Accidents

UK MAIB has issued an investigation report on the incident of an engine room fire on board ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Europe that took place in February 2023. 

A Dutch cargo ship ran aground off of the Odense Fjord, at the north end of the island of Funen, and efforts are underway to refloat it. 

The tug was east of the Isle of Wight to shelter from Storm Darragh, broke its tow with one of its barges which began to drift into British waters and ran aground.

After two days of firefighting, a cargo fire aboard a freighter at a port in the Canary Islands has been contained.

The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) presents an incident in which a fatal accident happened on board a bulk carrier during a fumigant removal operation.

A recent incident has left the Chinese-flagged heavy lift ship Shang De Wu Yi Shan damaged after two gantry cranes it was transporting fell into the sea off the Spanish coast.

On the night of 7-8 December, the oil tanker Larus was assisted by the intervention, assistance and salvage tug (RIAS) Abeille Bourbon as it drifted from its anchorage.

At least seven crew members have died after a fishing boat capsized following a collision with a sand barge off South Korea's southeastern coast on 9 December.

An explosion at a gas refinery near Florence, Italy, on 9 December has resulted in the deaths of at least two people and left four others missing, while nine more have been injured.

Rescuers have been searching for a Chinese crew member of the Panamanian oil tanker Liquid Gen which ran aground near the Port of Taichung.