2 cargo ships sink in Philippines; 32 aboard saved | Inquirer News: "MANILA, Philippines—A cargo ship loaded with cement sank in central Philippines on Sunday and another vessel carrying iron ore went down off the country’s eastern coast, the coast guard said. All 32 crewmen from both ships were rescued."
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Vietnamese seamen can't get help from Philippines
By EGYolk on January 9, 2012
Tuguegarao City (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The lack of a search and rescue ship has stopped Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel stationed at the northern tip of Luzon from coming to the aid of 22 crew members of a Vietnamese ship, which sank in the Pacific Ocean on Christmas Day.
Though coast guard officials immediately deployed three ships and a helicopter for a search and rescue, it was a Philippine cargo ship and a fishing boat that saved the crew of 12 Indonesians and two Koreans, who had abandoned the ship, coast guard Admiral Ramon Liwag said.
NOTE: This disaster is from Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Amver ship Bright Ruby sinks in South China SeaThe Bright Ruby was reportedly on a voyage from Malaysia to China when it encountered heavy seas. 14 crewmen have been rescued. Seven crewmen remain missing.
You may remember the Bright Ruby was hijacked by pirates for 37 days back in 2008.
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15 January 2012 :: Three die in South Korean ship explosion
"The explosion took place far below the sea border with North Korea. We see very little possibility (of attacks by the North)," a coastguard spokesman told the AFP news agency.
The ship's owners said that the explosion could have been caused by gases leaking from the ship's oil tanks.
11 January 2012 Last updated at 00:16 ET Three believed dead in S Korean boat fire in Antarctic
The 167-foot fishing vessel Jeong Woo 2 caught fire about 370 miles north-northeast of the U.S. Antarctic McMurdo Research Base and 2,000 miles south of Christchurch, New Zealand. Maritime New Zealand, similar to the U.S. Coast Guard, reports that the fire killed 3 crewmen. Thirty uninjured survivors were transferred to the stricken vessel’s sister ship, the Jeong Woo 3, which will bring them to the Korean icebreaker Araon for transport to Lyttleton, New Zealand.
Italian cruise ship sinking: rescue suspended on ship with 500,000 gallons oil, January 22, 2012
One more body has been taken out from the ill-fated Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia. Rescue has been suspended on the sinking ship with 500,000 gallons oil ...
Once again officials in Italian coast guard have suspended the search for the missing people in the huge cruise ship Costa Concordia that sank in the sea on 13th of this month. So far 12 people have been confirmed dead with 20 people still missing.
INTERVIEW | " ... So there is very close connection between governments and cruise ships. They make an incredible amount of money. They have very huge lobbies. And that's here in the U.S. So, in places like Italy, I would not be surprised if things don't turn out the way we would want them to and are not as crystal clear as they would be if the investigation was done here. (RICHARD ALSINA. Interview. Jan 16, 2012. HERE) ... "__________________Reference
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1 comment:
Ships can last for many years and they can travel to different seas, as long as they are carefully maintained and regularly checked. Big sea vessels can carry heavy equipment as well as many passengers and to experience tragedy such as sinking is really unfortunate. The number of sinking ships is very alarming and we hope that such tragic events will be prevented.
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