There was a fire on the container ship ZIM KINGSTON on October 23, 2021. At the time, the vessel was berthed off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, having arrived from Busan, South Korea. Reports indicate multiple containers on board the vessel caught...
There have been reports of an outbreak of COVID-19 on the chemical tanker ship BOW SUMMER. One crew member is believed to have died from the disease on October 18, 2021. Since October 15, 2021, the vessel has been berthed at the BASF Terminal in Antwerp, Belgium. ...
Spagnoletti Law Firm recently filed suit on behalf of a Jones Act seaman who was injured while working for R & R Boats. During the incident, the vessel encountered rough seas after getting to an offshore platform. Unable to transfer the crew change to the...
There was a fire on the general cargo ship M V MEHMET UNLU on October 20, 2021. At the time, the vessel was berthed at Port of Ploce, Croatia. Reports indicate the vessel was loading scrap metal when the cargo caught fire. It is unclear if anyone was injured in the...
There was an accident on the bulk carrier vessel ST GEORGE on October 13, 2021. At the time, the vessel was berthed at the Poland Avenue Wharf in the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana. Reports indicate a longshoreman who was working on the vessel tripped and fell into...
There was a fire on the general cargo ship DOREEN on October 17, 2021. At the time the fire broke out, the vessel was at anchorage in the Malacca Strait, Indonesia. Reports indicate there was a failure of a hydraulic hatch mechanism which started the fire. It is...
There was a deadly incident on the bulk carrier LUDOGORETS on October 13, 2021. At the time, the vessel was berthed at Samsun, Turkey. Reports indicate a deck hand fell into a cargo hold on the vessel from a height of 14 meters. The deck hand lost his life in the...
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its investigative report on the December 1, 2020 fire on the Master Dylan. At the time, the fishing vessel was trawling for shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico when a fire broke out on board. The crew fought the fire,...
A sailboat capsized off the Oregon Coast on October 3, 2021. At the time, the vessel was near Nedonna Beach, Oregon. Two people on board were killed in the incident. There have been a number of recent incidents involving vessels. A fire broke out on the container...
A recreational boat capsized in Maryland on September 29, 2021. At the time, the vessel was crab fishing in Reed's Creek with four people on board. According to reports, the vessel was trot lining in the area, when the line caught in the vessel's propeller. While...