MV Dona Paz : The Deadliest Peacetime Shipwreck In History
Accident type
: Collision
Vessels involved
: MV Dona Paz and MT Vector
Location
: Tablas Strait
Date
: December 20, 1987
Casualties
: 4,386 people died
VESSEL INFO:
Name
: MV Dona Paz
Built in
: 1963
Flag
: Philippines
Type/class
: Passenger ferry
Tonnage
: 2,602 tons
Length
: 93.1 m (305 ft)
Beam
: 13.6...
Crowley Wins American Maritime Safety Award 2015
Crowley Wins American Maritime Safety Award 2015 For Standard Compliance
Crowley Vessels were Honored with Environmental Awards for the implementation of drug and alcohol awareness program for crewmembers who perform safety-sensitive functions.
Chamber of Shipping of...
Two Crewmen Died After Ignoring Safety Warnings
Two crewmen died as they tried to help a crewmate in the hold of their ship but finally ended up suffocating in the forecastle storeroom.
Ferrer Punongbayan, 33 and Jonathan Sanosa, 38, both from the...
Luxury Cruise Ship’s Engine Room On Fire
Accident
: Fire
Date
: 18th November 2015
Vessel Involved
: Le Boréal, a French-flagged Cruise Ship
Location
: Near the Falkland Islands
Casualties
: None
A fire broke out in the engine room of the luxury cruise ship around 2.00 am on Wednesday. The...
[Watch] Bubble Curtain used in California Pier Explosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
The largest of the piers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s old east span was removed from the bay through a careful and extensively planned implosion On Saturday.
More than...
Clean Energy Provides Bunkering Services
Clean Energy Provides Bunkering Services And Fuel To World’s First LNG-Powered Container Ships
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. participated in a little history last month when it supported General Dynamics (GD) NASSCO’s launch of the Isla...
[Saviour] A Man Rescued Pregnant Lady in Paris Attack
A Man, identified as Sebastian, rescued a pregnant woman who was hanging a from a window ledge at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris during the attack.
The lady was captured on a mobile phone...
Drones to Become ECA Compliance Watchdog!
European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently hosted a workshop Called Remotely Piloted Airborne Systems for Maritime Surveillance (RPAS) in late October 2015. The main agenda discussed in detail was about employing drones for surveillance...
EU – MRV – Is It The Next Step In Emission Regulation?
The European Union and its Member States have a strong preference for a global approach to reduce GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions from international shipping led by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Considerable efforts have been...