Disaster
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Maritime News
How the MV Estonia Disaster Reshaped Passenger Ship Safety
Maritime safety regulations are often shaped by hard lessons. Few accidents demonstrate this more clearly than the loss of the…
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Maritime News
Chinese-Led South African Naval Exercise Slides into Diplomatic Disaster
The Chinese-led BRICs Exercise “Will for Peace 2026,” now taking place in Cape Town, is turning into a diplomatic disaster for…
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Marine World
Fatal Engine Room Fire on Dredge Stuyvesant: How a Missing Plug and Remote Start Led to Disaster
A deadly engine room fire aboard the dredging vessel Stuyvesant last November has revealed critical lessons about maintenance procedures and machinery startup…
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Port News
Bridge team lapse behind Leeuwin II disaster
Ineffective coordination and monitoring by the crew and harbour pilots on board the containership Maersk Shekou contributed to its high-profile…
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Port News
Total lack of safety culture laid bare in Wakashio disaster
Mauritius has finally published the long-suppressed Court of Investigation report into the 2020 grounding of the Wakashio. The findings are…
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Marine World
Investigation Reveals Shocking Failures in Wakashio Oil Spill Disaster
Five years after the MV Wakashio ran aground on Mauritius’s south-east coast, causing the island nation’s worst maritime environmental disaster,…
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Marine World
Port Industry Warns of ‘Disaster’ if IMO Net Zero Framework Fails October Vote
The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has issued an urgent call for IMO Member States to adopt the…
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Marine World
X-Press Feeders Blasts ‘Extraordinary’ Sri Lanka Court Ruling Over X-Press Pearl Disaster
X-Press Feeders, former operator of the container ship X-Press Pearl, has issued a strong statement challenging a recent Sri Lankan…
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Marine World
Sri Lankan Court Orders $1 Billion Payment for X-Press Pearl Disaster
Sri Lanka’s highest court on Thursday ordered a Singaporean shipping firm to pay US$1 billion in damages for the island’s…
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Marine World
Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Saves 165 Lives in Texas Flood Disaster as Death Toll Climbs
U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan is being hailed a hero after saving 165 individuals during his first rescue…
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