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The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern
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11 people died after a fire broke out in two ships in the Kerch Strait, which separates Crimea from Russia. 9 are missing. Russian divers are looking for them. There were 15 Indians on both ships. Both ships had a flag of Tanzania. One ship had Liquid Natural Gas (LNG),
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The ultra-large 330 mts Maersk containership of 15,262 TEU Maersk Honam headed from Singapore to Suez carrying 7,860 containers reported a serious fire in the vessel's hold at on Tuesday near Agatti Island in the Arabian Sea. The ship had left Singapore on 01 Mar 18 and was having passage to
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A cargo vessel Emerald Star DWT 33205 tone Hong Kong-registered vessel with 26 Indian national crew sailing 174 Nautical miles east of the northern part of Philippine sank in the Pacific. as per the Japanese coast guards, a typhoon in that area causes turbulence in the ocean and sea become
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A severe hand injury to 2nd Eng. while working on AC compressor One of the vessels from seaspan Company was on her way from Savannah, the USA to Cartagena, Colombia. During the evening at 2055 hrs LT, the usual night rounds were carried out by the duty Second Engineer. During the
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Serious Injury to Crew Member During Mooring Operations.An able seaman on board a Maltese registered tanker lost his lower left leg as it became entangled in the tug’s messenger line and got stuck between a deadman roller and its guide. The aft mooring station was in the process of releasing the
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