Accidents and mishaps at sea

[June Ingram]

Condolences to the families of the two who died on the Viking Freya - terrible news.

[June Ingram]

Wreck of HMS Terror found.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a3833f08082d4af2a51838540bd6aa5a/searchers-find-2nd-ship-doomed-british-expedition

Very exciting news !

[June Ingram]

It appears there has been yet another fatal accident -

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/europe/crew-killed-harmony-of-the-seas/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37348292

Condolences to the family of the crew member killed and all good wishes for a complete recovery for those injured.

[Lynda Bradford]

That certainly is bad news of other crew members dead or injured on Harmony of the Seas.  Thinking of the family of the person killed and hope the injuries of the others are not too severe. 

[QE2forever]

Very sad.

Condolences to the families of Viking Freya officers and Harmony of the Seas crew members who were killed and injured today.

[Peter Mugridge]

There has been an accident with a ferry "getting stock in forward gear" in Scotland.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-37466864

From the sound of it, they have got off lightly - this looks as if it could have been a lot worse doesn't it?

[June Ingram]

It does indeed, Peter.  They were lucky on all counts.

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Storm Angus affecting shipping on the Irish Sea...

It must be an "adventure", being stuck out at sea when the storm is too violent for one's ferry to be able to dock safely :

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1121/833442-ferry/

This is a rare event. Normally, they would cancel all sailings until the storm has abated...

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Excellent BBC docu-drama on the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster in Zeebrugge on 6 March 1987 :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08g2r99

This was a ship that I had taken several times, and so many people I knew knew people who were on board that day...

Interesting to listen to the events that happened, as viewed from a fictitious passenger family's point of view, and as presented in the real hearings by crew members.

[Louis De Sousa]

Vision of the Seas today in Abu Dhabi with a dead passenger been taken off an attempt to get the ship closer to Dubai for evacuation did not came that fast

https://instagram.com/p/BRfF6jyB2q-

[Twynkle]

Ponant - L'Austral
Under 'News' by Cruise Critic
Ponant Ship Ends Cruise and Diverts to Manila Due to Safety Warning; Hull Damage to be Inspected
http://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/news/news.cfm?ID=7649

[Peter Mugridge]

Ouch... ship hits giant dockside crane in Dubai:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-39849681/moment-huge-dubai-crane-collapses

[Clydebuilt1971]

Not quite at sea but relevant all the same.

A dockside crane at the dock of A&P, Falmouth has collapsed this morning whilst working on new RFA vessel Tidespring.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39870240

No one hurt thankfully

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Here is quite a detailed article about what happened when the US Navy ship FitzGerald collided with the container ship, the ACX Crystal. I had heard nothing so far about the fate of the container ship and her crew ...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/19/national/son-tried-save-navy-shipmates-collision-off-japan-cabin-flooded-mom/#.WUdqgsnYX6B

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

CSCL Jupiter runs aground and blocks the busy port of Antwerp :

https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/antwerp-access-blocked-ship-runs-aground_20170814.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-40929625/stuck-container-ship-in-hot-water

The good news is that she has been refloated at high tide with the help of numerous tugs in readiness.