California residents rescued in fatal boat accident in Mexico
One person was reported dead and seven others missing Monday afternoon after a fishing boat carrying 27 U.S. tourists and 16 Mexican crew members capsized in rough seas in the Sea of Cortez, officials said.
The 27 tourists, most of them from California, were aboard the charter vessel Erick when a sudden storm struck the area about 2:30 a.m., hurling people into the ocean in the vicinity of San Luis Island, about 60 miles south of the Baja California port of San Felipe, the Mexican Navy said in a statement. The body water in which the ship capsized is also known as the Gulf of California.
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"The weather was calm, and then a strong wind came," Dora Winkler, a spokeswoman with the Port of San Felipe, told the Los Angeles Times.
Some of the first people rescued -- two tourists and the boat's cook -- were plucked from the water by a Mexican fishing boat, according to Winkler.
All of the 16 Mexican crew members were rescued, she said. The tourist who died was only identified as an adult male. Initial reports said six people were missing; officials later raised the number to seven.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter from San Diego was assisting the Mexican navy as rescue crews scoured the area for survivors, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Pamela Boehland.
She said the Coast Guard was told by the Mexican Navy that most of the passengers were from Northern California and that one was from Port Angeles, Wash. The search was launched after one of the victims swam to shore and alerted Mexican officials, Boehland said.
"He swam to shore and actually walked to the nearest location," Boehland said, adding that she was unsure whether it was a town or village.
Mexican officials said all of the survivors were wearing life jackets. They were taken to local hospitals and appeared to be in good condition, the Mexican Navy said.
Starr DiGiacomo
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Big waves cause boat to capsize in Caubian island
Cebu Daily News
Fishermen in two boats rescued at least 15 persons off the seas of Caubian Island in Lapu-Lapu City after big waves in the area caused the boat they were riding on to capsize.
Those rescued include four government employees from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 7, five police officers, and a mother and her daughter.
Investigation showed that the group sailed at 10 a.m. from barangay Caw-oy in Olango Island where the DSWD employees had a seminar and validation of new beneficiaries for the Pantawid Pamilyang Program in barangay Caw-oy. They were accompanied by the policemen.
Seminar
They were heading for Caubian Island to hold another seminar about the program there when the accident happened.
PO1 Basher Boriongan, a Police Community Relations Officer (PCR) of Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, said that they proceeded to Caubian because when we left Caw-oy there was no sign that the waves were big.
But 30 minutes later, they encountered large waves near their destination.
“We didn’t notice any big waves when we left but when we reached midway between Caw-oy and Caubian, the waves started to get bigger,” he said in Cebuano.
The boatmen tried to maneuver the boat to return to Caw-oy but the big waves caused the boat to capsize at 10:30 a.m., each of the passengers and the three boatmen held on to the capsized boat.
“I thought that we would be lost at sea after the boat capsized and we were left holding on to the boat’s outrigger,” said Grace Gumpay, one of the DSWD-7 workers, in Cebuano. She was still dripping wet when she was interviewed. Article continues.
Jan 22, 2013
Howard
Russian Fishing Vessel Capsizes and Sinks in Sea of Japan (Jan 27)
A Russian fishing vessel flipped over in the Sea of Japan off its far east Primorye Territory on Sunday, leaving 20 crewmembers missing.
The vessel Chance-101 rolled over and sank Sunday in Japanese waters off Russia's Primorye Territory 50 kilometers east of the town of Svetloye in the Sea of Japan at 3:20 p.m.(1120 GMT) early Sunday. "It was carrying a 30-member crew, among them 19 Russian nationals and 11 Indonesians.
Shortly afterward, the freighter Anatoly Torchinov reported rescuing six Russian and four Indonesian sailors from a lifeboat. Emergency officials say 13 Russians and seven Indonesians are reported missing.
Sources
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/russian-ship-capsizes-in-sea-of-japan-2...
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-01/28/content_16178679.htm
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/01/27/Russian-fishing-b...
Jan 28, 2013
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Philippines: Seawater pumped into U.S. warship to keep it stable on reef
(CNN) -- The tanks of a U.S. Navy warship stuck on a Philippine reef have been pumped full of seawater to keep the vessel stable while salvage ships make their way to the site of the grounding, officials said Monday.
Navy-led salvage teams have also removed most of the materials from the minesweeper USS Guardian that could pose environmental problems for Tubbataha Reef, a Philippine national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Those materials include paint, solvents and lubricants, according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Manila.
"We continue to place extra scrutiny on removing everything we can to mitigate possible damage to the marine environment," U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Tom Carney, the on-scene commander of the salvage operation, said in a statement.
All of the 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel aboard the 224-foot-long, 1,312-ton ship were removed Friday, the Navy said.
"An equivalent amount of seawater was pumped on her fuel tanks," Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Armand Balilo told the official Philippine News Agency.
Dry food stores and the personal effects of the Guardian's crew of 79 have also been removed, the Navy statement said.
The seawater pumped aboard the Guardian should keep it stable until salvage ships with heavy cranes arrive this week to begin the process of lifting the minesweeper off the reef, Balilo said.
Salvage experts have also begun to reinforce the wood-and-fiberglass hull of the minesweeper with Kevlar lines to mitigate stresses from waves hitting the vessel, the U.S. Embassy said.
The $61 million vessel was on its way from Subic Bay, Philippines, to its next port call in Indonesia when it struck the reef, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east-southeast of Palawan Island in the Sulu Sea, on January 17.
Initial efforts to free the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship at high tide were unsuccessful. Its crew was evacuated to other vessels, and the ship was battered by waves that pushed it farther onto the reef.
An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the grounding. A Navy spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. James Stockman, said last week that the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which prepares the digital navigation charts used by the Navy, has reported the location of the reef was misplaced on a chart by nine miles.
The Tubbataha Reef is home to a vast array of sea, air and land creatures, as well as sizable lagoons and two coral islands. About 500 species of fish and 350 species of coral can be found there, as can whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles and breeding seabirds, according to UNESCO.
Philippine officials said this week that the Philippines would seek compensation for damage to the reef. About 1,000 square meters (about 10,760 square feet) of the reef have been damaged.
Feb 4, 2013
Howard
Series of Freak Rogue Waves Crash Over Seawalls in Italy (Jan 23)
The closed-circuit cameras on a yacht in Portosole, Sanremo, Italy captured the moment Jan. 23, 2013 when a wave crashed over the sea wall, sending a motorcyclist, his bike and a car into the marina.
Portosole and other marinas as far as Cannes were hit by a series of rogue waves that crushed cars parked on the dock. Emergency vehicles responding to the scene were also pushed around by waves, according to a captain in the marina.
Swells picked up about 3:30 in the afternoon with the first wave crashing over the sea wall about 4 p.m. without warning or alert from weather monitoring systems, said First Mate Sue Mitchell of M/Y Aquilibrium, which is in the nearby Cantiere Navale Riviera shipyard in Sanremo. Bad weather continued until after 9 p.m., she said.
Large waves had been seen in the area rarely, perhaps once a decade, but have become more frequent. The previous one was about four years ago when the wall at Portosole marina was washed out, Mitchell said.
Source
http://www.the-triton.com/article/italian-french-marinas-hit-by-rog...
Feb 9, 2013
jorge namour
May 8, 2013
7 dead after cargo ship crash in Italy
(CNN) -- At least seven people were killed and four others were hospitalized after a cargo ship smashed into a maritime traffic control tower in the Italian city of Genoa, the Italian Fire Brigade said Wednesday.
Genoa Port Authority personnel were inside the 51-meter-high structure when the crash took place, the Italian Fire Brigade said.
Two people were missing as emergency responders undertook rescue operations in the rubble of the collapsed tower, the brigade said
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/08/world/europe/italy-ship-accident/...
May 8, 2013
Beva
Container Ship Carrying Weapons for Syrian Rebels Splits in Half/Sinks
‘A large fleet named “Mol Comfort” carrying Arms for FSA from the U.S. has crashed in the Indian Ocean as it made its way from Singapore to Jeddah, on board were 4,500 containers loaded with arms for the Syrian rebels’
‘MOL Comfort sank due to yet unclear reasons, sailing from Singapore to Jeddah and after that to North Europe, leaving behind hundreds of drifting containers and a huge aftershock hitting liner sector and all of the maritime industry.
Even the scale of the consequences is hard, impossible, to estimate, not to mention consequences themselves. This is the 1st case in liner sector, when modern ocean-going liner container vessel (built in Japan!) sank in the ocean after breaking in 2 parts, like a poorly built and managed bulk carrier or over aged coaster. Nothing like this ever occurred, and no one believed it was possible, even theoretically. It just could not happen, but still, here it is.’
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Jun 24, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/88333/cargo-ship-capsized-off...
Cargo Ship Capsized Off Thailand. 11 Crew Members Missing
Posted on Jul 5th, 2013
Bangladeshi cargo ship MV Hope capsized in heavy seas south of Phuket, Thailand on Thursday morning with 17 crew members onboard, the Royal Thai Navy reported.
Six MV Hope’s crew members were rescued. Five of them were found in a lifeboat and rescued by a German container ship Buxmoon. The Royal Thai Navy managed to recue one injured sailor by a helicopter and transferred him to Phuket Hospital for recovery.
The Navy told local news portals that the search is ongoing for other 11 sailors that have gone missing.
The ship was sailing from Lumut port in Malaysia to Chittagong port, Bangladesh when it capsized due to high waves reaching up to four meters.
The MV Hope’s certificate showed that the vessel had been overloaded by 1,000 metric tonnes of cargo more than its capacity, which might have caused the accident, according to the information provided to Chittagong Port Authority by the owners, BD News 24 reports.
Aug 2, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://gcaptain.com/kiani-satu-runs-aground-south-africa/
Bulk Carrier Kiani Satu Runs Aground Off South Africa [IMAGES]
Image: NSRI
Image: Bianca Bezuidenhout, Wilderness NSRI crew
Picture Bianca Bezuidenhout, Wilderness NSRI crew
Image: NSRI
South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has reported that as of 1002 local time, all 19 crew members from the bulk carrier Kiani Satu are safe after being airlifted from their stricken vessel.
The 165-meter bulk carrier was transporting a cargo of rice from
Cape Town to GabonHong Kong to Ghana when it encountered engine troubles along the southern shore of South Africa. They alerted the NSRI at 0339 this morning of their situation.Buffels Bay, South Africa
The salvage vessel SMIT AMANDLA has been dispatched from Cape Town and is expected to reach the scene the evening of 8 August, notes the NSRI.
A wet cargo of rice could spell the demise of the Kiani Satu however. As one person has noted, rice absorbs water, and thus a cargo of wet rice could put an order of magnitude more strain on the hull, complicating salvage efforts.
Rice could also be a fairly dangerous cargo from salvage standpoint. As a friend of mine in the food business explained, wet (saturated) rice is an incredibly good breeding ground for bacteria. Removing hundreds of thousands of pounds of moldy rice could require an entirely different approach to this salvage job.
Aug 10, 2013
Love is the answer
Brutal Waves Tear Spanish Cargo Ship in Half
Rough seas smashed the Spanish ship against a sea wall on France's Atlantic Coast
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Feb 7, 2014
Tracie Crespo
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/south-korea-ferry-disaster/south-k...
South Korea Ferry Carrying Hundreds of Students Sinks
Apr 16, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/04/24/three-people-missing-aft...
Three People Missing After Freighter Sinks off Crete
Apr 24, 2014The Togo flagged, cargo ship, Ag Marina was sank early on Thursday about 30 nautical miles off the western coast of the island of Crete, southern Greece.
As reported seven people, probably of Russian origin were on board. Four crew members were rescued by a nearby cargo ship, while three others are still missing. A total of four cargo ships, a super puma helicopter and a vessel of the Greek coastguard are currently taking part in the rescue operation.
So far, the merchandise of the cargo ship, the place of its departure and its destination are unknown.
Apr 25, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-ferry-sinks-200-board-police-06311...
Bangladesh ferry sinks with up to 200 on board
An overloaded ferry sank in rough conditions in central Bangladesh on Monday with up to 200 passengers on board, in the latest disaster to hit the country's rivers.
Emergency workers said around 100 survivors and two dead bodies had been pulled out of the river, but the rest remain unaccounted for.
"The waves were huge, the ferry was rolling heavily from side to side," said survivor Syed Saadi, whose wife and two sons were still missing.
"The boat flooded with water after a huge wave hit it, and tipped over before sinking under the water," he told Channel 24 television.
The ferry was around 30 kilometres (20 miles) south of the capital Dhaka when it sank on the river Padma in the central district of Munshiganj.
Ferry accidents are common in the impoverished country, with overcrowding and poor ship design and maintenance often to blame.
Local police chief Tofazzal Hossain told AFP the vessel was overloaded with passengers and conditions were rough.
Rescue workers and the navy have been mobilised at the scene and a ship with underwater cameras deployed to try to locate the sunken vessel.
Fire service official Mohammad Dulal told AFP that divers were being deployed to try to locate the sunken ferry and look for survivors. But stormy conditions and large waves were preventing them from going into the water.
The police chief of Madaripur, where the ferry began its journey, said it was carrying between 170 and 200 passengers.
But one survivor, speaking on local television, said there were up to 350 passengers on board.
"There was no storm, but the weather was cloudy and the river was rough," he said.
"Suddenly the ferry was hit by a wave and flooded with water. I got out through a window and the ferry sank quickly.
"I was rescued by a local motor boat, other people were also rescued by boats."
Bangladeshi ferries do not maintain passenger logbooks, and are often overloaded.
Emergency workers at the scene said thousands of onlookers had gathered on the banks of the swollen river Padma.
August is monsoon season in Bangladesh, when rivers run high, and the ship was completely submerged.
Bangladesh, one of Asia's poorest nations, is criss-crossed by more than 230 rivers and boats are the main form of travel, especially in the southern and northeastern regions.
However many of the vessels in use date back to before independence in 1971.
Officials have said more than 95 percent of Bangladesh's hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized boats do not meet minimum safety regulations.
In May, a passenger ferry thought to be carrying between 150 and 200 people sank in central Bangladesh, killing dozens of people. The exact death toll remains unknown.
Survivors blamed the ship's captain for refusing to take shelter from a gathering storm.
Around 150 people were killed in the same district in March 2012 after an overcrowded ferry carrying about 200 passengers sank when it was hit by an oil barge in the middle of the night.
Aug 4, 2014
KM
http://www.wcvb.com/news/ferry-disabled-after-being-hit-by-large-wa...!bDz1hT
Ferry disabled after being hit by large waves off Scituate
Windows broken by massive waves
SCITUATE, Mass. —A ferry en route to Boston from Provincetown was disabled after being hit by a large wave Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.
Just before 4 p.m., a ferry was midway through its fourth trip of the day, to and from Provincetown and Boston, when the vessel was hit by a large set of waves that broke two of the seven windows in the pilot house, Bay State Cruise Company officials said in a statement.
The two windows that broke were in the center of the pilot house, which is where the captain navigates from.
Officials said windws in the passengers cabin, which is under the pilot house, were not broken and it appeared as though the waves were at an angle and height that they only struck at the pilot house level, which is about 20 feet above the water.
After the large waves hit the ferry, seas returned to the normal wave pattern of about 5 feet, officials said.
When the windows were broken, water took the vessel's control systems offline, officials said.
The captain was eventually able to get the starboard engine up to speed, but could not restart the port engine.
"We can only imagine the amount of concern and alarm that the passengers must have felt when the vessel decelerated so suddenly and then had to wait until the propulsion came back online," officials said in a statement.
No injuries were reported to any of the passengers, but the captain did suffer from cuts to his hand, which he had wrapped.
Aug 14, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-one-dead-dozens-missing-after-s-...
South Korean Ship Sinks in Bering Sea; 52 Missing
Last updated on: December 01, 2014 5:17 PM
A search-and-rescue mission continues for a South Korean fishing vessel that sank early Monday in the Bering Sea off Russia's far-eastern Chukotka region, officials said.
The Oriong-501 had a crew of 60 people. Eight crew members were pulled out of the water, including one who subsequently died, said Artur Rets, head of the maritime rescue service in Russia's port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Another 52 people are missing.
Officials said the ship began to list after taking on water in rough seas, forcing the crew to abandon it.
"When the fish were being hauled in, the vessel was hit by a wave," Rets said, adding that the ship sank at 0530 GMT.
The mission has been hampered by bad weather, with high winds and pounding waves.
The first rescuers did not arrive until more than three hours after the ship first experienced problems. Of the seven rescued, four were on a life raft together, and the rest were holding onto floating debris.
The South Korean fisheries ministry said the 36-year-old vessel, operated by Sajo Industries, had a crew including 35 Indonesians, 13 Philippine nationals, 11 South Koreans and one Russian inspector. None of the seven rescued was Korean.
Dec 2, 2014
Yvonne Lawson
Eight crew feared dead after cargo vessel overturns off the Scottish coast as search and rescue operation is suspended
Eight people were missing and feared dead last night after a cargo ship overturned in stormy seas off the Scottish coast.
A major air and sea rescue operation was launched after the upturned hull of the vessel was spotted by the crew of a passing ferry.
But last night hopes of finding survivors were fading as weather conditions deteriorated dramatically and the search was called off until this morning.
The stricken vessel is believed to be the Cypriot-registered Cemfjord. It is thought to be carrying a cargo of cement and had been heading for Runcorn, Cheshire.
Earlier today, Bill Farquhar, from RNLI Thurso, told BBC News that the last known position of the ship had been at 1.15 pm yesterday, adding: 'The weather at that time yesterday was pretty bad.
He said: 'I don't know what has happened after that. There was no mayday as such.
'It is very, very strange, especially with all the weather technology we have nowadays.'
Mr Farquhar said: 'Whatever happened, it happened very rapidly.'
A spokeswoman for the RNLI said the lifeboats had been stood down and are returning to their stations.
It is expected they will resume the search at first light if requested by the Coastguard.
None of the crew have so far been found.
The Cemfjord was drifting at 5.2 knots, roughly 6 mph, according to readings on marinetraffic.com that were recorded yesterday. It left port in Aalborg, Denmark on December 30.
The Pentland Firth is a channel between the north tip of Scotland and Orkney that is known for strong tides and requires careful planning to sail, according to Sail North Scotland.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2895524/Ship-overturned-coa...
Jan 4, 2015
Yvonne Lawson
Cargo ship carrying 25 people runs aground off the Isle of Wight (UK)
A massive car transporter cargo ship has run aground shortly after leaving Southampton.
The Hoegh Osaka left port at around 20:21 but ran aground less than an hour later, within sight of the Isle of Wight.
The 180-metre long vessel is listing badly to one side following the incident. RNLI lifeboats attended the scene as well as the coast guard helicopter.
The Singapore registered vessel was heading to the German port of Bremerhaven at the time of the incident.
The vessel was built in 2000 and has a maximum weight of almost 158,000 tonnes. It is understood the cargo ship, which has a nine-metre draught, turned sharply to the left as it passed the notorious Bramble Bank sandbank near Cowes and run aground.
It is believed the vessel may have suffered a major failure of its navigation system.
A spokesman for the RNLI said: 'Currently four RNLI Lifeboats from Calshot, Cowes and Yarmouth are in attendance alongside the Solent Coastguard Helicopter, Southampton Patrol and four tug boats, two from Esso and two from Southampton Docks.
'The ship's crew are being rescued from the water and from on board the stricken vessel, which is at a list of 45 degrees.'
According to the Isle of Wight based Island Echo, a number of the casualties were rescued from the water, while the Captain and First Officer have remained aboard to assist with the rescue operation.
It is understood the 158,000 tonne vessel suffered a mechanical malfunction as it swung off course, striking the Bramble Bank.
It is hoped the massive transporter could be refloated at high tide at 10.30am.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2895837/Car-transporter-car...
Jan 4, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/at-least-10-migran...
At least 10 migrants die in boat capsize near Italy
Published: 4 March 2015 5:35 PM
The boat, which capsized on Tuesday about 80 kilometres north of Libya, was carrying about 130 people at the time, the coast guard said in a statement.
A coast guard ship in the area managed to rescue most of the migrants. Ten bodies were recovered.
The coast guard ship was already carrying 318 migrants rescued in a previous mission on Tuesday and was now heading to a Sicilian port.
Seven separate missions in a 24-hour period had rescued a total of 941 migrants, including 30 children and 50 women, one of them pregnant, the coast guard said.
Last month, more than 300 people died trying to cross the sea from Africa to Italy in a one-week period. Most of the boats leave from Libya, which is in a state of near-anarchy and where smugglers charge up to US$2,000 (RM7,300) for the crossing.
Italy ended its large-scale search-and-rescue mission Mare Nostrum last year because of the cost and amid criticism from some who said it merely encouraged people to make the crossing.
Mare Nostrum was set up after more than 360 migrants drowned when their boat capsized near the Italian coast in October 2013.
It has been replaced by an EU border control mission, Triton, that does not have a specific search-and-rescue mandate and which has fewer ships and a smaller area of operation that hugs close to the Italian coast instead of reaching toward Africa like Mare Nostrum did. – Reuters, March 4, 2015.
Mar 4, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/21-killed-47-mis...
21 killed, 47 missing in Myanmar boat capsize
At least 21 people were killed and 47 went missing, including 30 women, when a double-decker boat capsized in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, officials said on Saturday.
The boat 'Aung Dakun-3', with about 214 passengers on board, capsized in Myay Pone township while heading from Kyaukphyu harbour to Sittway late on Friday night, Xinhua news agency reported.
Of those on board, 167 passengers have been rescued so far, officials said.
The accident happened after the boat hit a big rock.
A search operation is continuing to locate the missing people.
Mar 14, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/apr/01/4-drown-9-missin...
published: 01:25 april 1, 2015
4 drown, 9 missing in boat capsize
Four people died and nine others went missing as a boat capsized in the Padma River at Shibganj upazila under the district on Monday night.
The deceased were identified as Jonab Ali, 55, son of Eshak Ali of Monohorpur, Tazrin Khatoon, 17, daughter of Azizul Haque of Bheshapara village, Sumi Akhter, an SSC examinee and daughter of
Arshad Ali of Raninagar village, and Rishad, 9, son of Nasir Uddin of Monkosha village of the upazila.
Local sources said a boat carrying 15-16 people and 7-8 cattle from Gaipara village to Monohorpur capsized in the middle of the river being hit by a stormy wind.
Although some of the people on board managed to ashore, several of them had remained missing since the boat capsize, said Durlabhpur UP chairman Abu Ahmed Nazmul Kabir Mukta.
Moinul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shibganj police station said on information, police forces had been sent to the spot and they had started rescue operation.
A rescue team started for the spot.
Local people were also continuing their rescue operation from night.
They became angry to the team for late protested the negligence of the authority concern.
Apr 1, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.voanews.com/content/russian-trawler-sinks/2703635.html
56 Dead After Russian Trawler Sinks
Last updated on: April 02, 2015 2:44 PM
At least 56 people are dead after a Russian trawler sank in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia's far east Wednesday.
Emergency officials said 63 of 132 of the crew members on aboard the ship were rescued after the Dalniy Vostok sank in icy waters near Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. Thirteen people are still missing.
Officials say the ship sank in a mere 15 minutes, with the water temperature near the freezing mark.
The most seriously injured were being airlifted to the city of Magadan, some 250 kilometers to the north.
At least 14 local fishing vessels are helping with the search and rescue mission.
The trawler was carrying 78 Russians and 54 foreign nationals from Myanmar, Ukraine, Lithuania and Vanuatu.
The cause of the accident is still not known, although investigators say the ship may have hit an object in the water. A local official told Reuters news agency that the crew may have violated safety rules by overloading it, affecting its balance.
History of transportation disasters
Russia has a long history of road, air and sea disasters, many caused by negligence or violation of safety regulations.
"At this time we do not know what might have caused the tragedy,'' Viktor Klepikov, coordinating captain of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky maritime rescue coordination centre conducting the search, told Reuters by telephone.
Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said more than 10 possible causes were being considered by investigators.
But the acting governor of Sakhalin island, Oleg Kozhemyako, told LifeNews television: "Given the fact that the tragedy occurred quickly and unexpectedly, and the ship was registered and met all technical requirements, I think there was a violation of rules when it comes to overload and balancing of the vessel.''
Russia's TASS news agency quoted Sergei Khabarov, deputy head of the Kamchatka region, as saying the cargo storage capacity may have been exceeded.
President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences and ordered all necessary measures to help the survivors, some of whom were suffering from hypothermia.
Poor safety record
The home port of the trawler, which was owned by Magellan LLC, was Nevelsk in Russia's Sakhalin region.
It was one of Russia's worst maritime disasters in decades. In 2011, an ageing, overcrowded tourist boat sank in Russia's Volga River, killing 122 people.
More than 50 died when a drilling rig with 67 crew on board capsized and sank off Sakhalin in December 2011 while being towed through a winter storm.
In August 2000, during his first term as president, Putin faced criticism for not acting quickly over the sinking of a nuclear-powered submarine on which all 118 people aboard died.
Apr 3, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/04/10/21-people-drown-haiti...
21 people drown in Haiti boat capsize
At least 21 people have died and 17 others are missing in a suspected boat capsizing off Haiti's northern coast.
The group was among 50 believed to be aboard a boat heading to the nearby Turks and Caicos Islands.
Survivors have told police the boat encountered bad weather and tried to return to Haiti when it hit something, according to Jean Henri Petit, an official with Haiti's Civil Protection Department.
The bodies began to wash ashore on Thursday morning in the coastal town of Le Borgne, about 160km north of Port-au-Prince, police inspector Jean Mesamours said.
Families of 10 of the victims have picked up the bodies, while the other 11 dead have been buried in a mass grave because no one has claimed them, Petit says.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a popular destination for Haitian migrants despite authorities warning them the voyage is perilous.
Apr 10, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://news.yahoo.com/400-migrants-died-boat-capsize-off-libya-ngos...
Up to 400 migrants died in boat capsize off Libya: survivors
Rome (AFP) - Up to 400 illegal migrants died after their vessel capsized off the Libyan coast on Sunday, said survivors who were brought to Italy, where tension is mounting over a surge in boat arrivals from North Africa.
The Italian coastguard on Monday said they had managed to rescue 144 of the people on the sunken vessel, while nine bodies were also recovered.
The International Organization for Migration and the charity Save the Children said between 144 and 150 survivors arrived at Reggio Calabria, on Italy's southern tip, on Tuesday morning.
"There were 400 victims in this shipwreck, which occurred 24 hours after (their vessel) left the Libyan coast," Save the Children said in a statement, citing survivors.
"There were several young males, probably minors, among the victims" and also children among those rescued, the international NGO said.
IOM spokesman in Italy Flavio Di Giacomo told AFP several of the survivors had told his organisation there were between 500 and 550 people on board when the ship sank.
"We are continuing to investigate in order to understand how the shipwreck happened," Di Giacomo said.
Initial investigations indicate the boat may have capsized after passengers started moving when they saw the Italian rescue team.
The latest tragedy came as Italian authorities said around 8,500 migrants had been rescued at sea between Friday and Monday, reigniting a debate in Italy about whether the country has a duty to house all new arrivals.
Recent good weather in the Mediterranean has prompted a spike in the number of migrants attempting to reach Italy aboard boats.
An increasingly violent and chaotic situation in Libya, a key jumping off point for migrants, has also helped prompt the hike in asylum seekers trying to make it to Europe.
- Row over migrant beds -
Italian authorities say more than 15,000 migrants have arrived so far in 2015. There were 15,000 in April alone last year and an average of 25,000 each month between June and September.
Italy's interior ministry has ordered regional prefects to find emergency housing for 6,500 migrants -- a move condemned by the opposition, which argues the policy of rescuing immigrants encourages others to attempt the risky sea journey.
Matteo Salvini, head of the anti-immigrant Northern League, on Tuesday urged local officials not to cooperate.
"I ask the League's governors, mayors, assessors and councillors to say no, with every means, to every new arrival. The League is ready to occupy every hotel, hostel, school or barracks intended for the alleged refugees," Salvini said on Facebook.
With summer approaching -- and more than 500,000 people waiting to set out from Libya for Europe according to EU border agency Frontex -- aid groups are warning Rome is not prepared to deal with the next wave of arrivals.
Greece said Tuesday it was planning to set up reception centres on the mainland to deal with an influx of migrants arriving on its islands.
The decision at an emergency cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came after more than 700 migrants and refugees, mainly Syrians and Africans, arrived in Greece between Friday and Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Frontex on Tuesday said human traffickers had fired shots into the air to recover a vessel that had been used to transport migrants across the Mediterranean.
The incident happened on Monday when an Icelandic coastguard vessel was rescuing 250 people from a wooden boat some 60 nautical miles off Libya.
It was the second such incident this year after the Italian coastguard was confronted by armed traffickers in February, who ordered a boat be handed over once the rescue operation was complete.
Apr 15, 2015
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/19/400751342/up-to-700-...
Hundreds Of Migrants Feared Dead In Capsized Boat Off North Africa
Personnel at work in the operations room of the Italian Coast Guard in Rome, Italy on Sunday during the coordination of relief efforts after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes off Libyan coast occurred in the Strait of Sicily.
Hundreds of would-be migrants from North Africa who were trying to reach Europe are missing and feared drowned after their boat capsized about 120 miles south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Officials say it could be the largest-ever such tragedy on the Mediterranean.
Officials engaged in a major air-and-sea rescue in the Mediterranean say that so far 28 people have been rescued along with the recovery of 24 bodies. As many as 700 are still missing after the overcrowded fishing boat capsized and sank overnight. Although it is not uncommon for such migrant boats to come to grief in the Mediterranean, the sheer loss of life in the latest incident appears to be particularly large.
Adrian Edwards, a spokesman from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, tells NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday that some 20 ships from Italy and Malta, as well as several helicopters were engaged in the search.
"There are many, many bodies in the water.," Edwards says.
"We are hoping there are survivors among them," he tells Weekend Edition. "But, it's really a matter of very great concern," adding that if the numbers of dead reported are confirmed, "we are looking at the single largest tragedy so far on the Mediterranean."
The Times of Malta reports that the migrants went overboard when they rushed to one side of the boat to alert a passing ship. A Maltese patrol boat was helping in the rescue effort and the island's prime minister, Joseph Muscat, said: "They are literally trying to find people alive among the dead floating in the water."
The disaster comes only a week after 400 others were reported dead in a similar capsize near Lampedusa.
The Associated Press notes: "The capsizing comes amid a wave of migrants trying to leave Libya for Italian shores. So far, at least 900 have died trying this year."
For many people fleeing North Africa, including the ongoing fighting in Libya, the island of Lampedusa represents the closest outpost of European Union territory from which they hope to move onward and settle elsewhere in the EU.
Reuters writes: "The new deaths fueled calls for a stronger response from Europe to the increasingly deadly migrant crisis playing out in the Mediterranean. International aid groups and Italian authorities have [criticized] Europe's so-called "Triton" border protection operation, which recently replaced a more comprehensive Italian search-and-rescue mission.
"A tragedy is unfolding in the Mediterranean, and if the EU and the world continue to close their eyes, it will be judged in the harshest terms as it was judged in the past when it closed its eyes to genocides when the comfortable did nothing," Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was quoted by Reuters as saying.
In February, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres reiterated a call for the European Union to expand operation "Triton."
Updated at 2:45 p.m. EDT. EU To Discuss Situation on Monday:
Reuters quotes EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini as saying the foreign ministers of the EU would discuss the issue at a meeting Monday in Luxembourg.
Update at 8:30 EDT. Even More May Have Been Aboard; U.N. Responds
A survivor told Italian prosecutors that more migrants than previously estimated may have been on board the ship, the AP reports.
The wire service says the survivor indicated the ship contained 950 people, "including hundreds who were locked in the hold by smugglers," but that this account has not been confirmed.
Meanwhile, the U.N. Secretary-General's office issued a statement saying Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is "shocked and deeply saddened" by reports of the event.
"The international response to this must be comprehensive and collective," the Secretary-General's spokesman writes. "The challenge concerns not only improved rescue at sea and access to protection. It is how to ensure the right to asylum of the growing number of people worldwide fleeing war who need refuge and safe haven."
Apr 20, 2015
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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/apr/25/coast-guard-5-missing-af...
Coast Guard: Search goes on for 5 lost after boats capsize
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Coast Guard crews are searching for five people missing in the water after a powerful storm capsized several sailboats participating in a regatta near Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Coast Guard spokesman Seth Johnson says searchers have covered 1,150 square miles on Sunday using boats and three airplanes to find survivors.
Johnson says the Coast Guard will conduct an investigation into the weather conditions and the decision to go ahead with Saturday's race.
Family members anxious for updates have gathered near a Coast Guard station.
More than 100 sailboats and as many as 200 people were participating in the Dauphin Island regatta. The storm rolled through the area about 4 p.m. Saturday.
Apr 26, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059556/More-150-passengers...
More than 150 passengers rescued from burning ferry in the Mediterranean en route from Mallorca to Spanish mainland
More than 150 passengers had to be rescued from a burning ferry that was crossing Mediterranean en route from Mallorca to the Spanish mainland.
Spanish emergency services managed to safely evacuate the passengers from the vessel, which was travelling to the port of Valencia, government and port authorities confirmed.
It came after the 'Sorrento' ferry, belonging to the Italian company Atlantica di Navigazione although operated by Trasmediterranea-Acciona sent out distress signals.
The Sorrento ferry ablaze in the Mediterranean after it caught fire while travelling to Valencia from the island of Mallorca
Apr 28, 2015
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http://www.dw.de/migrants-drown-in-boat-capsize-off-egypt-dozens-sa...
Migrants drown in boat capsize off Egypt, dozens saved off Libya
A boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe has capsized in the Mediterranean near the coast of Egypt, killing three people. Meanwhile, more than 400 others have been rescued from vessels off Libya.
Three people drowned and 31 were rescued after a trawler bound for Europe capsized near the Egyptian city of Idku on Saturday, local media reported.
The passengers, believed to be from Syria, Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt, were later arrested by coastguards.
In a separate incident on Saturday, a French navy patrol ship pulled 217 people from three small boats that had run into difficulty in waters off Libya. Maritime police said in a statement that two suspected people smugglers had been arrested and handed over to Italian authorities, along with the rescued migrants.
It was the first rescue operation by France since a decision by European leaders last week to boost patrols in the Mediterranean in a bid to prevent migrant drownings.
Meanwhile, Italy's Coast Guard reported helping a group of some 200 people aboard rubber dinghies spotted drifting south of Sicily on Friday. The migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday morning.
Dangerous trip
Scores of people fleeing violence and poverty in the Middle East and Africa have sought to cross the Mediterranean Sea by boat in the hope of reaching European shores. Many travel in crowded unseaworthy vessels, having paid steep fees to people smugglers to make the perilous journey.
There was an outcry last month when a migrant boat en route to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, killing more than 700 people. Following the disaster, EU leaders agreed to triple funding for the bloc's Triton border protection mission, as well as to send more ships to the region to help in search and rescue operations.
France, Britain and Germany were among the countries that pledged to contribute patrol boats to prevent further loss of life. Two ships from the German navy were dispatched on Friday.
May 3, 2015
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http://www.bullfax.com/?q=node-costa-rica-scare-ship-carrying-chemi...
limk to: http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-costa-rica-scare-as-ship-carryin...
Costa Rica scare as ship carrying chemicals sinks
San José (AFP) - Costa Rican authorities declared an emergency after a ship carrying 180 tons of ammonium nitrate sunk off the country's Pacific coast.
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) urged people to avoid swimming at beaches and suspend fishing in the region off the port of Puntarenas, 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital.
The CNE said the accident occurred on Saturday when the boat sank in heavy seas. Two crew members were rescued without incident, the CNE said.
Ammonium nitrate is often used in the manufacture of fertilizers and explosives, and can be dangerous to health in cases of direct contact with the chemical.
May 4, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/05/europe/italy-mediterranean-migrants-d...
Migrant boat sinks, dozens feared dead, report says
CNN
Updated 12:43 PM ET, Tue May 5, 2015
London (CNN)Dozens of migrants are feared to have drowned Sunday after falling from a boat into the Mediterranean Sea, the aid organization Save the Children said Tuesday.
The report is one of many describing migrants dying at sea. Thousands of people are leaving North Africa every month aboard crowded vessels to escape desperate conditions and reach European shores.
Rescue vessel was approaching
Sunday's deaths happened as a rescue vessel approached the migrants, Save the Children said, citing interviews it conducted with survivors after they arrived at the port of Catania, on the Italian island of Sicily. The aid organization said it feared that 40 people had died.
"The commercial ship Zeran picked up two separate dinghies since Sunday, both of which set off from Libya," Save the Children said in a statement.
"One had more than 100 people, all survivors," the statement said. "The other had approximately 137 people on board. They have all been brought to Catania port in Sicily this morning and are disembarking right now. They are from Ghana, Gambia, Senegal and Ivory Coast (so far). We believe there are at least 30 minors (under 18s) so far but all the arrivals still need to be interviewed. There are at least 2 younger children (5-7 years old)."
Dozens reportedly fell into the sea
The statement said that Save the Children's Giovanna di Benedetto had interviewed some of the men from the second dinghy.
Three of those men reported that "dozens of people had fallen into the sea when they saw the commercial boat approach and they had drowned as they couldn't swim. Five dead bodies have been brought to Catania," Save the Children said.
The aid organization said it was not yet clear whether the bodies were those of people who drowned or whether they were already dead on the dinghy.
Italian coast guard recovers 10 bodies
The Italian coast guard said it couldn't confirm the charity's report, though it said 10 bodies were recovered Sunday in three separate rescue operations in the Mediterranean. It said six operations were currently going on.
The coast guard said that, between Friday and Tuesday, 8,300 migrants had been saved.
As of mid-April, more than 1,700 people had died or gone missing this year in the sea that touches Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, according to the U.N. refugee agency.
But tens of thousands more migrants have reached Europe by crossing the Mediterranean. Some 36,390 people managed to reach Italy, Greece and Malta in the first few months of 2015, an agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said last month.
Italy's coast guard said that more than 3,400 migrants were saved in 16 operations off Libya's coast on Saturday alone.
May 6, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/girl-dies-of-hypothermia-after-yac...
Girl dies of hypothermia after yacht sinks
08 May 2015
According to The Guardian newspaper, a six-year-old French girl died from hypothermia on Thursday after a yacht she and her family were on capsized during the night off the mid-Atlantic Azores islands.
“The little girl spent seven and a half hours in water that was 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit) before she and her father were recovered by a Spanish hospital ship," a Portuguese navy spokesman Commander Paulo Vicente told AFP.
The girl’s mother and nine-year-old brother had managed to climb into a liferaft after their vessel capsized, and were rescued during the night. The girl and her father were wearing life jackets which kept them afloat all night. Rescue came the next morning when a Portuguese air force plane spotted them in the water.
The Guardian reported that the family’s boat sank about 550 nautical miles (1,000 kilometres) to the southwest of the Portuguese islands. Weather conditions were very rough and although they were starting to improve on Thursday, some waves were still five metres (16 feet) high.
May 8, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
Wanted to add an additional link which states 30 foot waves sank the yacht.
http://www.inquisitr.com/2073033/girl-yacht-sinks-dies/
Girl Dies After Yacht Sinks: 30-Foot Waves In Atlantic Ocean To Blame
A girl died after a yacht sank off the coast of Portugal.
According to ABC News, the 6-year-old French girl was with her family when 30-footwaves overtook their yacht, causing it to sink. While the girl’s mother and her 9-year-old brother were able to take refuge in a lifeboat, the young girl and her father were stranded in the ocean for hours.
May 8, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2015/05/11/video-release-coast-guard-sa...
*VIDEO RELEASE* Coast Guard saves 5 people after boat sinks 10 miles west of Crystal River, Fla.
May 11, 2015
Headline: *VIDEO RELEASE* Coast Guard saves 5 people after boat sinks 10 miles west of Crystal River, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued five people from the water after their 48-foot boat sank 10 miles west of Crystal River, Florida, Saturday night.
At 9:27 p.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a call via VHF-FM radio channel 16 from a man stating his boat was taking on water with a total of five people aboard, all wearing life jackets.
A 27-foot Response Boat-Small from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, Florida, and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew were launched.
At 10:05 p.m. watchstanders at the sector were notified that the vessel was sinking and all people aboard the boat were going into the water. Watchstanders directed the people to stay with the vessel and launch a handheld red flare when they saw rescue personnel.
At 10:27 p.m. the RB-S boatcrew arrived on scene, observed a single handheld flare, located the people and pulled them out of the water. The people were taken to Pete’s Pier in Crystal River without any reported injuries.
The Jayhawk crew stayed on scene until all the people were recovered safely.
The owner is coordinating salvage plans.
“These people did everything right, in the midst of danger,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Wheatley, an operations specialist at the sector. “They had all the proper safety equipment including a marine radio, life jackets and flares, and they used them properly.”
May 10, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2015-05-15/at-least-...
At least 750 migrants rescued off Indonesia by local fishermen after boat sinks, police say
More than 750 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants arrived in Indonesia on Friday after they were rescued by local fishermen.
More than 750 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have arrived in Indonesia after they were rescued by fishing boats when their boat sank off the coast of Aceh province, police say.
Indonesian police said passengers aboard one vessel carrying 712 people recounted how their boat sank off the east coast of Indonesia after earlier being driven away by Malaysia.
"According to initial information we got from them, they were pushed away by the Malaysian navy to the border of Indonesian waters," said Sunarya, police chief in the city of Langsa where the migrants arrived.
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand have vowed to turn back stricken boats.
However, this did not stop local fishermen from going to the rescue of the latest boatload of forlorn, emaciated migrants — including 61 children — to arrive in the country's waters.
Forty-seven people from another vessel were rescued not far down the coast after the hungry passengers leapt into the water pleading with local fishing boats to help them.
Over the past week, nearly 2,500 have drifted onto the shores of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Desperate scenes in the high seas
Officials described harrowing scenes on the packed boat, with the vessel half under water by the time it was found and children swimming around it.
The migrants had been at sea for two months, authorities said.
The people were taken to a warehouse in Langsa looking exhausted with many wearing just shorts and sarongs.
"They were killing each other, throwing people overboard," Mr Sunarya said.
"Because (the boat) was overcapacity, some people had to go and probably they were defending themselves."
May 16, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/05/vessel_sinks_4_mile...
Boat sinks 4 miles south of Perdido Pass, vessel named 'Heck Yeah' came to help
At approximately noon on Saturday, Alabama Marine Patrol received a report of a vessel in distress approximately four miles south of Perdido Pass in Orange Beach according to a press release from ALEA.
Alabama Marine Patrol responded from the Ole River area along with the Orange Beach Fire Department. While responding to the call, the vessel sank sending all the passengers into the water.
Swimmers were deployed to assist, but a nearby boat was able to assist.
A fishing vessel named "Heck Yeah" altered its course and responded to the call for help. The vessel Heck Yeah arrived on scene prior to emergency responders and was able to recover all six people from the water.
The vessel Heck Yeah transported the victims to the Alabama Marine Patrol facility at Alabama Point in Orange Beach. A local salvage company responded to the scene to recover the vessel.
No major injuries were reported. Sea conditions were four to five feet and rough, according to Marine Patrol.
May 24, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/05/...
Fishing boat with 500 gallons of diesel sinks in Ilwaco Channel
May 23, 2015 at 5:37 PM, updated May 23, 2015 at 5:48 PM
ILWACO, Wash. — The Coast Guard is monitoring a sunken fishing vessel in Ilwaco Channel for possible pollution and as a potential hazard to navigation.
Coast Guard pollution responders and investigators arrived on the scene around 8:40 a.m. Saturday. A light sheen has been reported in the area. The boat has up to 500 gallons of diesel fuel aboard the vessel.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer reports the Coast Guard office in Warrenton, Oregon, received a report from a good Samaritan early Saturday that the 37-foot fishing vessel Four Forty was stuck in a piling in the channel. Shearer says the good Samaritan also rescued two people from that vessel before it sank in about 40 feet of water.
The Coast Guard says the owner of the fishing boat is working with a salvage company to remove it from the channel.
May 24, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829498-pattaya-koh-lan-passenge...
Pattaya-Koh Lan passenger boat sinks
Jun 1, 2015
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Chinese ship sinks with at least 450 on board, in the Yangtze river http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-32969861
- It wastravelling from the eastern city of Nanjing to Chongqing in the south-west when it sank in Jianli county.
-BBC's Jo Floto in Beijing says that China has not seen a disaster on such a scale for a long time. The government has exerted huge control over information coming out from the scene, with local journalists stopped from getting close to the scene, he adds.
-The captain and the chief engineer...were quoted earlier as saying that the boat had been caught in a cyclone and sank within minutes
Jun 2, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/one-dead-after-boat-capsizes...
Four dead after boat capsizes on Bear Lake
06/01/2015 10:04 PM
BEAR LAKE STATE PARK, Utah (ABC 4 Utah) - Four people are dead after they were thrown into the cold waters of Bear Lake when their boat capsized Monday night.
According to family members, Lance Capener and his two daughters Kelsey and Kylie died. The girl's friend Siera Hadley also died.
During this time there was a very violent wind storm in the area that caused the boat to capsize.
Utah State Parks officers and Rich County Search and Rescue and other emergency responders eventually located the boat and all occupants were transported to medical facilities.
It was supposed to be a mother-daughter excursion on Bear Lake Monday. But those who were there said it started turning ugly and they were ready to call it a day and started heading for the marina.
Caroline Anderson and her daughter were there too. Her daughter had been on the boat earlier. The girls were taking turns throughout the afternoon. But on the final run Anderson and her daughter stayed behind. The boat with 7 on board headed out one last time.
“We could see that the wind was rocking the boat,” said Anderson.
Jun 3, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/757791
German, Filipino die as boat sinks off Bahrain
The Causeway connecting the kingdom to Bahrain is shown in this file photo. A boat sank near the Causeway on Saturday, killing at least two people on board. (AN file photo)
DUBAI: Two men, a German and a Filipino, have drowned after the boat they were aboard sank in Gulf waters off Bahrain, the official BNA news agency quoted the coast guard as saying.
Another four passengers, whose nationalities were not given, were rescued following the incident Friday near the King Fahd Causeway linking the archipelago with Saudi Arabia.
They were said to be in good health.
Details were not immediately available on the type of the vessel, which was towed to a nearby naval base.
There was also no information on its origin and destination nor the cause of the accident.
Jun 6, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/29269081/boat-sinks-sending-8-in-the-wat...
Boat sinks sending 8 in the water near San Carlos Bay
Posted: Jun 08, 2015 6:08 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 08, 2015 6:36 PM EDTLee County, FL
Eight people were rescued after their rental boat took on water in San Carlos Bay. Everyone is okay, according to the Coast Guard and they are on the way back to the Coast Guard station at Fort Myers Beach.
The boat sunk near the Sanibel Lighthouse. A rescue tow service is on the way for recovery operations.
Fire department authorities say the responded to a distress call. Another boat was in the area and managed to help the boaters before the boat sank.
Jun 9, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1292306-crew-safe-after-fis...
Crew safe after fishing vessel sinks off Georges Bank
Published June 10, 2015 - 5:39pm
Last Updated June 10, 2015 - 5:44pm
A fishing vessel sank off Georges Bank on Tuesday morning.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada deployed a team of investigators to Riverport to assess the sunken fishing vessel, named Bear Cove Point, which sank at about 6:30 a.m.
All four crew members were rescued by another fishing vessel and were brought back to Riverport on Wednesday.
“Within an hour the vessel sunk, there were other fishing vessels around, they were on George’s Bank,” said Pierre Murray, manager of regional operations for the Atlantic Region of the Transportation Safety Board. “Other vessels came to give assistance and try transfer pumps but it wasn’t enough to salvage the vessel.”
Murray said the vessel sank about 175 kilometres southwest of Yarmouth and is now at the bottom of Georges Bank, roughly 20 metres below the surface.
“The boat is gone … that’s pretty much it for the boat.”
Murray said that it’s still early in the investigation but the transportation safety board has conducted interviews with the crewmen with more expected in the coming days.
The ongoing investigation will be based on witness accounts of what happened and any other information they can gather about the vessel.
According to a 2014 condition and valuation survey, the ship was built in 1987, is 22.83 metres in length and weighs 197.01 tons.
“There were no visible problems with the hull and the mechanical and electrical systems were well maintained.”
The boat has a market value of $700,000.
“Bear Cove Point was well built and outfitted and has a proven track record as a capable offshore multipurpose fishing vessel. This vessel has a reputation as a good sea-boat in heavy weather conditions and the fully enclosed processing deck makes for a safe and comfortable work environment while at sea.”
Jun 10, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2015/06/10/jrt-boat-capsi...
1 boat capsizes during extreme weather on Lake Powell
LAKE POWELL — Extreme weather caused a boat to capsize on Lake Powell Saturday afternoon, creating a very scary situation for a vacationing family.
A family camping at the back of Crystal Springs Canyon, in a location with a pour-off overhead and a very small beach area, was caught in extreme weather that brought in a considerable amount of rain, causing flash flooding.
“The flood caused a very dangerous and stressful event for the family,” Cynthia Sequanna, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area park ranger, said.
The flash flood came down where the family was mooring their boats, Sequanna said, and the waters rose and reduced the amount of beach where the family was camping. The flooding came over the canyon and caused a current and eddy pocket down below.
One boat sank in the flood, but nobody was injured or killed, which was the most fortunate thing, Sequanna said.
“When visitors choose a campsite, they should kind of study the place around them,” Sequanna said. “They need to look up and down and all around and think about where water might flow into that canyon.”
Sequanna said people need to always plan ahead when vacationing and be aware of the weather forecast and any impending storms in the area. They should also pay attention to flash flood warnings and severe weather events. Anyone planning to be out on the lake for a few days should check the weather forecast daily to see if the forecast has changed.
Flash floods can dislodge large boulders, rocks, trees, and also carry a lot of debris, Sequanna said.
“It’s always advisable to keep an eye on the horizon,” she said, “especially upstream from where you’re at. If there are any dark clouds, you should anticipate the possibilities that there could be flash flooding in the near future.”
Jun 11, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://en.baomoi.com/Info/Strong-winds-sink-fishing-boat-in-central...
Strong winds sink fishing boat in central Vietnam, 32 crew members rescued
Rescuers in the central province of Quang Ngai said Thursday that 32 fishermen of a local boat, which had sunk due to strong winds the day before, have all been saved.
Jun 18, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/06/coast_guar...
Coast Guard rescues four moments before boat sinks in Lake Michigan
MANITOWOC, WI -- A U.S. Coast Guard crew arrived in the nick of time for four men hoping to be rescued from their sinking boat in 90-foot deep Lake Michigan waters.
Just minutes after the four men were aboard a Coast Guard vessel, the 31-foot boat DATBYTES capsized and then sank.
The sinking happened about five miles off the Wisconsin coast, near Manitowoc.
A 45-foot Coast Guard rescue boat rushed to the scene after someone aboard DATBYTES issued a Mayday call at 1:45 p.m. Friday, June 19. The caller said the boat was rapidly taking on water.
The Coast Guard crew, from Coast Guard station Two Rivers, got to the other boat within five minutes because they already were doing training in the general area.
All four men aboard the sinking boat were wearing life jackets. They were quickly transferred to the Coast Guard boat.
In the minutes to follow, two Coast Guard members tried to use a pump to "de-water" DATBYTES, but they couldn't keep up with the incoming flow.
The Coast Guard members returned to the rescue boat and, not long later, the other boat sank.
None of the rescued four men were injured.
Coast Guard marine inspectors later went to the sinking sight to check for pollution, but could find none. The owner of DATBYTES is making plans to salvage the boat, Coast Guard officials said.
It wasn't clear what caused the boat to take on water.
Jun 20, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/06/20/22-hurt-when-cruise-ship-crash...
22 hurt when cruise ship crashes at New York seaway lock
MASSENA, N.Y. – A cruise ship taking European tourists to Ontario, Canada, crashed into a wall while entering a lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York, injuring 19 passengers and three crew members, officials said Friday.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the 286-foot Saint Laurent was headed from Montreal to Toronto when it hit a wall in the Eisenhower Lock in Massena, near the Canadian border, shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday. There were 273 people on board, including 81 crew members and 192 passengers who are mainly French and Swiss nationals.
The ship's operator, Miami-based FleetPro, said 19 passengers and three crew members were treated at Massena Memorial Hospital and released. The company said all the injuries were minor.
The Saint Laurent was entering the lock when it struck an approach wall bumper, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin of the Coast Guard's Cleveland-based Ninth District, which covers the St. Lawrence River and the seaway. The impact punched a hole in the ship's hull, causing it to take on water, she said.
The lock's doors were closed and the water drained out so the boat wouldn't sink, Laughlin said. A salvage crew and Coast Guard team were assessing the damage Friday to determine how best to move the vessel, she said.
The Washington, D.C.-based Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. said the ship is stable and the uninjured passengers remained on board overnight. The agency that operates the international shipping route said seven commercial vessels are backed up in the seaway because of the accident. There was no immediate estimate on when the lock would reopen.
FleetPro, formerly International Shipping Partners, said all shipboard services are fully functional for passengers. The company said the ship was a day into a 10-day roundtrip excursion out of Montreal, with stops in between, when the accident occurred.
The passengers were disembarking the ship at the lock Friday afternoon and put on buses that would take them back to Montreal. The company said it didn't know yet if the trip to Toronto would be resumed.
The Saint Laurent is owned by Nassau, Bahamas-based Adventurer Owner Ltd.
The crash remains under investigation.
Jun 21, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12554/storm-sinks-fishing-boat--cr...
Storm Sinks Fishing Boat; Crew Saved
A photo taken from the deck of a Royal Cambodian Navy ship shows a fishing boat sinking off Koh Rong Tuesday. Photo: Facebook
SIHANOUKVILLE (Khmer Times) – In a violent storm on the Gulf of Siam, a Royal Cambodian Navy rescued five men found Tuesday clinging to rocks protruding from an isolated shoal.
The Navy was alerted by a distress signal sent by a sinking fishing boat. After the boat sank, the Navy searched for hours for two more men, who were missing from the 7-man crew. Finally, before dusk, news came that a fishing boat rescued them and taking them to safety on Koh Rong, an island 15 kilometers east of here.
Royal Cambodian Navy patrol vessels, stationed at Ream Naval Base, responded to the distress call, fighting torrential rains and gale winds.
The coast has been hit by torrential rains and heavy winds in recent days. Officials warned this week of weather conditions that are dangerous for boating and swimming.
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Six migrants die after boat sinks off southwestern Turkey
Jun 23, 2015 08:30 GMT
Six immigrants died and nearly 60 others were rescued on Tuesday when a boat carrying illegal Syrian immigrants sank near the Bodrum district of Mugla, Turkey’s southwestern province.
The vessel - carrying nearly 70 immigrants who illegally travel to the Greek island of Kos - was spotted by the fishermen sinking off near Kara Island, 3.2 kilometres away from Bodrum.
Search-and-rescue operations supported by helicopters and the Bodrum Sea Rescue Association were carried out by Turkish Coast Guards.
The survivors from the incident were hospitalised at Bodrum State Hospital.
After being given first aid, nearly 60 immigrants including women and children were brought to the Coast Guard Command Centre for further processing.
"It was windy. Suddenly our boat capsized. We found ourselves in the sea. The coast guard saved us as we were clinging to the hull. We are in shock, our relatives have been killed," said Syrian migrant Ahmet Sohta, 30, who survived the accident.
The island of Kos is nearly 3.5 kilometres away from Bodrum, a roughly 20-minute boat journey, and migrants pay smugglers up to 800 euros for each passenger to travel to the island.
Two hundred and fifty immigrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan attempting to illegally travel to the Greek island of Kos were captured by the Turkish Coast Guard in the town of Bodrum in Mugla province on May 31.
On May 28, 185 immigrants from various countries such as Myanmar, Syria and Afghanistan were also captured by Turkish authorities during their journey from Bodrum to Greece.
According to the Hellenic coastguard, more than 40,000 migrants and refugees entered Greece between January and May 2015 and the number is expected to rise.
Jun 23, 2015
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Fishermen rescued from raging sea in Norway after ship sinks (VIDEO)
Screenshot from vimeo video by Maritime.no
Dramatic footage has been released of the rescue of two fishermen after their ship sank in rough seas off the coast of northern Norway. The video shows the men being saved from raging waters, winched from their inflatable lifeboat to a helicopter.
The fishermen's vessel sent a distress call during stormy weather on Thursday and were taken aboard a rescue helicopter owned by a company that provides search and rescue services for the oil and gas industry, the Local reported.
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The video of their salvage was filmed from a military Orion aircraft that also responded to the emergency.
Jun 30, 2015
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Philippines: Boat Capsizes With Over 170 Passengers on Board; 36 Feared Dead
A boat carrying over 170 passengers capsized off Ormoc City in central Philippines on Thursday. At least 36 people were feared drowned.
A rescue operation was on to look for over 20 other passengers reported missing.
The boat Kim Nirvana was heading to Camotes Island with 173 people on board, according to Philippines' ABS-CBN News Channel.
118 people have reportedly been rescued.
It was not clear what caused the boat to capsize.
"We are checking the possibility that there as an error in the manoeuvre of the boat that resulted in it capsizing," Coast guard spokesman Commander Armand Balilo told Channel NewsAsia.
Ciriaco Tolibao, an official from the Ormoc' city's disaster risk reduction and managementoffice, told AFP that the boat had capsized 30 minutes after it left for Camotes island.
Jul 2, 2015
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Fishing boat capsizes, 7 men still at sea: report
A MOTORIZED fishing boat carrying seven fishermen capsized between Gigante group of Islands in Panay and Madridejos town in Bantayan Island, Cebu late yesterday afternoon.
Madridejos Councilor Emie Gabito said that as of their last communication with Johnrey Vergara and his companions Antic Celeste, Gerry Bangalisan, Norberto Patriarca, one Jomar, one Abel and one Jimbol at around 8 p.m., the group was still clinging to the wooden hull of the boat marked Inday Sweet.
The fishermen reportedly tied plastic containers to their bodies to stay afloat, said Gabito.
As of 9 p.m., there were conflicting reports on where the fishermen came from and where they were headed at the time of the accident.
Gabito said the fishermen went fishing in Masbate and were on their way home to Negros Occidental when they met huge waves, causing their boat to capsize.
Gabito also could not say how the fishermen contacted a relative in Negros, who was a former town employee assigned to Gabito.
The relative called Gabito to ask for help. Gabito told her to tell the fishermen to hang on to the boat and stay float while she sought help.
In a phone interview, Commodore Enrico Evangelista of the Philippine Coast Guard Central-Eastern Visayas Command said the fishing boat came from Negros Occidental and it sank between Tanguingu Islet and Gigantes Island.
Evangelista said they are contacting big vessels equipped with radio communication that might pass by the area where the fishermen are so they can ask them to help rescue the group.
Lt. Cdr. Jim Alagao of the Central Command (Centcom) said they haven’t received an official report yet on the incident, but had sent one patrol gunboat to search and rescue the fishermen
Jul 2, 2015
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Six missing as ship sinks between Koh Racha and Phi Phi
Phuket Gazette - July 7, 2015 | 09:29 AM
PHUKET: Six people remain missing after a boat sank between Koh Racha Yai and Koh Phi Phi at about 3:55am today.
The Navy was informed of the sinking and immediately dispatched a search team for those on board the vessel, which was carrying construction materials and a backhoe from Ao Makham to Koh Racha Yai.
“We were first alerted by a manager at Rayaburi Resort, who informed us that the ship had sank and that six people were left floating in the rough seas,” said Capt Puttiporn Sawatsut of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command.
“We immediately sent our ships to look for the crew. Shortly after the boats were dispatched, a helicopter joined the search.
“At about 5:45am we received reports that three-meter waves were headed our direction, so we ordered to proceed with caution as we searched.”
The Phuket Marine Office is currently searching for the boat registration to confirm the name, size and further details about the vessel, Nachapong Pranit of the Phuket Marine Office told the Phuket Gazette.
An order was issued in Phuket yesterday forbidding boats smaller than nine meters from going to sea (story here).
Six ambulances and about 20 medical workers are waiting at the Third Area Command Navy base in Cape Panwa, Phuket in hopes that those missing will be recovered alive.
Jul 7, 2015
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19 feared dead after people smuggler's boat capsizes off Greek islands
Shipwreck is deadliest in Mediterranean for over a month since operations to rescue migrants were stepped up
Up to 19 people are feared to have drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey, in the deadliest Mediterranean shipwreck since May.
A people smuggler’s boat carrying up to 40 passengers capsized on Tuesday morning between the small Greek islands of Agathonisi and Farmakonisi, 10 miles from the Turkish coast. One passenger has been confirmed dead and 21 have been rescued, leaving as many as 18 still missing. “We don’t know their nationalities,” said Stella Nanou, a UN refugee agency spokeswoman.
The shipwreck is the first major tragedy in the Mediterranean for over a month,due in part to an increase in European search-and-rescue operations in the sea’s central region. But rescue missions remain limited in the eastern Mediterranean, where this year’s migration levels have eclipsed even the record numbers of arrivals to Italy, raising the likelihood of boat disasters.
In the first half of 2015, more than 68,000 migrants – mainly Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees – have risked the short trip from Turkey to the Greek islands, double the total number of arrivals in 201 4.
The influx has overwhelmed Greek institutions, which are already unable to cope with the country’s catastrophic financial crisis.
“Our island can’t handle that many people coming over,” said Thanassis Andreotis, the president of a coastal village in Lesvos, the island that has received the most migrant arrivals so far in 2015. “There’s no way to take care of them.” In the absence of government capacity, some of Andreotis’s fellow islanders have paid from their own pocket to build makeshift shelters.
Jul 7, 2015