier -- most of those injured had hit their heads on seats or on other parts of the ferry, none seriously. It is not yet clear how many people the ferry was carrying at the time. Its capacity is 450 passengers. The ferry had been travelling from Bostanci on the Anatolian side to the island of Avsa in the Sea of Marmara. Sea traffic through the Bosphorus Strait was unaffected. | Collision |
| August 1 |
Carmen del Mar Iscomar Ferries |
Spanish officials impounded the
vessael after its owners failed to inform the Maritime Authorities that
the ship had hit a marker buoy when it was setting off from Ibiza early
on Wednesday. The Alicante newspaper, Información, reports that
the vessel is to remain in Ibiza until a new order comes allowing it to
leave. The ferry was held in port in Dénia in early July
for health and safety reasons, after inspectors discovered cockroaches
in the fridges of the ship’s kitchen, and only half its life rafts
operational. |
Impounded |
| 28.7.07 |
HD1 HD Ferries |
The ferry
collided with a Condor ferry when it was coming into dock at St Helier
to drop off passengers. It was attempting to turn around and hit
the hull of the docked Condor ferry which was loading passengers and
cars. HD1 was left with several holes above the water line and
the Condor ferry has slight scratches to its hull. This is the second
ferry collision since HD Ferries started its Channel Island service to
France in March. An HD ferries captain resigned in May after HD1
collided with a Condor ferry in Jersey's harbour. An investigation
found the performance of the captain was not satisfactory. |
Collision |
| 27.7.07 |
Aqua Jewel Alpha Ferries |
Some 850 passengers were safely evacuated at the port of
Rafina (30 km east of Athens) after a minor collision with a smaller
ship. About 75 passengers were on board the smaller ferry
involved in the incident, the Evia Star, and also safely
disembarked. The Evia Star was reversing into the dock when it
scraped the side of the Aqua Jewel, causing slight damage to the side
of the Aqua Jewel. The damage is currently being repaired, and most of
the passengers were placed on other ferries. |
Collision |
| 11.7.07 |
Don Pedro Iscomar |
This Spanish
RO-RO multi-purpose ferry sank this morning after striking a tiny
barren island a mile from Ibiza. All 20 aboard the vessel were
rescued. Seven had to be treated at hospital for minor injuries and
hypothermia. She sank at around 05:30 hrs on her way from Ibiza
to Valencia and had 150 tons of diesel fuel in her tanks which are
reported to be leaking. The ship sank half an hour after striking the
islet. Marine rescue services are seeking to contain the
contamination from the leaking fuel. The 8762 gross tons DON PEDRO was
built in 1984. |
Sank -- Environmental |
| 16.6.07 |
Isle of Inishmore Irish Ferries |
A man in his mid 30s was reported missing while the ship was travelling from Rosslare to Fishguard, at around 21:30 BST on Saturday. The incident is said to have happened 18.5 nautical miles west-north-west of St David's Head. A French warship and its helicopter, as well as other vessels in the area, took part in a search which was called off at around midnight. | Passenger Overboard? |
| 11.5.07 |
HD Ferries | The HD Ferries catamaran hit the Condor Ferries vessel, Commodore Goodwill, as it was manoeuvring in Jersey harbour. Authorities said the catamaran had earlier twice attempted to get into the outer harbour in adverse weather. As it manoeuvred near the Condor vessel, there was a collision.A harbour department pilot was on board the HD ferry at the time, although its captain was in control. The captain has been suspended pending an investigation. | Collision |
| 22.4.07 |
Le Bretagne Brittany Ferries |
An
air and sea search has been called off for a man missing from a ferry
en route from Portsmouth (UK) to St Malo (France). The
22-year-old
passenger from Erdington, Birmingham, is thought to have fallen
overboard on Saturday. The man was last seen just after midnight
on
Saturday (April 21). |
Missing Overboard? |
| 15.3.07 |
HD Ferries | HD Ferries' maiden voyage from the Channel Islands to France was delayed after the ferry encountered engine failures. The following day, the firm had to cancel the Jersey and Guernsey crossing to St Malo due to "operational reasons". Passengers for Jersey were transferred to the Condor Clipper crossing. St Malo travellers were offered a refund or could transfer to Saturday's service. | Engine
failue |
| 9.3.07 |
Silja Serenade Silja Line |
A power failure onboard a Swedish freighter caused a near
miss with the ro-ro/passenger ferry Silja Serenade, as she sailed for
Stockholm. Fast reaction from the officers on the bridge of the Silja
ship prevented a collision -- relative distance vary between the ships
was from 60 to 200 meters; radio contact between the ships was
established only after the incident. |
Near miss |
| 8.3.07 |
Pride of Bilboa P&O Ferries |
The ferry arrived at Bilbao on time on March 7th, but
excessive wind speed prevented the ship from docking at the Spanish
port until 10:30 AM March 8. Over six hundred passengers had to wait
out the ferocious storm for 20 hours. Only one passenger suffered minor
injuries while cars were damaged on the vehicle deck as winds over
100mph and 25-foot waves battered the ship. |
Weather -- Delay |
| 8.3.07 |
Repubblica di Genova Grimaldi Lines |
The ship capsized during loading
today (Thursday) in the port of Antwerp The cause of the incident is
not yet clear but a port spokeman said the ship had rolled onto its
starboard side in dock and had taken in water before the crew were
ordered to evacuate. |
Capsized |
| 3.2.07 |
Sea Express One Isle of Man Steam Packet |
The Sea Express One (formerly SeaCat Isle of Man) was hit twice, in heavy fog on the River Mersey at Liverpool by a tug towing the "Alaska Rainbow." cargo ship near the entrance to Alfred Dock, Birkenhead, at 11.20 on Saturday morning. None of the reported 294 passengers and crew were hurt, and the ferry is moored at Liverpool Pier Head while water is being pumped from the engine room. 80 cars remain on board, and passengers have been warned that some may have been damaged. Here are a couple of pictures -- here and here | Collision |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2006 |
Incident |
| 18.11.06 |
Isle of Inishmore Irish Ferries |
A
57 year old man went overboard from the ferry near the end of its
journey from Rossiare to Pembroke Dock. His body was found ina
search,
but he waspronounced dead on arrival to hospital. Police say
there
does not appear to be aby suspicious circumstances surrounding the
death bu ttheir inquiries continue. |
Person overboard |
| 13.11.06 |
Pride of Kent P&O Ferries |
A man and a
woman in their 20s were presumed missing after a
coach
driver
realized the pair failed to return
to their coach party when the ferry completed its journey from
Calais and docked at Dover. They later turned up safe in
Belgium. In the interim, searches of
the ship and seas had been undertaken though water temperatures made
survival unlikely. |
Missing |
| 8.2.06 |
Pride of
Rotterdam P&O Ferries |
A 21-year-old Polish man went missing while in the North Sea ferry. He was reported missing by friends when he failed to meet them. The man and his two friends had boarded the P&O superferry Pride of Rotterdam at Rotterdam about 9pm on Tuesday; he was last seen in the bar on board at about 1AM Wednesday. | Passenger missing |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2005 |
Incident |
| 10.1.05 | European
Highlander P&O Ferries |
The ship ran aground off Cairnryan Harbour in the west of Scotland and was refloated after being stuck on a shingle bank for more than 30 hours. An initial inspection of the hull carried out by Maritime and Coastguard Agency divers found limited damage. | Aground |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2004 |
Incident |
| 16.2.04 |
Stena Nautica Stena Line |
The passenger ferry collided
with a cargo ship (the Jamaican
registered Joanna) en route from Denmark to Varberg in Sweden. 91
passengers and 37 crew were evacuated to another ship in the area at
the time. The collision caused an 11-metre hole in the ship's
hull. |
Collision |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2003 |
Incident |
| 13.11.03 |
Opera Silja Line |
The Silja Opera, a cruise
ship sailing under a Swedish
flag, collided with a Yermak icebreaker stationed at the exit of a St.
Petersburg port on Wednesday. The Silja Opera's lifeboats were
damaged but the ship remained capable of traveling. |
Collision |
| 19.9.03 |
Opera Silja Line |
Collided with several ships
and a crane at St. Petersberg.
Damage not sufficient to delay itinerary. |
Collission |
| 18.4.03 |
Pride of Provence P&O Ferries |
Ship hit a breakwater at
Dover, England while visibility was
good and sea conditions were fine. Her Master has been suspended from
duty as an investigation continues. Twenty-eight people suffered minor
injuries in the accident which left an indentation from deck 5 to the
ship's double-hull bottom |
Delivery
delay |
| 30.1.03 |
Stena Europe Stena Line |
The Irish Coast Guard was
called
to assist when the ferry Stena Europe lost all power with 155
passengers and 65 crew aboard. The ship was adrift for three hours in
winds of 35-45 knots. |
Engine
failure |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2002 |
Incident |
| 17.5.02 | Princess
of Scandinavia DFDS Seaways |
Cruise ferry with 758 pax and 126 crew has engine fire which spread to funnel. Fire extinguished after several hours. Plans for evacuation of ship canceled. | Fire |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2013 |
Incident |
| 18.1.13 | Caribbean Fantasy American Cruise Ferries |
The ship failed its inspection by the Vessel Sanitation Program with a score of 81 (a failing score is anything below 86). | Failed health inspection |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2012 |
Incident |
| 25.8.12 | Provincetown III Bay State Cruise Company |
Boston Globe reports A skipper in training navigated a ferry to Provincetown into a sandbar in Boston Harbor Saturday morning. No injuries were reported, and all 149 passengers were transferred to another Bay State ferry. The company said a captain who has been training for about a month missed navigational marks and skidded onto a sandbar near Nixes Mate, a small patch of land between Deer Island and Long Island. “At this time, it appears to us that it was a matter of operator error, clear and simple,” Michael Glasfeld, a spokesman for Bay State Cruise Co., wrote in the statement. “Our electronic equipment is top notch, and there is no excuse for having missed the navigational marks and being as far out of position as they were.” Another captain with six years of experience was supervising the operation, Glasfeld said. “It appears at this time that the fault is ours completely, and we bear the responsibility fully,” Glasfeld wrote. The captain driving the ship was fired, Glasfeld said. At 5 p.m. Saturday, about an hour before high tide, the boat dislodged and crews slowly drove it back to the harbor for inspection. | Aground |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2009 |
Incident |
| 3.12.09 | Wonderful Star |
Safety at Sea International reports a ferry involved in a collision with a ro-ro in the Philippines is being towed to port today. The collision endangered 519 ferry passengers at Cebu late on Tuesday, but no serious injuries were reported. The Roble Shipping-operated ro-pax Wonderful Star and the Gothong Lines-owned, 15,439gt ro-ro Subic Bay 1 were both heading into the narrow Mactan channel, under the first Mactan-Mandaue Bridge when the 1,297gt ferry grounded. | Collision |
| 29.7.09 | Atlantic Vision Marine Atlantic |
CBC reports a Marine Atlantic passenger ferry heading to Newfoundland returned to North Sydney, N.S. after a fire broke out on board. Fire was reported in the ship's thermal heating unit shortly after it set sail for Port-aux-Basques at 6 a.m. AT. It returned to port an hour later. The fire, which was confined to the boiler room, has since been put out. There have been no reports of injuries. The ferry will be out of service for at least 24 hours. | Fire |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2007 |
Incident |
| 27.4.07 |
Haitian Ferry |
Fifteen Haitians were killed when the ferry hit a sandbar and sent them overboard. The 560-ton ferry, with 300 people aboard, was loaded with items for sale in the capital of Port-au-Prince and was making the trip from Haiti's southern peninsula in the town of Jeremie. Civil Protection director Alta Jean-Baptiste said the overloaded vessel ran aground, killing the 15 and injuring dozens. At least 47 people were hospitalized, according to officials. | Grounded |
| 25.3.07 |
Taku Alaska Marine Highway |
A small fire
caused minor smoke and water damage to a stateroom while the ship was
being refurbished in Washington state. There fire, confined to an
interior cabin deck, was caused by a cutting operation above the
stateroom. Sprinklers activated and extinguished the fire. |
Fire |
| 13.3.07 |
Klickitat Wahingston State Ferries |
The ferry was pulled from service (Keystone - Port
Townsewnd) after a crack was found in the hull plating and water
seepage detected. The ship, which was
constructed in 1927, will return after repairs
are made in
dry dock. |
Cracked hull |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2006 and earlier |
|
| 28.9.06 |
Joseph and Clara
Smallwood Marine Atlantic |
A
search has been undertaken for a man believed to have gone overboard
from a ferry running a 160-kilometre route from Port aux Basque
(Newfoundland) and North Sydney (Nova Scotia). A 54 year old man
was
determined missing after his car was unclaimed. A jacket
containing
car keys and a bag with personal belongings were found near the railing
on the stern of the ship. |
Missing |
| 22.3.06 |
Queen of the
North BC Ferries |
The 125-metre
long ferry hit a rock and sank about 135
kilometers from Prince Rupert. Approximately 100 passengers and
crew were
evacuated and rescued safely; 2 passengers remain missing and are
presumed dead. In the
peak season, the vessel
could carry 700 passengers and crew and 115 cars. |
Sank |
| 10.5.04 |
Le Conte Alaska Marine Highway |
The Alaska ferry nearly sank after running aground Cozian Reef in Peril Strait en route to Sitka. 86 passengers and 23 crew were on board at the time and all safely evacuated the ship upon grounding. Soon after, 23,000 gallons of fuel were pumped out of the fuel tanks and cars were transferred to a landing craft in an elaborate procedure. A salvage operation then began and the vessel was successfully escorted to Ketchikan's Alaska Ship and Dry Dock for repairs under tow after temporary patches were put onto the expansive gashes that compromised five separate compartments of the hull — enough to have sunk the ship had it been lifted off its perch on the reef. After assessing the circumstances of the grounding, it was concluded operator error caused the incident (not the notorious tidal currents that Peril Strait is known for) and those in command of the vessel were fired from the ferry system. | Grounded |
| Date |
Ship |
2012 |
Incident |
|
| February 2 | Rabaul Queen (ferry) |
The New York Times reports rescuers pulled more than 200 survivors from the ocean on Thursday asships and aircraft searched for more after a ferry sank off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The fate of scores of others aboard the ferry was unknown as evening approached. Media reports estimated that 300 to 350 people were aboard the ferry when it sank early on Thursday about 10 miles off the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Nearby commercial ships rescued 238 people from the sea. The ferry sank between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. local time, Captain Rahman said, as it was traveling from Kimbe on the island of New Britain to the town of Lae on the main island. The ferry sent a distress signal that was received in Australia and relayed to the maritime authority in Papua New Guinea. The ship has a capacity of 300 passengers, but Captain Rahman said he did not know how many were aboard. The cause of the accident was not known, he said. | Sunk |
|
| Date |
Ship |
2011 |
Incident |
|
| November 4 | Pella The Arab Bridge Company |
ABC News reports a Jordanian man died while 1,246 other passengers and crew members, most of them Egyptians, were rescued following a fire Thursday aboard their ferry that was sailing on the Red Sea en route to Egypt's port of Nuweiba. The blaze had broken out earlier in the day in the ferry's cargo section during the voyage across the Gulf of Aqaba. As flames rose up into the sky, a Jordanian rescue ship reached the stricken vessel about 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the coast of Jordan. The rescuers managed to extinguish the blaze but an unidentified Jordanian man died after jumping into the water and fatally injuring himself. Twelve passengers suffered from smoke inhalation and were taken to a Jordanian hospital. The remaining 1,230 passengers — all Egyptians — were placed aboard another ferry that subsequently sailed off to Egypt. The ship's passengers were mostly Egyptian expatriate workers returning home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, which starts on Sunday. | Fire - Evacuation |
|
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2010 |
Incident |
|
| 4.1.10 | Georich Phillipine ferry |
Manilla Bulletin reports a Cebu-bound (Phillipines) passenger vessel conked out off Apo Island Saturday night, leaving the fate of 465 passengers to strong winds and waves for nearly an hour before it was towed to safety. The vessel left the port of Dapitan at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday on its way to Cebu. It was set to make a stopover in Dumaguete City but about two hours into the voyage, it experienced a malfunction in its main engine. It was subsequently determined that some parts of the engine were damaged beyond repair. The ship was towed to the Dumaguete port. The ship was scheduled to arrive in Dumaguete at 8 PM but the incident delayed its arrival to 2 AM the following day, Sunday. | Engine failure |
|
| 3.1.10 | Indian ferry | AFP reports at least 27 people were missing after an overcrowded ferry capsized in a river in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The small vessel, with 38 passengers on board, sank while crossing the Runarayan river in Kolaghat, about 50 kilometres southwest of the state capital Kolkata. It was overcrowded and leaking, and overturned in the middle of the river. Local fishermen had managed to rescue nine men and two children after the incident. | Sunk |
|
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2009 |
Incident |
|
| 24.12.09 | Catalyn B Phillipine ferry |
BBC reports at least 27 people are missing after a passenger ferry collided with a fishing boat and sank in the Philippines. The wooden-hulled ferry and the fishing boat were carrying at least 73 people between them, when they collided in Manila Bay in the early hours. Forty-six people had been rescued from the waters. There were no reports of bad weather conditions in the area and the cause of the collision is not yet clear. The passenger ferry was on its way to Lubang island southeast of Manila. | Collision and sunk |
|
| 3.12.09 | Wonderful Star |
Safety at Sea International reports a ferry involved in a collision with a ro-ro in the Philippines is being towed to port today. The collision endangered 519 ferry passengers at Cebu late on Tuesday, but no serious injuries were reported. The Roble Shipping-operated ro-pax Wonderful Star and the Gothong Lines-owned, 15,439gt ro-ro Subic Bay 1 were both heading into the narrow Mactan channel, under the first Mactan-Mandaue Bridge when the 1,297gt ferry grounded. | Collision | |
| 6.8.09 | Princess Ashika Shipping Corporation of Polynesia |
eTurboNews reports two bodies have been recovered and 46 people remain missing after a ferry sank last night in waters off Tonga. The ferry sank in waters north of the main island of Tongatapu last night. A passenger said the sea was rough and the waves went into the lower deck of the ferry where the crew were. The ferry rocked and he believed this caused the cargo to move to one side. The ferry then began to overturn and some passengers jumped off. The ferry was heading from Nuku'alofa to Ha'afeva, in the Nomuka Islands group, when it issued a mayday call just before 11pm. The first rescue boats to reach the scene pulled 42 people from liferafts - 17 passengers and 25 crew, including the captain. Another 11 were subsequently found safe and well this morning. Safety at Sea International reports hopes are fading today that up to 33 passengers will be found alive from the sinking of an inter-island ferry last night off Tonga in the South Pacific. Local authorities now believe the 1972-built Princess Ashika had up to 100 people aboard when it foundered 85km northeast of the Tongan capital of Nuku-alofa at about 2300 local time last night. Women and children were said to be sleeping when waves struck the ferry. A survivor told reporters in Tonga that seven of eight life rafts were filled with men, while a ninth drifted away empty. Many of the missing were believed to be women and children. Rescuers saved 53 people, and two bodies have been recovered. The ship, built as Olive Maru No 1, began its temporary Tongan deployment on 4 July, replacing Polynesia Shipping’s Olovaha (955gt and built in 1981). The accident is the second South Pacific ferry disaster in just a few weeks; a vessel sank near Kiribati last month with the loss of 33 lives. | Sank | |
| 29.6.09 | San Ramon de Bohol Lite Shipping Corp |
Philippine Daily Inquirer reports ore than 200 passengers and crewmen have been stranded at sea for five hours now after one of the ferry's navigation wheels (timon) got stuck, one of the ship's owners said. The ferry left Cebu City port at 10 p.m. Sunday and was expected to arrive here at 3 a.m. Monday.Te ship was is seven nautical miles off the coast of Carcar, Cebu and Cabilao Island, Bohol. The shipping line has decided to call up one of its ferries, Lite Ferry 1, from Siquijor to rescue the passengers, but it has to pass by the Cebu City port to load food for the stranded passengers and crew. Passengers are expected to arrive in Tagbilaran by noon. | Stranded at sea | |
| 11.1.09 |
Teratai Prima Indonesian ferry |
BBC reports that a search operation is under way after the ferry, carrying about
250 passengers and 17 crew, sank in a storm ( a tropical cyclone caused
wasve of 5 - 6 metres) in central Indonesia. A transport agency
spokesman earlier said 18 people were known to have survived -- it was
not immediately clear if the authorities expected to find more
survivors. The ferry was travelling from Pare Pare in South Sulawesi to
Samarinda in East Kalimantan when it went down. UPDATE: As of January
12, 245 people are still missing. |
Sunk |
|
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2008 |
Incident |
|
| 15.12.08 |
Maejan Philippine Ferry |
At least 23 people drowned when the overcrowded ferry
capsized just short of its destination (in Aparri town in north-eastern
Cagayan province) in rough seas in the north-eastern Philippines.
Terrified passengers leaped into the sea, and a further 33 are still
missing after the wooden-hulled Maejan, traveling from Calayan islands
in the Luzon Strait, encountered strong waves and currents on Sunday
evening. Nearly 100 passengers jumped into the chilly water after waves
broke the ferry's bamboo outrigger, causing it to bob wildly. |
Capsized |
|
| 21.6.08 |
Princess of Stars Sulpico Lines |
The ship stalled in rough seas
near Sibuyan island in the central Philippines while in the midst of a
typhoon. "It’s dead
on the water, but we can’t get to it because of big waves,” said a
coast guard spokesman. The ship left Manila on Saturday morning for the
central province of Cebu. The ship capsized later in the day. As of
June 23, more than 700 people remain missing and are feared dead.
Twenty-eight passengers and crew did survive and miraculously made
their way to the coast in a lifeboat. |
Dead in the Water --- Sank |
|
| 28.2.08 |
MV Saurav Bangladesh Ferry |
The ferry, carrying more than 100 passengers, capsized Thursday after hitting a cargo vessel on the Buriganga River. Most of the 39 dead were women and children who were traveling on the lower deck of the boat; about 20 people remain missing. The ferry had been traveling from Dhaka to the nearby town of Taltala.It sank near shore in the calm river after colliding with a small cargo vessel and many people were able to swim to safety. The cargo vessel was slightly damaged. | Sank |
|
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2007 |
Incident |
|
| 12.7.07 |
Blue Water
Princess Blue Magic Ferries |
This passenger
ferry has sunk before dawn in central Philippines (off the town of San
Francisco, about 220km (140 miles) south-east of Manila), leaving at
least eleven people dead and an unknown number missing, officials
say. At least 106 passengers were rescued, officials say. It is
believed the ferry had as many as 256 people on board. The cause of the
sinking is not clear. The vessel was heading to the island of Masbate,
after leaving the port of Lucena. It grounded and rested half
submerged around 500 meters from shore. |
Sank |
|
| 11.7.07 |
Whai Star Indonesian Ferry |
At least two
people have died and dozens are missing after this passenger ship
disappeared in eastern Indonesia. The boat was travelling from
Buru to Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, when it experienced
engine failure. About 70 people were on board, 23 of whom have
now been rescued, an official with the port authority in Ambon said. |
Sank |
|
| 10.6.07 |
Catalyn-D San Nicolas Shipping Lines |
Five people died
and seven others were injured when the ferry, en route from Manila to
southwestern Palawan province, caught fire in
Paluan Bay in Mindoro (Philippines) Sunday. Two passing fishing
boats and a coast guard vessel rescued 255 passengers. Reports
said some of the
passengers and crewmen jumped to the sea after they saw flames had
already engulfed parts of the ship. The fire
is believed to have started in the ship’s cargo section. |
Fire |
|
| 2.5.07 |
Star Flyte Australian Ferry |
A
39 year old man fell from this high speed ferry into the Indian Ocean
while returning from Rottnest Island to Perth (Western Australia) via
Freemantle.. He fell overboard at approximately 4:20 PM, about
3.6
kilometers west of North Mole on the northern side of the mouth of the
Swan River, police believe. Helicopters were unsuccessful in
locating
the man, but they did recover some clothing from the water. |
Person Overboard |
|
| 24.4.07 |
Jet Cruise 3 Thailand |
74 tourist passengers were safely rescued by Krabi Marine
Police after a fire broke out in the ferry's engine room and spread
out. The ferry departed Rassada port in Phuket heading for the island
of Phi Phi in Krabi. The fire broke out at around 10.30 am when the
ship was at Maya Bay and the Marine Police were notified for
assistance. Speed boats were sent to rescue all 74 passengers and 5
crew members who were safely evacuated and taken to Phi Phi Don. |
Fire | |
| 25.2.07 |
Levina 1 Indonesian Ferry |
The ferry involved
in a deadly mid-voyage fire on Thursday has sunk
with several safety investigators, police and journalists on
board. A
TV cameraman has died and three others are missing, local media
says.
There were 16 people on the Levina I ferry off the coast of Jakarta
when it suddenly leaned to the right and sank, said a reporter who was
on board. Earlier, the death toll from Thursday's fire rose to 41
after rescuers found 21 bodies drifting at sea, officials said. |
Sank |
|
| 22.2.07 |
Levina 1 Indonesian Ferry |
At least seven
people, including two children, died after fire broke out shortly after
the ferry set sail from Jakarta. With more than 200 people
on board, the ship was 80km (50 miles) from shore en route to Bangka
island when the fire broke out. Officials said 211 passengers and crew
had been saved, many of them taken off the burning vessel by another
ferry. |
Fire |
|
| 18.1.07 |
Silvery Shark Fengdu Silvery Shark Shipping |
Rescuers took 140 people off a passenger boat that stranded in the Yangtze River off Chongqing Municipality of southwestern China. The ship ran aground about 20 meters from the bank at Dabeijiao at 4:40 a.m.. | Grounded |
|
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2006 |
Incident |
|
| 30.12.06 |
Senopati
Nusantara Indonesian Ferry |
The passenger
ferry, with over 587 passengers and 63 crew
members sank in bad weather off the coast of Central Java
province late on December 29. Reports on December 31 indicate 177
survivors have been rescued. |
Sank |
|
| 30.3.06 |
Arabic al-Dana | The Bahrain
ferry capsized at about 9:45 PM, shortly after
leaving the dock and carrying Britons, South Africans, Egyptians and
Filipinos. The ferry was apparently beyond its capacity of 100
passengers -- reportedly there was as many as 150 onboard. 57
died in the accident. |
Sank |
|
| 3.2.06 |
Al Salam Boccaccio 98 | The Egyptian
RO-RO ferry sank off Egypt in the Red Sea with
almost 1000 persons losing their life. Approximately 440
passengers/crew were rescued following the disaster which is being
investiaged by Egyptian authorities and the International Maritime
Organization. Most of the passengers were Egyptian citizens on
the way home from work in Saudi Arabia. (See
NY Times Report, April 20, 2006) |
Ferry disaster |
