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.
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10 Crewmen Rescued After Storm Sinks Containership
By MarEx 2015-07-08 11:46:03
The crew of a Cambodian-flagged containership were rescued this morning (July 8) after the ship sank off Phuket, Thailand.
The 1,591 dwt Sinaran Andaman reported engine failure and was unable anchor. It also suffered a loss of power, which disabled the vessel’s communication equipment. Strong monsoon waves drove the stranded vessel onto rocks at Koh Hae Island, where it sank around 10 am local time. The 10 crewmen were able to launch the ship’s lifeboat and used flares to alert passing ships.
The Royal Thai Navy got onscene and rescued three crewmembers by helicopter and the Marine Police recovered the other seven survivors. The many of the ship’s containers were tossed into surrounding rocks and shoreline as heavy waves washed over the deck of the capsized ship.
It is monsoon season in the region, and a fishing boat and barge have also sank in the same area. While all members of the fishing boat were recovered by the navy, search efforts continue for six crewmen that were onboard the sunken barge.
Local authorities have prohibited small vessels from sailing in the vicinity of Phuket as waves from six to thirteen feet are expected to continue to pound the area for the rest of the week.
Jul 10, 2015
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6 illegal migrants die after boat sinks off Çanakkale coast
According to the report, which was taken from the local authorities, the boat was carrying Syrians. Ten passengers were saved while search and rescue efforts were under way for the missing person. Reportedly fou of the dead were children.
The migrants were taken to the Ayvacık and Ezine state hospitals for treatment while the bodies were sent to the Bursa Council of Forensic Medicine for autopsy.
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*BREAKING* Boat Sinks Off Worthing Coast
5:07pm 16th July 2015
(Updated 5:43pm 16th July 2015)
Lifeboat teams have been deployed to help four sailors after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Worthing this afternoon (Thursday 16th).
The crews from Littlehampton and Shoreham are being assisted by the coastguard helicopter team.
A spokesperson for the RNLI told Spirit FM the crew was in the water for some time and have been taken back by the Shoreham lifeboat.
They appear to be uninjured but need to be checked over.
UK Coastguard Commander Steve Carson said:
“The crew did exactly the right thing and quickly called for help when they realised the situation was getting out of their control. The Coastguard recommend that where possible, all vessels are fitted with VHF DSC radio equipment which can send a distress alert and, if it is linked up to GPS, an accurate position of your vessel to the Coastguard with one touch of a button.
“This incident is another reminder why you should wear a lifejacket. I’m sure this crew were grateful for their protection whilst they waited to be rescued.”
Jul 16, 2015
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uly 20, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard
COAST GUARD HOISTS 3 CANADIANS FROM DRIFTING LIFERAFT AFTER BOAT SINKS 150 MILES OFFSHORE
BOSTON — A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Cape Cod, Massachusetts pulled three people from the water more than 150 miles off the coast after their vessel sank Monday.
Watchstanders at the 1st Coast Guard District Command Center in Boston received an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) alert from the vessel Scotia Provider, home-ported in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at 12:41 p.m.
The crew of the 54-foot fishing vessel Scotia Provider discovered their engine room full of water, sent their last know position via satellite phone, and abandoned ship into a life raft.
Two aircraft from Air Station Cape Cod were launched. Multiple fishing vessels and the 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Escanabawere diverted to assist.
Jul 21, 2015
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22 dead after ferryboat sinks in Egypt’s Nile Anadolu Agency
July 24, 2015
At least 15 people have been killed on in a crash between a cargo vessel and a passenger boat on Egypt’s River Nile.
At least 22 people drowned when a ferryboat sank in Egypt’s Nile River late Wednesday, a medical source said.
Of the 25 people on board the ferry, six passengers were rescued, the interior ministry reportedly said in a statement.
The health ministry puts the official death toll so far at 14, with four injured, state news agency MENA reported.
Eyewitnesses at the site of the accident told Xinhua that rescue boats and divers are working to search for the missing ones. Abdel-Ghaffar said only 12 bodies have arrived in the morgues of hospitals nearby. It is unclear whether the engaged couple was among the dead.
Nile traffic has been heavy, especially near Cairo, as Egyptians celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday following the holy month of Ramadan.
The skipper of the barge has been arrested and will be detained for four days pending investigation into the incident, Al-Ahram reported.
In the worst such accident in February 2006, an Egyptian ferry sank in the Red Sea, killing more than 1,000 people.
Jul 25, 2015
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1 killed, 9 missing in trawler capsize
Posted : 28 Jul, 2015 18:42:45
A man has been killed and nine others went missing as a trawler (large, motorized boat) capsized in the Bay off the coasts of Cox’s Bazar – a south-eastern district in Bangladesh. The dead is Jobayer Hasan, 33, a fisherman. Identities of the missings, all fishermen, could not be known. Five other fishermen, who were rescued from the Bay, were admitted to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. Hanif, one of the five rescued fishermen, said, “At least 15 fishermen were aboard the trawler when it overturned in the rough weather in the sea. “We had been fishing in the Bay for 6 days, before the trawler capsized during storm on Monday. The trawler was on its way to shore when it met the accident,” he added. When contacted, Sadar hospital’s doctor Abdus Salam confirmed that fisherman Jobayer was killed in the incident. Alamgir Hossain, Additional Superintendent of tourists police, said, “Being informed, six fishermen were rescued from the sea and one of them succumbed later,” according to a news agency.
Jul 29, 2015
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Two dead as cargo vessel reportedly sinks off Kenya
Two seafarers were killed when a Kenyan flagged cargo vessel laden with sacks full of khat reportedly capsized 400 km north east of Mombasa, IHS Maritime has learned.
Lamu-based fisherman Athman Seif told IHS Maritime that MV Al-Shami sank on Sunday. Three other crew members were rescued and taken to hospital.
The vessel foundered while travelling from Mokowe to Kiunga about 15 km to the border with Somalia.
It is widely believed that the proliferation of substandard ocean-going vessels is the root of maritime disasters occurring in Kenyan territorial waters.
A boat carrying dozens of passengers hit another vessel and capsized off Lamu island in 2012.
The boat, which was said to have been overloaded, was ferrying more than 70 people from Lamu to the nearby mainland when it hit the other vessel killing eight people.
In another incident, one person died and four others narrowly escaped death after a boat they were travelling in capsized near the Lamu jetty on 23 January 2012.
On 29 April 1994 the MV Mtongwe ferry bound for the Mombasa Island capsized just 40 m from port, killing 272 of the 400 people on board.
Following the disaster, it was reported that the capacity for the ship was 300.
Jul 29, 2015
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Migrant boat capsizes off Libya's coast killing at least 25
Human rights group estimates nearly 2,000 migrants have lost their lives at sea in 2015
The Associated Press Posted: Aug 05, 2015 10:53 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 05, 2015 4:38 PM ET
Crew members on the Migrant Offshore Aid Station ship MV Phoenix pause for a moment of reflection at dusk during a search for missing migrants after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)
At least 367 migrants have been rescued and 25 bodies recovered after a fishing boat carrying as many as 700 people capsized on Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya, the Italian Coast Guard and Irish navy says.
Coast guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said the rescue operation was still ongoing, involving seven ships. Survivors have indicated that between 400 and 700 people were on board the boat when it capsized, he added.
The exact number of those aboard might never be known, but authorities hope to have a better idea after survivors are interviewed.
The Irish naval vessel L.E. Niamh was one of several ships requested by the Italian Coast Guard to speed to the rescue of the overturned boat shortly before noon, Capt. Donal Gallagher told The Associated Press by phone.
When the Le Niamh arrived near the fishing boat, Marini said the migrants on board shifted to one side and the boat capsized.
"Our worst fear was realized when the ship capsized before our very eyes," an Irish navy commander told state broadcaster RTE.
An Italian military helicopter dropped additional life-rafts into the sea, where 150 people were initially spotted, Gallagher said.
By evening, the Le Niamh had 367 people aboard, including 13 children, the Irish military said.
Since the water was warm, rescuers worked with hope of finding more survivors, even as dusk approached. The vessel was reported to be 110 kilometres northwest of Tripoli, Libya's capital.
Irish Defence Minister Simon Coveney said he feared that "loss of life is likely to be significant."
'A mass grave'
Also involved in the rescue were an Italian vessel and Destiny I, a boat operated by Doctors Without Borders, which was tweeting pictures of the rescue operation.
Non-governmental organizations often join in migrant sea rescue operations, which are co-ordinated by the Italian Coast Guard and are now under the umbrella of a European Union task force known as Triton. The distressed vessel was reported to be 110 kilometres northwest of Tripoli, Libya's capital.
"We said it in April and we say it again today," Doctors Without Borders tweeted. "A mass grave is being created in the Mediterranean Sea and European states are responsible."
Before Wednesday's incident, the International Organization for Migration said nearly 2,000 migrants are believed to have lost their lives at sea since the start of this year. But the exact toll isn't known.
In April, a smuggling boat crammed with an estimated 800 migrants overturned, also off Libya's coast, where smugglers operate. Only 28 survivors, including two alleged smugglers, were found.
Fleeing war, persecution and poverty, the migrants travel overland for weeks or months from sub-Saharan Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia to reach Libya. There they set sail in flimsy motorized rubber dinghies or rickety old fishing boats. When the boats have problems, someone aboard contacts the coast guard by satellite phone requesting rescue. Other boats in distress are spotted by Triton air surveillance.
Most of the migrants hope to find asylum, relatives or jobs, mainly in northern Europe.
Aug 5, 2015
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Boat carrying hundreds of migrants sinks in Straight of Sicily
MEDITERRANEAN MIGRATION | 05 de Agosto de 2015
A group of immigrants disembarking at the port of Salerno, Italy. EFE / File
Rome, Aug 5 (EFE).- A boat transporting hundreds of migrants to Europe sank on Wednesday in the Strait of Sicily, a few miles off the coast of Libya, when naval authorities were preparing to rescue it, Italian coast guard officials told EFE.
The incident occurred about 24 kilometers (15 miles) from the Libyan coast, where several boats arrived to assist in the rescue.
The coast guard refused to speculate about the death toll, as rescue operations were ongoing, although the official explained that their operations center in Rome received a distress call of a metal boat full of migrants in the Strait of Sicily.
The coast guard dispatched several civilian ships and boats that were in the area to rescue the passengers, who had apparently crowded to one side of the boat, causing the vessel to capsize.
Aug 6, 2015
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Moment terrified passenger leaps into the sea to save himself from inferno on ferry with 544 people on board
Terrified passengers were forced to throw themselves into the sea to escape after a ferry burst into flames in the Philippines.
The two-storey ferry, with 544 passengers on board, was engulfed by flames after docking at the central Philippines port city of Ormoc this morning.
Passengers launched themselves overboard and clambered down the roof deck to escape the suffocating black smoke.
Leap of faith: A passenger leaps from the top deck of the burning ferry, which burst into flames shortly after docking at the Philippines port city of Ormoc this morning
Inferno: A total of 12 fire-engines were called to the scene to battle the flames, made worse by the fuel on board the ferry, which was carrying 544 passengers
Six passengers in the VIP accommodation were forced to escape through windows because thick black smoke had trapped them in their rooms
Everyone on board – including 17 children – survived the fire, with just two crew members suffering cuts and bruises.
The two injured men were identified by the coast guard as Jake Rondel Guiconor and Daryll Lee Bentoy, reported the Philippines-based Inquirer.
The two crew members were injured as they tried to contain the fire, on board the MV Wonderful Stars.
Trapped: Six passengers became trapped in their VIP accommodation and were forced to climb out of the windows to escape the suffocating black smoke
Firefighters fought the fierce blaze for hours after the fire, made worse by the fuel on board, broke out.
The ferry has just arrived at a pier on the port city on Leyte Island from nearby Cebu city, when the fire broke out around 4.30am local time.
A total of 12 fire-engines were sent from Ormoc and neighbouring towns.
Aug 15, 2015
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Scotland
Five crew rescued as St Apollo sinks in Sound of Mull
Five people have been rescued after their scallop-dredger ran aground and sank in the Sound of Mull.
The Kirkcudbright-based St Apollo ran on to rocks during a severe squall and began taking on water in Inninmore Bay, at 3:53 on Monday.
The crew raised the alarm and escaped on to a life raft before they were rescued by the Oban RNLI Lifeboat, just as the vessel sank, at about 04:25.
All five crew members were uninjured and later taken ashore at Oban.
The rescue was the culmination of a busy 24 hours for the Oban lifeboat crew which had to deal with four callouts.
On Sunday afternoon the lifeboat was sent to help a yacht in difficulties off Craignish Point but was stood down when another vessel took the yacht under tow.
The crew received a second callout later that afternoon but was stood down before launching. Later that evening, the crew set off to help a jet skier but returned to port after the vessel was assisted ashore.
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Aug 24, 2015
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CARGO SHIP SAFELY SECURED AFTER RUNNING AGROUND ON DELAWARE RIVER
Aug 26, 2015
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40-foot fishing trawler sinks north of Sandy Hook, authorities say
7:22 p.m. EDT August 25, 2015
Report of missing boat deemed credible by USCG
A 40-foot steel fishing trawler reportedly sank this afternoon north of Sandy Hook.
About 4:30 p.m., a boat captain in the area reported to the US. Coast Guard that a boat was taking on water and sank, about a mile and a half to two miles north of the tip of the Sandy Hook peninsula, according to Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe.
Authorities considered the report credible and launched a search. The response included two boats from the Coast Guard; personnel from the New Jersey State Police, New York Police Department and New York Fire Department; and an NYPD helicopter, according to Rowe.
NYPD is scanning with a sonar to find the sunken boat, according to a release from the Coast Guard.
Rowe said authorities found debris in the area but don't have proof it's from the missing boat. He said they don't know how many people were on board, the boat's name or home port.
Aug 26, 2015
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Five rescued from capsized boat near Valdez
Five people were rescued from waters near Valdez after a 27-foot boat capsized Friday evening, Coast Guard officials said.
One of them, a 57-year-old woman, was hypothermic after spending about 10 minutes in the water, the Coast Guard said. She and four others were picked up by a private boat that heard the mayday call. A Coast Guard crew transferred the ailing woman to emergency crews in Valdez for treatment.
The Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center got a radio mayday call about 7 p.m. Friday reporting a boat had capsized in the Valdez Narrows and five people were in the water, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman, Petty Officer Third Class Meredith Manning, said the people were in the water for about 10 minutes before the private boat came to help.
A Coast Guard official said in a statement that the incident showed the importance of carrying a VHF-FM radio while on the water.
"The distressed mariners were able to call for help before capsizing and a Good Samaritan was able to respond immediately,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Sheean, the Sector Anchorage command duty officer.
Winds of 40 mph and 4-foot seas were reported at the time of the incident. Manning said it wasn’t clear what caused the boat to capsize.
Aug 30, 2015
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September 1, 2015
A man has died after spending up to five hours in the water with nine others, after their boat capsized off the coast of county Wexford, Ireland.
The 10 people, all wearing lifejackets, were rescued after being in the water for four to five hours after their 18ft leisure craft boat overturned near the Saltee Islands after a fishing trip.
The alarm was raised with Kilmore Quay RNLI at 11.15pm on Saturday by a person known to the missing party after their boat, which had set off at 4pm, failed to return as expected.
Kilmore Quay and Fethard RNLI lifeboats and the Saltee Islands passenger ferry, the An Crossan, crewed by three more Kilmore Quay lifeboat volunteers carried out an extensive search.
The An Crossan spotted the upturned hull and 10 people, one woman and nine males including a teenage boy, in the water, half a mile south of the Great Saltee Islands at around 12.30am.
Weather conditions at the time were overcast and there was a force 2-3 south westerly wind blowing.
It was when the passenger ferry’s search light went out temporarily that its crew members heard shouting from the sea.
The boat is understood to have overturned in choppy water when a breaking wave stove in the windows in the wheelhouse and swamped the vessel.
The crew of the An Crossan pulled all 10 people from the water and onto the ferry.
One man in his early 70s, who was in need of urgent medical attention, was transferred onto the Kilmore Quay lifeboat and treated by lifeboat crew members until the Irish Coast Guard Rescue 117 helicopter from Waterford arrived.
He was airlifted to Waterford University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The nine other people were transferred to Kilmore Quay on the passenger ferry where they were then brought into the lifeboat station, medically assessed and made comfortable until an ambulance arrived and took them to Wexford General Hospital.
Sep 1, 2015
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4 dead, 2 missing after fishing boats capsize off Nagasaki Pref
National Sep. 01, 2015 - 04:00PM JST ( 1 )
NAGASAKI —
Four people are dead and two others missing after six fishing boats capsized in southwestern Japan early Tuesday, the Japan Coast Guard said, as a low pressure system brought strong winds and heavy rain to the region.
Five fishing boats capsized off Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture and eight crew members were thrown into the sea.
Seven of the eight crew members were pulled from the water but four were later confirmed dead, while another remains missing.
Two of the boats requested help around 3:40 a.m., according to the coast guard.
Elsewhere, a squid-fishing boat capsized off the coast of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, around 6:40 a.m., leaving one of two crew members missing.
Coast guard patrol vessels were searching the area for the missing.
The atmosphere around the Tsushima Strait was unstable as southerly warm and moist air seeped into a low pressure system, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Sep 1, 2015
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Vessel sinks near Sitka, leaking nearly 30 gallons of oil
9:24 PM September 2, 2015ANCHORAGE –
Multiple agencies responded to a sinking vessel near Sitka Wednesday. The vessel ran aground Tuesday evening and spilled “10-30 gallons” of oil, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials.
The Pacific Venture, a 58-foot seiner, rolled over around 2 a.m. on Wednesday and sank in an area approximately 25 feet deep and roughly half a mile from the mouth of the Indian River, according to the Coast Guard.
The owner of the boat reported 600 gallons of diesel fuel and 70 gallons of hydraulic and lube oils were on board when the boat sank, Coast Guard officials say. The Southeast Alaska Petroleum Response Organization (SEAPRO) deployed a boom around the boat between noon and 3 p.m.
“Responders are working diligently to minimize the impact on the environment and the community,” said Bob Mattson, State On Scene Coordinator, in a statement. “Federal, state and local partners continue to work alongside one another for an effective response.”
Sep 3, 2015
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Eight Found Dead After South Korea Fishing Boat Capsizes
by Reuters
SEOUL — At least eight people died and about 10 were missing after a South Korean fishing boat capsized, a coast guard official and media reports said on Sunday.
The boat was found capsized earlier this morning, after it lost radio contact late on Saturday, a coast guard official in the southern island of Jeju said by telephone.
The bodies of eight people were recovered in the waters near the island of Chuja, which lies between the mainland south coast and Jeju, the official said.
Three people were pulled from the water and airlifted to hospitals, the coast guard official said, adding they were expected to survive.
Another coast guard official said the boat was initially reported to have taken 18 to 19 people, but an unknown number of others were also believed to be on board.
Most of them were on a fishing expedition on Saturday to Chuja, a popular fishing area, the official said.
President Park Geun-hye has called on the rescue and recovery services to do their utmost in the search for the missing, her office said in a statement.
In April 2014, a passenger ferry, Sewol, sank off the southwest coast killing about 300 people, most of them children on a school outing, triggering a national outrage over what was seen as an ineffective rescue operation.
Sep 6, 2015
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Nine crew members of a cargo vessel that sank off the coast of Parang in Sulu province were rescued by the crew of a Philippine Marines patrol boat last Tuesday afternoon.
A military report reaching this city said the marine gunboat was conducting barrier patrol south of Parang when they saw the sinking cargo vessel.
Authorities identified eight of those rescued as Andy Adari, 41; Yahsin Arasani, 50; Bartek Araji, 35; Sudan Salimap, 27; Damil Said, 20; Mohammad Alif, 20; Reyner Fullo, 31; and Rodel Fernando, all residents of Zamboanga City.
The report said M/L Haynoline was carrying 76,000 liters of diesel and assorted automotive parts and accessories for the Tawi-Tawi Nickel Corporation located in Tumbagaan Island in Languyan, Tawi-Tawi, when it sank three miles west of Bunga Point in Parang.
According to the report, the cargo vessel left the port of Barangay Cawit in Zamboanga City Monday en route to Languyan when it encountered big waves causing it to sink.
According to the boat captain, Basher Addari, the cargo vessel was overloaded with 76,000 liters of diesel, automotive parts and other cargo, which probably caused the boat to lose balance.
Addari also told the rescue team that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Zamboanga City did not inspect their vessel before they left the port.
The PCG has to check all cargo and commercial vessels before they are allowed sail to ensure the safety of the crew and passengers.
Sep 12, 2015
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Tugboat capsizes in Vancouver Harbour, sinks to bottom of inlet
A tugboat capsized and sunk just east of Canada Place in Vancouver Harbour late Friday evening, a staff person at Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre Victoria has confirmed.
The incident occurred near Crab Park and Port Metro Vancouver’s Centerm Container Terminal. Two people were rescued by the Coast Guard without any injury.
At this time, it is not known which entity owned and operated the vessel and whether there was any fuel spillage into local waters.
Sep 13, 2015
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Four Infants, 10 Children Killed As Refugee Boat Sinks Off Greek Coast, Killing 34 Total
September 13 2015 12:00 PM EDT
Update: Greece's coast guard has reported there were 34 fatalities among the refugees aboard the boat that sank in the Aegean Sea Sunday, according to Reuters. The dead included four babies, six boys and five girls, the coast guard said.
The boat, which was ferrying 112 people to Greece, sank about three miles off the coast of Farmakonisi, an island in the Aegean Sea, according to the Athens News Agency. Four infants and 10 children were among those who drowned in the aftermath. The death toll is thought to be the largest recorded from a single incident in Greek waters since the recent refugee crisis began, Reuters reported.
Coast guard officers said they rescued 68 others from the capsized boat while 29 swam to shore on their own, according to Agence France-Presse. The coast guard is still searching for four refugee children who went missing in a separate boat sinking Saturday.
News of Sunday’s tragedy came shortly after Greece’s interim prime minister, Vassiliki Thanou, lobbied for a more robust European policy for the refugee influx and defended Greece against criticism of its handling of the crisis.
Sep 13, 2015
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Dozens feared drowned after riverboat capsizes in India
Dozens of people are feared drowned after an overcrowded riverboat carrying about 200 people capsized in India’s northeastern state of Assam.
Local Indian police officials said the motorized boat sank on the Kolohi River near Assam state capital Gauhati on Monday.
Sources say the boat sank after its engine failed to function in the middle of the river and hit against the post of a bridge on the river.
Due to recent monsoon rains, Kolohi river is swollen and is flowing faster than usual.
Most passengers reportedly swam to safety or were rescued by local residents.
The rescue operation by local rescuers and Indian security forces was hampered by nightfall and would be resumed on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, regional police officer Lankeshwar Sarma said, "Many swam to safety or were rescued, but between 20 to 30 people are still missing hours after the accident."
Some survivors said there were approximately two dozen people below deck when the boat overturned.
Accidents are common on rivers across India where boats are often overloaded and lax safety standards. In 2012, 108 people died after a ferry capsized during a storm in Assam.
Sep 29, 2015
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Kleinmond, 10 dead
A search operation has been launched after a ship sank with 21 crew members last night.
CAPE TOWN - The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says at least 10 people have died while eight more were rescued after a fishing vessel sank near Kleinmond.
A massive search operation has now been launched after the fishing boat ran into trouble last night.
The NSRI's Craig Lambinon said, “A fishing vessel reported to be taking water last night with 21 crew members on board abandoned ship. During a rescue operation, nine bodies were recovered and three remain missing. During the night one of the survivors succumbed to his injuries and died.”
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident remains unclear.
“The search continues for three missing fishermen. The bodies of the deceased have been brought to shore and handed over to the forensic pathology services and police. The eight survivors are not injured and they're being attended to by trauma counsellors.”
Sep 29, 2015
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Officials: 2 die, 3 in hospital after boat capsizes in Jamaica Bay
Updated October 3, 2015 12:35 AM
Two people have died after being rescued from the choppy waters of Jamaica Bay on Friday night when their boat capsized off Floyd Bennett Field in southeast Brooklyn, police said.
Five people were rescued, and the two who died had been taken to Beth Israel Medical Center in critical condition after being pulled from the water, an NYPD spokesman said.
An FDNY spokesman said three others were taken to Coney Island Hospital in stable condition after first responders combed the marshy shoreline and marine units searched the bay looking for the five who went overboard.
The fire department received the call at 7:45 p.m., the spokesman said. All those who were rescued suffered varying degrees of hypothermia, and other injuries -- some were found on land and some were plucked from the water.
Further details about the victims, the type of boat involved and what caused it to capsize were not immediately known, the spokesman said.
Oct 3, 2015
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http://subseaworldnews.com/2015/10/02/uscg-mobilizes-after-cargo-sh...
USCG Mobilizes After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Haiti
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a report of a cargo ship with 12 crew members aboard reportedly sinking, 51 nautical miles northwest of Haiti, Thursday night.
The 212-foot cargo ship reportedly started sinking earlier in the evening due to the severe weather conditions from Hurricane Joaquin.
Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received a relay message from Her Majesty’s Coast Guard after they received an Inmarsat satellite message stating the Bolivian-flagged cargo ship Minouche, listing 30 degrees to port and all 12 crew members aboard were making preparations to abandon ship.
The Coast Guard immediately diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Northland and launched a helicopter crew forward deployed in Great Inagua, Bahamas.
A good Samaritan vessel and member of the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System, commonly referred to as AMVER, has also been diverted to the vessels last known position.
Oct 3, 2015
Ryan X
El Faro, Cargo Ship Carrying 28 Americans, Believed to Have Sunk
Authorities believe a cargo ship missing since Thursday with 33 crewmen aboard was lost at sea and believed to have sunk in the teeth of Hurricane Joaquin, NBC News has learned.
The U.S. Coast Guard will announce the developments at a 10 a.m. ET news conference Monday. The families of the crew, including 28 Americans, have been notified.
Over the weekend, a 225-square-mile "debris field" was discovered by crews looking for signs of a cargo ship.
The Coast Guard said it had scoured 70,000 square nautical miles of the Atlantic as the search resumed at daybreak Monday.
Oct 5, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/two-people-dead-after-boat-capsiz...
Two people dead after boat capsizes near Warrnambool
Two people have died after their boat capsized near Warrnambool in Victoria's south west on Friday morning.
The 18-foot boat capsized near the Warrnambool breakwater nearly 150 metres offshore, The Warrnambool Standard reported.
Witnesses on the shore saw the boat capsize in rough seas about 10am and raised the alarm.
Oct 9, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://english.cntv.cn/2015/10/09/VIDE1444359482948529.shtml
12 missing after boat sinks in Bohai Sea
10-09-2015 11:00 BJT
Four people were rescued and another twelve are missing after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Tangshan in north China's Hebei Province.
A local maritime search and rescue center said the boat sank at about 2am in the Bohai Sea. There were 16 people on board. The cause of the accident is being investigated, and rescue work is under way.
Local authorities have mobilized about 80 rescue ships and 6 helicopters to search the area of more than 600 square kilometres, but strong sea winds are adding extra difficulties to the rescue operation.
"Today, we are expanding the maritime search and rescue. Here is where the boat capsized. Inside here is the scope of our maritime search with rescue ships reaching as far as 528 square kilometres. Outside this area, up to 686 square kilometres will be searched by helicopter," said Wang Xiaolei, Maritime Search and Rescue Center of Tangshan
Oct 10, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://fusion.net/story/212319/watch-massive-shipload-of-cattle-sin...
Massive shipload of cattle sinks in piranha-infested Amazon
A Lebanese-flagged ship carrying 5,000 cows sank in the Amazon River this week, spilling 700 tons of diesel fuel into the hemisphere’s longest waterway.
The “Haidar” sank on Tuesday near the Brazilian city of Belem, on the mouth of the Amazon. Brazilian officials are working around the clock to contain a 2 mile long slick of diesel that’s making its way to the Atlantic Ocean.
The cause of the wreck is still unknown. A cellphone video shows the boat capsizing in front of a local port.
Local residents managed to save some of the boat’s bovine cargo, but most of the cows reportedly drowned in the flooded hull of the ship. Others managed to swim out of the boat, but were dragged down by the current of the piranha-infested waters.
Environmental authorities are collecting and burning hundreds of cattle carcasses that have washed up on shore down river, according to Brazilian website UOL.
The Haidar’s tragedy is not only a Brazilian problem. The large load of cattle, owned by Brazilian beef company Minerva, was headed to Venezuela, a country that has been struggling with food shortages -and long lines at supermarkets- for months.
With price controls, expropriations and economic mismanagement decimating Venezuela’s local cattle industry, the South American country has become increasingly dependent on food imports and gets much of its beef from Brazil.
Venezuelan cattle ranchers estimate that the sunken load was worth around $50 million, but the losses should be covered by the shipping company, according to Minerva.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCypMMSd3s8
Oct 10, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://abc7news.com/news/one-dead-after-fishing-boat-capsizes-near-...
One dead after fishing boat capsizes near Farallon Islands
One man died and two others survived when the fishing boat they were on capsized near the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco on Saturday, police said.
San Francisco police said the boat with three people on board capsized just off of the Farallon Islands, located roughly 30 miles outside the Golden Gate Bridge.
The incident was reported around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.
When emergency crews arrived at the scene they found one man deceased, one injured and a third who was uninjured.
The Marin County coroner's office is handling the autopsy and was not immediately releasing the victim's identity Tuesday morning.
The two men who survived the capsizing are in their mid 50s and early 60s, police said.
The man in his 60s was transported to Marin General Hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
Authorities are investigating what caused the boat to capsize and exactly how the man died.
Oct 13, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20151014/NEWS/151019676
5 rescued when 1 boat sinks, another strands off Sakonnet
Posted Oct. 14, 2015 at 9:31 AM
Oct 14, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.ubalert.com/D3cc
16 Drowned as Boat Sinks in the Black Sea off Ukraine
Oct 19, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2015/10/19/Boat-capsizes-Iloilo-...
Boat capsizes in Iloilo-Guimaras strait
Updated 10:15 AM PHT Mon, October 19, 2015
Iloilo City (CNN Philippines) — A pump boat carrying about 37 passengers capsized in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait at around 4 p.m. on Sunday (October 18).
According to the Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo (PCG), MB Tawash left Iloilo with 37 passengers and five crew members going to Guimaras when it was suddenly blown by strong winds in the middle of the sea causing it to capsize.
Initial reports from PCG revealed that six people died. Some 22 passengers were rescued and immediately rushed to Western Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao, Iloilo, St. Paul's Iloilo and Iloilo Doctor's Hospital.
The incident was first responded by the Ocean Jet fast craft heading to Iloilo from Negros Occidental.
Lucyl Gatmaitan, fast craft passenger, said it was a heartbreaking scenario for her because she witnessed how some passengers struggled to climb on top of the boat for survival.
Oct 19, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3289351/Whale-watching-boat...
BREAKING NEWS: Whale-watching boat carrying 27 people sinks off the coast of Canada with 'multiple fatalities'
A whale watching vessel carrying 27 people has sunk off the coast of British Colombia with authorities saying there are 'multiple fatalities'.
The boat, which had been sailing in the waters off Tofino, a small town on Vancouver Island, made a mayday call around 4pm, authorities said.
A rescue party was launched and managed to pull some survivors from the water, though some on board the vessel perished.
A whaling boat carrying 27 people has sunk off the coast of Tofino, British Colombia, with rescue workers warning there have been 'several fatalities'
Authorities say a search party was launched at around 4pm after receiving a distress call from the boat, though it is not yet known exactly where the vessel sank or why
Rescue workers are still believed to be scouring the area where the boat was last seen, and the number of survivors and fatalities is not yet known.
A spokesman for Jamie's Whaling Station, the company that operates the boat, told CBC: 'I hope you can respect all our effort is on the passengers and crew right now.'
A different whale watching company in the area told Global News that the boat sank near Plover Point, on Meares Island.
They say the entire town of Tofino is assisting emergency workers with the rescue efforts.
A boat operated by Jamie’s also sank near Tofino in 1998, killing a German tourist and the captain of the ship.
Crews are believed to still be searching the waters around Tofino for survivors. They say several people have been pulled from the water alive, though others died
Oct 26, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.talkvietnam.com/2015/10/fishing-boat-sinks-five-missing-...
Fishing boat sinks, five missing, 11 rescued
OCTOBER 31, 2015
HCM CITY (VNS) — Eleven fishermen were rescued while five others are still missing after their fishing boat sank yesterday in the Soai Rap River near HCM City and Tien Giang Province, according to local rescue officials.
A passing-by ferry discovered the sunk boat, Hoang Phuc, with 16 fishermen on board, and tried to rescued them but they could only help 11.
Director of the Vung Tau’s Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Region No 3, Luong Truong Phi, said the centre was mobilising all their forces and equipment to search for the remaining five missing fishermen.
A rescue ship from the nearby Can Gio border guard has also been sent to the scene to take part in the rescue. —VNS
Oct 31, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/30/europe/two-boats-sink-in-aegean/index...
22 dead as two boats sink in eastern Aegean Sea
Updated 8:36 AM ET, Fri October 30, 2015
(CNN)Twenty-two people died Friday when two boats sank in the eastern Aegean Sea, a spokeswoman for the Hellenic Coastguards told CNN.
The spokeswoman said 144 people had been rescued.
The Aegean Sea is bounded by Turkey on the east and Greece on the west. Greece -- with its extensive coastline, which is difficult to patrol -- is a common destination for people seeking to enter the European Union.
And some Greek islands lie in the eastern part of the sea, close to the Turkish coast. Once people reach them, they have officially set foot on European Union soil, and they can file claims for the right to stay in the EU.
A tide of families
The Greek spokeswoman said 19 people died Friday off the coast of Kalymnos, a Greek island near the Turkish city of Bodrum. She said 138 people were rescued there.
And she said three people died and six were rescued off the coast of Rhodes, a Greek island also near the Turkish coast, but further south.
Europe has been overwhelmed this year by a tide of families fleeing war in Syria, as well as poverty and violence in other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Oct 31, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b01a4656f16d40039806b2ff5583e...
Northern California boats capsize, 9 people and a dog pulled from rough waters
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 11/16/15 9:51 am EST
TOMALES, California — Authorities say nine people and a dog were rescued in two incidents during windy and high-surf conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday.
The San Jose Mercury News reports (http://bayareane.ws/1H4yJW1) Monday that Marin County Fire Department Battalion Chief Bret McTigue says four kayakers and a dog were dumped into the water from 4-foot waves off Sacramento Landing Sunday morning.
They were dumped into the water from 4-foot waves off Sacramento Landing, at about the midpoint of Tomales Bay's western shore.
The fire department and the National Park Service sent boats to retrieve the victims. They treated for hypothermia and released.
Meanwhile, a 14-foot aluminum boat capsized nearby with five people aboard. Authorities found the victims with the help of a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew. They were not seriously injured.
Nov 17, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3321761/Abandon-ship-Incred...
Abandon ship! Incredible picture captures the moment dozens of passengers made a dramatic escape from capsizing ferry by abseiling down the side as it listed
Passengers and crew aboard a commuter ferry made a dramatic escape when the 10 ton boat capsized - by abseiling down its hull to safety.
This incredible picture shows the moment 175 terrified passengers and crew members escaped the KM Wihan Sejahtera.
It began listing in Tanjung Perak Port, in East Java, Indonesia, after taking on water around 650 feet from the shore.
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Passengers on board the capsizing Indonesian ferry KM Wihan Sejahtera abseil down its hull in a dramatic attempt to escape the ship
A search and rescue team patrols beside the sunken ferry in a search for any survivors who might still need to be taken to shore
Footage of the chaotic evacuation showed dozens of passengers scaling the sides of the boat before plunging into the sea below
Images taken of the rescue operation show dozens of passengers escaped the sinking ship by abseiling down its side, while a swarm of boats can be seen waiting to collect those who then jumped into the water below.
Despite the chaos of the evacuation, the harbour master reported all 175 passengers and crew escaped the disaster without any casualties.
The listing was caused by an imbalance in the loading of the 400ft ship, which was transporting 62 vehicles when it set off,Sindonews.com reported.
It was also claimed it collided with a submerged object - tearing a hole in its hull and filling it with water.
Emergency services, along with nearby fishing ships, helped to pull survivors from the water before the boat completely sank.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3321761/Abandon-ship-Incred...
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Nov 17, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2015/11/17/nine-refugees-di...
Nine refugees die when boat capsizes off Greece
A woman cries as she just arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos along with other migrants and refugees, on November 17, 2015 (AFP Photo)
Nine refugees drowned and at least another three were missing after their inflatable boat sank off the Greek island of Kos early on Tuesday, the coastguard said.
They were the latest of nearly 3,500 deaths at sea this year among people making desperate bids to flee war and poverty and to reach Europe, according to UN figures.
Seven people were rescued, and emergency crews were still trying to recover all the bodies of the people who died from the capsized vessel, a coastguard official added.
The boat, which came from nearby Turkey and capsized overnight, was spotted by the crew of a Finnish ship participating in operations by Frontex, the EU's border security agency.
More than 600,000 refugees fleeing Syria, Afghanistan and other war-torn countries have arrived in Greece from Turkey this year, risking the short but perilous sea crossing, often on inflatable rafts. Hundreds have drowned.
Greece, struggling with its own economic crisis, has said it does not have the funds to care for all the arrivals before they move on to other destinations including Germany and Sweden.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said financial aid could be offered to Turkey to register and process the refugees on its territory instead. Tsipras is visiting Turkey on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the worst refugee crisis since World War Two.
Nov 17, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.ubalert.com/rCdc?open_ctab=1
Cargo Ship Hua Chun 19 Sinks in the Yellow Sea
Local officials immediately organized a search and rescue operation and within the first hour located five seamen who had symptoms of hypothermia. They were rushed to a hospital for emergency treatment. Two drowned seamen were found later, while four others remain missing.
An investigation has been ordered to determine the cause of the tragedy. An oil collection vessel was dispatched to the scene since oil spilled from the sunken vessel. The area is being monitored for more oil leaks.
General cargo ship Hua Chun 19 sank in Yellow Sea
The general cargo ship Hua Chun 19 capsized and sank in Yellow Sea off Qingdao, China. The cargo ship left the Qingdao port with cargo of 4,000 tons steel products, which shifted and reduced vessel’s stability. The general cargo ship Hua Chun 19 capsized and sank on 70 nautical miles off the shore. The local authorities organized search and rescue operation immediately and within the first hour succeeded to find 5 seamen, who had signs of hypothermia and were transported to the local hospital for medical treatment. Later the SAR operation found 2 drowned seamen, while another 4 are still missing. The search operation continue looking for the other missing seamen.
“We continue searching for the missing seamen, but chance for finding them alive is small”, said participants in rescue operation. “According to the rescue seamen, the vessel capsized in a minute and everything happened too fast to consider abandoning the ship, so many of the seamen might be put in water trap inside the ship’s wreck”, added they.
The local authorities started investigation for the root cause of sinking. At the scene of the accident was dispatched also oil collection boat, as there was an oil spot and water pollution after sinking. The authorities are monitoring the scene of sinking for more oil leaks.
The coastal freighter Hua Chun 19 (IMO: 9958652) has overall length of 90.00 m, moulded beam of 13.00 m and maximum draft of 4.00 m. The vessel was en route from Qingdao to Guangdong in China.
Nov 21, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/11/27/manasquan-boat-capsize/
2 Dead, 5 Rescued After Pontoon Boat Capsizes In Waters Off Manasquan
November 27, 2015 11:04 PMMANASQUAN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Two people are dead and five others are recovering after a pontoon boat capsized off the coast of New Jersey Friday afternoon, New Jersey State Police said.
The Coast Guard said the boat capsized in Manasquan Inlet, sending multiple people into the water, CBS2’s Christine Sloan reported.
A Coast Guard official told WCBS 880 that a call came in reporting the capsized boat around 1:40 p.m.
As CBS2’s Dave Carlin reported, dozens of fishermen, surfers and residents on the shore at Point Pleasant Beach had watched over the boat and its occupants since tall waves swamped it.
“One wave came up behind it almost tipped it, and as soon as it hit, it kind of sat there, and the next wave came up behind it and tipped it the rest of the way. And it looked like there were seven people in the water,” Dan Gallagher of Bridgewater told the Asbury Park Press.
Two people were rescued by good Samaritans, four people were rescued by a Coast Guard boat, and one person was hoisted into the air by a NYPD helicopter, officials said.
Photos of the rescue show a Coast Guard boat and several helicopters hovering over the area not far from shore.
“The helicopter lowered the basket and a couple of divers to look underneath. A little later, a basket went down – somebody or something was pulled up. A couple of people since then – they’ve said one or two; I think the word they used was victims – were taken to the hospital
,” said witness Allan Cleary.
Some onlookers even tried to help.
“Luckily, there were a lot of boats around that were able to help people out, and a lot of the surfers were out there too picking people up, and then eventually, the helicopters came and I think they might have gotten the last couple of people,” Gallagher said.
New Jersey State Police said two people were pronounced dead following the rescue.
The men who died were identified as Alex Osadchy, 66, and Grigory Klokishner, 74, both of Philadelphia.
State police said four other victims were taken to Ocean Medical Center in Brick Township with non-life threatening injuries and one victim refused medical treatment
.
It all left many people numb.
“And I say to myself and to other people also, why the heck does the pontoon boat go in the ocean? Because I’m a fisherman and I know they shouldn’t be. A pontoon boat is not made to be in the ocean,” said witness John Janoski.
All seven victims are male. Authorities have not yet released their identities.
Members of a group that identified themselves as family members of the victims did not want to talk on camera about their loved ones and the events leading up to the accident.
Though the cause of the capsizing is still under investigation, state police said strong currents could have played a factor
another link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3337164/The-wave-came-tippe...
Pontoon boat carrying seven capsizes in frigid New Jersey waters, killing two men
Two people are dead and five others injured when their pontoon boat capsized in rough waters off the New Jersey shore on Friday afternoon.
The boat, which was in the Manasquan Inlet, was reportedly hit by a tall wave which almost tipped it, and then another one, which sent its seven male occupants careening into the chilly ocean.
Good Samaritans in boats and on surf boards were able to reach the victims and bring some to safety before an NYPD rescue helicopter arrived, according to CBS New York.
Nov 29, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6696631/2015/11/30/one-killed-22-...
One killed, 22 missing after boat sinks in DR Congo's Lake Kivu
November 30 2015
One child died and 22 people were missing Monday after their boat sank in Lake Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said.
Nearby fishermen helped pluck 25 other passengers from the water after the commuter vessel capsized in the middle of the vast lake, said Jean-Bosco Bahati, the navy commander for North Kivu province, who visited the scene of the accident.
"A child about five years old has died, 25 were saved and 22 are missing," Carly Nzanzu Kasivita, the provincial land affairs minister, told reporters.
The captain said tragedy struck after the boat began taking on water around midday. "I saw huge waves beating against the window. The water came into the boat and we capsized soon after," Bujiriri Kitambala told AFP, still visibly shaken by the incident.
The boat ran a shuttle service between the towns of Bukavu and Goma, the respective capitals of South and North Kivu provinces, which lie at the southern and northern ends of the lake.
Shipping accidents are frequent in the DR Congo, whose people rely on the many waterways for transport. Boats are often overcrowded and lack the appropriate safety equipment, while there are few signposts on the waterways.
Nov 30, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/one-dead-two-rescued-as-fishing...
Victim of fishing boat sinking identified
One is dead but two were rescued by the Coast Guard after their fishing boat sank 12 miles off Thacher Island on
Thursday night.
The deceased is identified as fisherman David "Heavy D" Sutherland of Gloucester by witnesses and friends in mourning.
A good Samaritan aboard the Foxy Lady notified watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Boston command center about 3 p.m. that the fishing boat Orin C was disabled and needed a tow.
The Foxy Lady, captained by Phil Powell, began towing Orin C toward shore, but high wind and waves impeded the effort, according to the Coast Guard. A large wave reportedly crashed over Orin C’s bow, causing the boat to flood.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston, who had been monitoring the tow on VHF radio, launched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Station Gloucester.
The crew arrived on scene, passed a pump to the Orin C crew, hooked up tow, and made way toward Gloucester against 30 knot winds and 8-foot seas, the Coast Guard said in a statement
While initially effective, the pump was eventually unable to keep up with flooding coming over the boat’s bow and it began sinking quickly.
Per protocol, the Coast Guard crew broke tow and maneuvered swiftly back toward Orin C for the three fishermen.
The plan for safest rescue from the boat was to have each crew member enter the water and be recovered one at a time. The first rescue went as planned, but the boat began sinking too quickly so the remaining two crew members abandoned the boat together.
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http://article.wn.com/view/2015/12/03/Four_missing_in_Aegean_after_...
Four missing in Aegean after small boat sinks
Kathimerini
Greek rescuers were seeking four migrants missing after a small boat with seven people on board sank off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Farmakonissi. The coast guard said three survivors have been pulled out of the sea alive after Thursday's accident. Greece is at the forefront of Europe’s immigration crisis, with more than 700,000 people having crossed over so far this year from nearby Turkey, in frail boats provided by smuggling gangs charging high fees. Hundreds have drowned in the effort. On Tuesday, a 3-year-old boy died when a boat carrying 25 migrants ran aground off the eastern Greek islet of Ro. The remaining occupants were unhurt.
Dec 4, 2015
M. Difato
Turkey- 13 migrants killed as two boats capsize off Aegean coast
http://www.menafn.com/1094469542/Turkey--13-migrants-killed-as-two-...
A total of 13 migrants including seven children were killed early on Dec. 9 after two separate boats capsized off Turkey’s Aegean coast.The incidents come amid a new spate of deaths in the sea dividing Turkey and Greece as the wave of migrants trying to reachEuropecontinues into the winter.
A wooden boat thought to have set sail from the Didim district of Aydn province capsized off theGreekisland of Farmakonisi at around 4 a.m Doan News Agency reported. Twelve of the 50 migrants including six children and two women were later found dead.
TheGreekcoast guard rescued 26 migrants from the capsized boat while 13 others are still missing.
AGreekarmy helicopter was pressed into service with a vessel from the European Union’s border agency Frontex to aid the search according to Agence France-Presse.
The dead also included two women and four men.
Witnesses said the boat had sunk despite a calm sea and light winds.
Meanwhile a six-month-old migrant baby was found dead off the Aegean coast after another migrant boat bound for Farmakonisi capsized on Dec. 8 at around 10 p.m. The Turkish coast guard reportedly rescued 18 migrants including six children after that capsizing.
Also on Dec. 8 at least six children died when a boat carrying Afghan migrants sank in Aegean Sea en route to Greece while another vessel sank elsewhere Aegean killing another child.
The Turkish coast guard recovered the bodies of the children including a baby and were still looking for two other migrants reported missing state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
The dead body of a 5-year-old girl washed up on a beach in the Aegean province of zmir while six other refugees were also found dead after an inflatable boat capsized off zmir&rsqu;s Çeme district.
The body of 5-year-old girl Sajida Ali washed up on the Prlanta Beach in Çeme on Dec. 7. Ali’s body was taken to the zmir Forensic Institute for medical examination.
Her death comes few months after images of the lifeless body of Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi sent shockwaves throughout the world after washing ashore in the Turkish resort town of Bodrum in early September.
In yet another incident six Afghan migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea after an inflatable migrant boat capsized off Çeme early on Dec. 8. The Turkish coast guard rescued eight other migrants all wearing life jackets while the bodies of the six were taken to the zmir Forensic Institute Doan News Agency reported.
Geographically located between war-torn Syria and Iraq in the southeast and the EU member states of Bulgaria andGreecein the northwest Turkey has become a transition point for foreign migrants looking to illegally cross into the EU in an endeavor to flee the violence in Iraq and Syria well as gain a higher standard of living.
The wave of migration across the Aegean Sea has often resulted in injuries and even deaths due to either the capsizing of migrant-carrying boats or the abuse of refugees by human traffickers.
The number of migrants saved after making failed attempts to cross via the sea from Turkey to Europehas increased by over 500 percent in 2015 compared to last year.
In 2014 the number of migrants rescued by Turkey’s Coast Guard and local institutions was 14961 in 574 separate incidents according to Prime Ministry figures.
So far this year the number is 79489 migrants in 2133 incidents. In addition more than 200 smuggling gangs have been targeted in security operations launched by the authorities over the last two year
Dec 10, 2015
Scott
"EIGHTY people are still missing nearly 24 hours after a ferry ran into trouble in rough seas off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi, with authorities not ruling out the possibility of a sinking."
Rescue mission to save passengers on sinking Indonesian ferry
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/rescue-missi...
The transport ministry has confirmed three people, including two children, have been found dead, while 39 others have been pulled from the water alive, some after desperately clinging to fishing buoys for hours in the huge swell until help arrived.
Gulf of Boni location pinned
The fibreglass ferry was on its way from Kolaka in Southeast Sulawesi province crossing the Gulf of Bone to Siwa town when it was overwhelmed by waves more than 3 metres high during stormy weather on Saturday, said Roki Asikin, head of the search and rescue agency in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi.
The boat was carrying 110 passengers and 12 crew members, Mr Asikin said. Among the passengers were 14 children.
Six rescue boats and ships were dispatched after they received a distress call from the crew, who reported that the vessel was starting to take on water about 21km southeast of Siwa port, Mr Asikin said.
Search and rescue teams have still not found the stricken vessel, police told AFP.
The whereabouts of the remaining 80 people is also still unclear, with search and rescue teams being hampered by rough conditions and waves up to five metres high as daylight hours dwindle.
When asked whether the boat had sank, South Sulawesi police spokesman Frans Barung told AFP: “Maybe yes, maybe no”.
“The boat has not been found, because the weather has not been good,” he added, saying the boat was constructed from fibre glass and was therefore difficult to sink.
Authorities lost contact with the ferry late Saturday afternoon, and it failed to arrive at its destination in Siwa across the Bay of Bone as scheduled.
Officials dismissed initial reports the boat had sunk, instead claiming it was adrift, having lost engine power.
Police, national search and rescue teams and the navy have been scouring the seas for survivors ever since but have been battling harsh elements.
Local search and rescue head Roki Asikin said powerful waves meant it took three hours to evacuate some survivors to shore.
“These waves were very high,” he said.
There had been warnings about extreme weather in the area in the days leading up to the accident, with strong winds and rough seas.
Dec 20, 2015
KM
https://www.rt.com/news/329264-nz-passenger-ship-fire-whakatane/
Fire engulfs passenger ship 1km off NZ coast, dozens ‘jump into water’
The boat reportedly belonged to White Island Tours, according to the NZ Herald. Media reports suggested there were up to 53 passengers and 7 crew members aboard the ship at the time the fire broke out. The total number was later confirmed as 57.
All passengers and crew have been evacuated and accounted for, according to Whakatane authorities.
RadioLIVE has described chaotic scenes, with some passengers and crew jumping overboard to escape the burning vessel while small local boats hurry to save them.
At least “four or five” people have been taken to a local hospital, the radio reported.
Coast Guard and emergency services rushed to the coast of Whakatane after police received a call reporting the situation at around 3:45 pm local time (2:45 am GMT).
Some passengers were reportedly evacuated to another smaller tour vessel, while several boats could also be seen sailing to the shore on a live stream put up by the local Coastguard website.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
A crowd of onlookers gathered on the shore, with some witnesses saying they could see people on the bow of the burning vessel. Katee Shanks, a reporter for Rotorua Daily Post, described the situation as “awful, the flames are huge and are taking over the ship.”
Jan 18, 2016
Starr DiGiacomo
http://kval.com/outdoors/crab-boat-hits-jetty-at-coos-bay-1-alive-1...
Crab boat sinks near Coos Bay: 1 alive, 1 dead, 2 missing
COOS BAY, Ore. - One person survived, one person died and two people remain unaccounted for after a crabbing boat hit the North Jetty and sank near the mouth of Coos Bay on Tuesday evening.
The Eagle III hit the jetty with 4 people on board, the US Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard heard the vessel's distress call from an electronic position at 8:30 p.m.
"The vessel has broken up with a large debris field congregating along the northside of North Jetty, with some debris migrating with the tide across the bar and into the river," said Cmdr. Robert Workman, operations officer, Air Station North Bend. "Our thoughts and prays go out to the families of the missing fishermen and the deceased."
The Coast Guard said the crew was from Port Orford. They were crabbing out of Charleston.
The ship's captain managed to get on the jetty and walked to shore. A passerby drove him to the Coast Guard station, the Coast Guard said.
A Coast Guard helicopter located one of the Eagle III's crew members dead on the jetty.
Two rescue boats and a helicopter worked through the night searching for two other missing crew members.
The Coast Guard is search a 4 mile by 5 mile area. That radius has slowly expanded as the currents carry debris out to sea and into the bay.
"A lot of times you see something and it might just be trash on the beach, but we investigate it and fly over it or get the boat closer and take a peek, just so we can rule it out," said Lt. Jesse Cremeans, a U.S. Coast Guard pilot. "A crab pot from that boat that made it up the river tells us that pieces from the boat are moving that far, so we should be looking in those areas as well. So any debris or wreckage from the boat that's moved from the initial scene helps us look for potential survivors."
Jan 21, 2016
Starr DiGiacomo
http://gcaptain.com/2016/01/21/22-breakaway-barges-close-section-of...
Breakaway Barges Close Section of Mississippi River
January 21, 2016
A three-mile section of the Mississippi River was closed Wednesday after 22 barges broke free, some of them hitting other vessels before they were brought under control or came to rest.
The incident occurred at mile marker 54 on the Mississippi River near West Pointe a la Hache in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana on Wednesday.
The 22 barges were all loaded with coal and petroleum coke, a coal like substance.
The Coast Guard said Wednesday that three deep-draft motor vessels transiting the river – Q Jake, Serena P and Ocean Tomo – sustained damage after colliding with a few of the barges. A portion of dry-bulk soy beans from one of the vessels entered the river and the release has since been secured. The three vessels involved in the collisions have been safely anchored.
The Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River between mile markers 51 to 54 beginning at 12:58 p.m. Wednesday. As of Thursday the river remained closed from mile marker 50 to 53.
All but one of the barges has been accounted for.
The vessel queue is 21 south bound and 18 up bound, the Coast Guard said Thursday afternoon.
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
Jan 22, 2016
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/637462/Nicaragua-boat-sinking-Brit...
Miracle as British couple RESCUED after tourist boat SINKS in Caribbean storm killing nine
A BRITISH couple have been rescued after a tourist boat capsized in a horror Caribbean storm leaving at least nine dead and four missing.
It is thought that the vessel was caught up in strong winds as it travelled 2.5 miles between Corn Island and Little Corn Island.
A source told Express.co.uk that a British couple were involved in the terrifying incident but they escaped alive.
One of the pair has been named locally as Edward Beckett.
Nicaraguan naval official Marvin Corrales claimed the boat did not have approval when it made the trip.
Another official added: "Although they had no permission to sail, they took the risk and went out in the boat, so we have no passenger data," said Berrios.
The Corn Islands, 43 miles from Nicaragua, are a popular tourist destination for snorkelling and scuba diving.
There were 21 people rescued, 13 from Costa Rica, three from Nicaragua, two from Britain, two US citizens and one Brazilian.
The eight women and one man killed are all from Costa Rica.
Jan 24, 2016
Starr DiGiacomo
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One dead, three missing after boat sinks in east China
Xinhua News Agency | Tue,2016-01-26 QINGDAO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers are searching for three people who remain missing more than two days after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Shandong Province in east China.
The ship sank near Shidao Island on Saturday morning, according to the provincial maritime safety administration.
Of the 10 crew aboard the 37-meter long vessel, "Liaodanyu 28362," one died and six were rescued from the water alive.
A ship has been despatched by Qingdao City maritime search and rescue center to find the missing. Enditem
Jan 25, 2016
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/25/sonar-vehicle-searchin...
Sonar vehicle searching for MH370 sinks after hitting volcano in Indian Ocean
Sunday 24 January 2016 20.53 EST
Vessel attached to Fugro Discovery lost while searching for Malaysia Airlines plane missing with 239 people on board
The Fugro Discovery, which lost its sonar vehicle in the Indian Ocean when it crashed into an underwater volcano on Sunday. Photograph: AFP
A deep-sea exploration vehicle searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been lost on the ocean floor after colliding with a submerged volcano.
The agency running the search said the collision with the 2,200-metre mud volcano on Sunday broke the cable attaching the Fugro Discovery search vessel to the sonar vehicle, known as a towfish, leaving the towfish and 4,500m of cable on the bed of the Indian Ocean.
MH370 vanished from radar in March 2014 and is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. An extensive search has been under way for the vessel over the past 18 months.
After initially focusing on visual surveys to try to find floating debris, a new phase for the search began in October 2014 to scour the ocean floor using two vessels, the Fugro Discovery and the GO Phoenix.
MH370: Australia believes it is looking in the right place
On Sunday the sonar vehicle attached to the Fugro Discovery was lost after it ran into a mud volcano jutting out from the ocean floor.
On Monday the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said: “Yesterday, while conducting search activities in the southern Indian Ocean, Fugro Discovery lost the sonar vehicle deep tow (towfish) being used to search the ocean floor.
“The towfish collided with a mud volcano which rises 2,200 metres from the seafloor resulting in the vehicle’s tow cable breaking. The towfish and 4,500 metres of cable became separated from the vessel and are now resting on the seafloor.”
No injuries were sustained by crew. The centre believes it will be able to recover the vessel. The search for the missing plane continues.
Jan 25, 2016