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As of 02/15/23, we have 214 incident reports on file and available for download.
Panama-Italy – MSC Elaine – Grounding – January 2023
Fleetmon – Stranded MSC 8,500-TEU container ship blocked Gioia Tauro Port, Italy VIDEO
Singapore-Columbia – Monte Pascoal – Grounding – January 2023
Safety4Sea – Containership grounded off Colombia
Panama-India – Sea Xpress – Capsize at Dock (Containers) – January 2023
Splash 24/7 – Ship Capsizes at Indian Port
Panama-USCG-NTSB – MSC Rita-FV Tremont – Collision-Sinking – October 2022
gCaptain – American Fishing Trawler Sinks After Collision with MSC Containership
Panama – TSS Pearl – Fire-Sinking in Red Sea – October 2022
The Loadstar – Blaze-hit TSS Pearl sinks in Red Sea after crew abandon ship
Togo – Sea Eagle – Capsize at Dock During Cargo Operations – September 2022
gCaptain – Stability Issue: Video Shows Cargo Ship Capesize at Turkish Port
France/Marshall Islands – M/V Ain Snan Express-FV Corail – Collision – August 2022
gCaptain – Hapag-Lloyd Containership Gashed in Collision with Fishing Vessel
USCG/NTSB – OSV Thunder-MV Bunun Queen – Collision (Gulf of Mexico Fairway) – July 2022
USCG/NTSB – CGC Winslow Griesser-FV Deskata – August 2022
Maritime Executive – Fishing Boat Collides With U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Killing One
Panama – Felicity Ace – Cargo Fire-Sinking – March 2022
USCG – Ever Forward – Grounding – March 2022
Transport Malta – Fabio Duo – Personnel Injury – January 2022
Transport Malta – PB Ohio Allision with Aquaculture – January 2022
Hong Kong/Spain – Laust Maersk/Napoles – Collision off Malaga – March 2022
Transport Malta – MY Siempre – Fire (Lithium-Ion) – September 2021
NTSB – Safer Seas Digest – 2020
AMSA – Maersk Surabaya – Anchor Dragging/Cable Damage – August 2021
gCaptain – Australia Arrests Maersk Captain After Submarine Cable is Damaged by Dragging Anchor
ARN – Maersk mariner charged over Australia Singapore Cable cut
Panama – Navios Amaryllis – Grounding – August 2021
Panama – Crimson Polaris – Grounding – August 2021
NYK – Grounding of Wood-Chip Carrier Crimson Polaris off Hachinohe
Panama – OOCL Durban – Crane Allision – June 2021
Container News – OOCL Durban destroys two cranes at Kaohsiung Port
Singapore – X-Press Pearl – Cargo Fire – May 2021
Dutch Safety Board – Eemslift Hendrika – Cargo Shift-Abandonment-Salvage – April 2021
Palau – Arvin – Hull Failure-Foundering-Crew Fatalities – February 2021
Denmark – Maersk Eindhoven – Container Loss – February 2021
Portugal – MSC Aries – Container Loss – January 2021
DMAIB – Maersk Essen – Cargo Loss-Weather – January 2021
UK – Ever Liberal – Container Loss – December 2020
Japan – One Apus – Container Loss – December 2020
UKMAIB – Achieve-Talis Collision – November 2020
NTSB – GH Storm Cat – Crane Contact with Shoreside Facility – November 2020
NSIA – Stavanger Bliss – Confined Space Fatality – October 2020
Panama – One Aquila – Container Loss – October 2020
Transport Malta – MV X-Press Godavari – Container Fire (Lithium-Ion) – September 2020
MAIB – Cimbris – Crush Injury-Fatality with Ship Crane – July 2020
US Navy – Bonhomme Richard – Fire/Total Loss – July 2020
USNI Blog – Bonhomme Richard Fire: A Multi-billion Dollar Leadership Failure
Panama – Wakashio – Grounding – July 2020
JTSB – Wakashio – Grounding-Total Loss-Pollution – July 2020 – auto translated from Japanese
Large Bulk Carrier Runs Aground in Mauritius – gCaptain
NTSB – Hoegh Xiamen – Fire-CTL – June 2020
Panama – MSC Rosa M – Crane Allision – June 2020
- Allision with container crane at Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal, Mumbai, India
NTSB – Nomadic Milde-Atlantic Venus – Collision – May 2020
ATSB – APL England – Container Loss – May 2020 (final report)
ATSB – APL England – Loss of containers overboard – May 2020 (preliminary report)
Mark Bull Commentary on APL England Container Loss
KMST – Milano Bridge Crane-Vessel Allision – April 2020
UKMAIB – Kaami – Grounding – March 2020
RMI – Singapore Spirit – Enclosed Space Fatality – March 2020
Transport Malta – Navios Amitie – Man Overboard Rigging Pilot Ladder – February 2020
NTSB – Golden Ray – Capsize-Total Loss – September 2019
NTSB – Conception – Fire with Multiple Fatalities – September 2019 – preliminary
Panama – Diamond Highway – Fire – June 2019
gCaptain – Reports: K-Line Car Carrier on Fire in South China Sea
NTSB – American Liberty – Allision – May 2019
UKMAIB – Seatruck Progress – Fatality-Struck by Vehicle-Distractions – May 2019
DMAIB – Express 1 – Baltic Condor – Collision – May 2019
Dutch Safety Board – Viking Idun-Chemical Marketer Collision – April 2019
Dutch Safety Board – MSC Zoe – Container Loss – January 2019
BSU – Yantian Express Container Fire – January 2019
Panama – Sincerity Ace – Cargo Fire-Foundering-Fatalities – December 2018
SeaTrade Maritime News – Panama to probe cause of Sincerity Ace blaze
Fleetmon – Car carrier SINCERITY ACE taken on tow
UKMAIB – Kuzma Minin Grounding – December 2018
AIBN – KNM Helge Ingstad-Sola TS Collision – November 2018
UKMAIB – Celtica Hav Grounding – March 2018
ATSB – Goliath Water Ingress to Steering Gear – March 2018
VOR – Vestas 11th Hour Racing/Chinese fishing vessel Collision – January 2018
IMO GSIS – Vestas 11th Hour Racing Collision/Fatality
VOR – High Traffic Density Report – September 2018
Transport Malta – Key Fighter – Confined Space Fatalities – September 2018
UKMAIB – Priscilla Grounding – July 2018
UKMAIB – Priscilla Grounding – July 2018 – Annexes
Cyprus – Evnia MOB Fatality – June 2018
NZTAIC – Leda Maersk Grounding – June 2018
NTSB – Polaris-Tofteviken Collision – May 2018
Indonesia KNKT – Ever Judger – Pipeline rupture-oil spill-fire-fatalities – March 2018
TSIB – Maersk Honam – Cargo Fire – March 2018
UKMAIB – CMA CGM George Washington – Container Loss – January 2018
ATSB – BBC Xingang Cargo Hold Fire – December 2017
UKMAIB – Ruyter Grounding – October 2017
UKMAIB – CV24 (Clipper Race) Grounding/Abandoned – October 2017
Cyprus – Warnow Master Mooring Line Casualty – October 2017
Transport Malta – MV Marbella Grounding – September 2017
Transport Malta – Kea Trader Grounding – July 2017
UK MAIB – Huayang Endeavor-Seafrontier Collision – July 2017
USN – USS Fitzgerald / USS John S. McCain Collisions – June-October 2017
Singapore TSIB – USS John S McCain/Alnic MC Collision – August 2017
USN – Comprehensive Review of Recent Surface Force Incidents – October 2017
AET – Nabucco – Fall from Accommodation Ladder (fatality) – June 2017
Transport Malta – Gortynia-DZ Qingdao Collision – May 2017
USN – USS Lake Champlain Collision – May 2017
Transport Malta – Universal Durban – May 2017
Marshall Islands – Stellar Daisy Foundering-Fatalities – March 2017
NZ TAIC – Emerald Princess – Ruptured Gas Cylinder Fatality – February 2017
NTSB – Alliance St. Louis Engine Room Fire – January 2017
Transport Malta – Immensity – Heavy Wx Personal Injury – January 2017
MAIB – Safety Digest : Lessons from Marine Accidents – 01/2017
USN – USS Antietam Grounding – January 2017
Canada Safety Board- Nathan E Stewart-DBL 55 Grounding-Foundering – October 2016
Dutch Safety Board – Atlantic Dawn Electrocution – October 2016
NZTAIC – Molly Manx – Grounding – August 2016
UK MAIB – CMA CGM Vasco de Gama Grounding – August 2016
UK MAIB – CMA CGM Vasco de Gama Grounding – August 2016 – Annexes
Hong Kong – Bulk Carrier – Man Overboard Fatality – May 2016
NTSB – Roger Blough Grounding – May 2016
South Africa – Three Casualties – May 2016
Casualty 1 : Collision and subsequent sinking with loss of life
Casualty 2 : Foundering of yacht with loss of life
Casualty 3 : Abandonment of fishing vessel with loss of life
Dutch Safety Board – Nova Cura Grounding – April 2016
BSU – Ludwigshafen Express – Container Fire – February 2016
TAIC – Mount Hikurangi – Crew Fatality (Fall from height) While Lashing – February 2016
ATSB – Spirit of Tasmania II – Mooring Incident / Breakaway – January 2016
BMA – Anthem of the Seas Heavy Weather Damage – February 2016
JTSB : Sinokur Incheon / FV Toshimaru Collision – February 2016
NTSB – Towing Vessels William E. Strait and Margaret Ann Collision – December 2015
Transport Malta – MV Maraki / MV Ivory Arrow Collision – December 2015
AIBN – Marinor – Fatal Fall – December 2015
Transport Malta – MV Corelli Fatal Fall – December 2015
NTSB – Freighter Alpena Fire – December 2015
NTSB – Gunde Maersk Fire – December 2015
BSU – MSC Katrina Container Fire – November 2015
USCG – EL Faro Sinking – October 2015 – FINAL REPORT
USCG – El Faro Sinking – October 2015 – FINAL ACTION MEMO
NTSB – El Faro Sinking – October 2015
NTSB – El Faro Sinking – October 2015 – final report
NTSB – El Faro Sinking – October 2015 – executive summary
NTSB – El Faro Sinking – October 2015 – illustrated brief
Transport Malta – Barzan – Cargo Hold Fire – September 2015
NTSB – Dewey R. Tow and P.B. Shah Tow Collision – September 2015
HKMAIB – Brevik Bridge – Stores Crane Failure – August 2015
DMAIB – Caroline Maersk – Fire in containers – August 2015
MAIB – Arco Avon Engine Room Fire/Fatality – August 2015
MAIB – St. Apollo Grounding/Sinking – August 2015
NZ TAIC – Madinah – Man Overboard Fatality – July 2015
ATSB – Skandi Pacific – Cargo Shift Fatality – July 2015
Transport Malta – Bomar Mercury – Tank cleaning – Inhalation hazard – July 2015
BSU – CMV Dublin Express – Fatal Fall – July 2015
Transport Malta – Capri – Allision (in anchorage) – July 2015
NTSB – Towing Vessels Capt. Short C and Jackie – Collision – July 2015
SHK – Oslo Wave – Crane Collapse – June 2015
Transport Malta – Kadri – Fatal Fall – May 2015
Cayman Islands – KIBO Fatality Fall from Height-Near Drowning – May 2015
Transport Malta – Hamburg – Grounding – May 2015
Transport Malta – Tongala/Bo Spring Collision – May 2015
BSU – Hanjin Miami – Master Missing – May 2015
NTSB – Conti Peridot/Carla Maersk – Collision – March 2015
MAIB – Zarga – Mooring Line Injury – March 2015
Isle of Man – Sally Ann C Enclosed Space Injuries – March 2015
UKMAIB – Ever Smart-Alexandra I – Collision – February 2015
UKSC – Ever Smart-Alexandra 1 – Collision – February 2015 Appeal (February 2021)
HKMAIB – OOCL Europe – Mooring Line Fatality (cadet) – February 2015
ATSB – Maersk Garonne – Grounding – February 2015
MAIB – Hoegh Osaka – Grounding/Capsize – January 2015
NTSB – Tug Nalani – Sinking – January 2015
Volvo Ocean Race – S/V Vestas Wind – Grounding – November 2014
NTSB – Dennis Hendrix Engine Room Fire – October 2014
DMAIB – Maersk Svendborg – Heavy Wx Damage – September 2014
NTSB – USCGC Key Largo/FV Sea Shepard – Collision – September 2014
BSU – Silver Pegasus – Fatal Fall in Cargo Hold – September 2014
NTSB – Flag Gangos Collision/Allision – August 2014
DMAIB – Diver-Master – Foundering/Girting – August 2014
NTSB – Anna Smile Allision – July 2014
AMSA – Marigold Engine Room Fire – July 2014
AIBN – BW Havfrost – Confined Space/Fall Fatality – June 2014
TSB Canada – Atlantic Erie – Grounding – June 2014
DMAIB – Scorpius – Confined Space Fatality – May 2014
MAIB – Suntis – Confined Space Fatalities – May 2014
DMAIB – Karla C – Allision – April 2014
Open Source – MV Sewol – Sinking – April 2014
Sewol Ferry Case Study – Wikipedia
The Sewol Ferry Accident – Seoul National University Hospital
NTSB – Summer and Miss Susan Tow – Collision – March 2014
NTSB – OSV Tristan Janice Platform Allision – February 2014
MAIB – Rickmers Dubai and Kingston/Walcon Wizard Tow – Collision – January 2014
BSU – Wes Janine/Stenberg Collision at anchor – January 2014
MAIB – Paula C. and Darya Gayatri Collision – December 2013
MAIB – Ovit Grounding – September 2013
TSB (Canada) – Claude A. Desgagnes – Grounding – September 2013
Isle of Man – Sharp Lady – Enclosed Space Fatality – August 2013
TSB (Canada) – Lac Megantic Crude Oil Train Derailment – July 2013
MAIB – Apollo Allision – July 2013
MAIB – CMA CGM Florida and Chou San Collision – March 2013
TC – Charlene Hunter Loss of Tow – January 2013
USN – USS Guardian Grounding – January 2013
DMAIB – Nord Goodwill Drowning/Fall – August 2013
MAIB – Ovit Grounding – September 2013
BMA – MOL Comfort Structural Failure-Foundering – June 2013
UKMAIB – MV Beaumont-Grounding – December 2012
USCG – MODU Kulluk Tow Grounding – December 2012
TSAC – MODU Kulluk Grounding Recommendations – Task 14-01
NTSB – MODU Kulluk Grounding – Brief
USCG – Marine Safety Alert 14-16 : Don’t lose your tow in heavy weather!
TSB – Tundra Grounding – November 2012
NTSB – SV Bounty Sinking – October 2012
Panama – Sage Sagittarius – Three Fatalities – August-October 2012
HK-MAIB – Lucky III Near Capsizing, Abandonment and Loss of Master – September 2012
BSU – MSC Flaminia – Cargo Hold Fire – July 2012
ATSB – Furness Melbourne and Riga II Collision – May 2012
RMI – Felicia Personnel Fall-Fatality – May 2012
MAIB – Seagate and Timor Stream Collision – March 2012
JTSB – Fledovijk Allision -August 2011 – Fatigue related
MAIB – Coastal Isle Grounding – July 2012
Cayman Islands – Stolt Skua Confined Space Fatality – April 2012
MIT- Costa Concordia – Grounding-Sinking – January 2012
Costa Concordia : Anatomy of an organizational accident – Capt. Antonio Di Lieto PhD candidate at the Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania
BSU – MOL Efficiency and Splittnes Collision – November 2011
MAIB – ACX Hibiscus and Hyundai Discovery Collision – December 2011
TAIC (NZ) – Rena Grounding – October 2011
NTSB – Ivory Coast Fire – October 2011
Transport Malta – Purki – Mooring Line-Critical Lift Injuries-Fatality – September 2011
UKMAIB – CSL Thames Grounding – August 2011
SHK – Morraborg – Fatal Mooring Accident – July 2011
DKMAIB – Frank W. – FV Lilly Collision – June 2011
CIAIM – Debeb Capsize during cargo operations – June 2011
General Average Adjustment – CMA CGM Libra – Grounding – May 2011
Shipowners Club – Update on Unseaworthiness – CMA CGM Libra
Negligence or Incompetence : Grounding of CMA CGM Libra – Glenn Mathias
AMP – Mirach – Grounding-Sinking – March 2011
USCG – Carnival Splendor Fire – November 2010
NTSB – Caribbean Sea / DUKW 34 Collision – June 2010
BMA – Yeoman Bontrup Fire – July 2010
USCG – MODU Deepwater Horizon Explosion/Fire/Sinking/Oil Spill – April 2010
NTSB – Eagle Otome Collision (Port Arthur, Texas) – January 2010
UKMAIB – Maersk Kendal Grounding – September 2009
UMMAIB – Maersk Kendal Grounding – September 2009 Annexes
Isle of Man – Ostende Max/Formosaproduct Brick Collision – August 2009
NTSB – FV Lady Mary Sinking – March 2009
USCG – FV Lady Mary Sinking – March 2009
USN – USS Port Royal Grounding – February 2009
MAISSPB (Hong Kong) – An Tai Jiang ER Fire – January 2009
UKMAIB – Ville de Mars – Fatal Fall in Confined Space – January 2009
Gibraltar – Fedra Anchor Drag-Grounding-Total Loss – October 2008
Britannia P&I created a video “SHIP TO SHORE COMMUNICATION – WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY?” This is based on the grounding of MV Fedra and will likely provide some good discussion points.
MAISSPB (Hong Kong) – Yao Hai / Neftegaz-67 Collision – March 2008
Narrow Channel Discussion : South Express Ltd.
Hong Kong – Hebei Spirit-Crane Barge Samsung No 1 – Collision – December 2007
Korea – Hebei Spirit-Crane Barge Samsung No 1 – Collision – December 2007
NTSB – Cosco Busan Allision – November 2007
NSW Maritime – Pasha Bulker Grounding – June 2007
ATSB – Pasha Bulker Grounding – June 2007
NTSB – Empress of the North – Grounding – May 2007
UKMAIB – MSC Napoli Structural Failure – January 2007
UKMAIB – MSC Napoli Structural Failure – January 2007 – Appendix I
UKMAIB – MSC Napoli Structural Failure – January 2007 – Appendix II
Isle of Man – British Cygnet/Vera Collision – December 2006
UKMAIB – Maersk Doha Fire – October 2006
IMO – Cougar Ace Capsize – July 2006
USCG – Stellemare Capsizing – December 2004
ATSB – Lowlands Grace Lifeboat Incident – October 2004
MAIB – Attilio Levoli grounding – June 2004
Maritime NZ – Ansac Orient Cargo Loss – February 2004
UKMAIB – Pride of Provence – Bow Door Failure – February 2004
USCG – Bow Mariner – Explosion and Foundering – February 2004
BMA – Panam Serena Fire – January 2004
Maritime NZ – Tasman Independence Cargo Gear Failure – January 2004
BMA – Prestige Sinking/Spill – November 2002
MAIB – Dole America – Allision with Nab Tower – November 1999
USCG – Monarch of the Seas – Grounding – December 1998
NTSB – Ecstacy Fire – July 1998
Canada TSB – Flare – Break-up and Sinking – January 1998
MAIB – Green Lily – Foundering – November 1997
Norway – Leros Strength – Foundering – February 1997
NTSB – Brightfield Allision – December 1996
NTSB – Star Princess Grounding – June 1995
NTSB Safety Recommendations – M-97-44-47
NTSB – Towboat Mauvilla-Sunset Limited Allision-Derailment – September 1993
Additional information related to Towboat Mauvilla Allision
NTSB – Exxon Valdez Grounding/Spill – March 1989
Philippines – Dona Paz – Fire/Sinking/Multiple Fatalities – December 1987
MAIB – Herald of Free Enterprise Capsize/Sinking – March 1987
USCG – Marine Electric Sinking – February 1983
USCG – SS Poet Sinking – October 1980
UK – MV Derbyshire – Sinking – September 1980
NTSB – Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking – November 1975
NTSB – Edmund Fitzgerald – Sinking – November 1975 (original scan)
USCG – SS African Neptune – Bridge Allision – November 1972
USCG – V.A. FOGG – Tanker Explosion and Loss – February 1972
USN-RAN – Evans and Melbourne – Collision – June 1969
Maritime NZ – TEV Wahine Foundering/Sinking – April 1968
USCG – MT Pendleton Hull Fracture/Sinking – February 1952
USCG – MT Fort Mercer Hull Fracture/Sinking – February 1952
U.S. Navy – Honda Point Disaster – 7 Destroyers Aground-Foundered – September 1923
U.S. Navy Historical Center – Photos
U.S. Senate – Titanic Sinking – April 1912
MAIB – RMS “TITANIC” Reappraisal of Evidence Relating to SS “CALIFORNIAN”
WMU – From Titanic to Costa Concordia – a century of lessons not learned