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The Timbuktu, a boat owned by the Malian state-owned shipping company Compagnie Malienne de Navigation (COMANAV), had a capacity of 300 passengers and operated a route between Mopti and Timbuktu. [6] It had previously been attacked by rockets on 1 September, resulting in the death of a 12-year old and injuring a soldier and boat driver. [7] [8]
The ship-to-ship fuel transfer resulted a fire explosion and spread across both ships; Tanzanian-flagged Turkish ships' Maestro and Kandy. [note 1] [9] [10] [11] The blaze lasted more than four days. [12] Project MPSV07 salvage ship Spasatel Demidov led the fire-fighting effort but despite dowsing both ships, the fire continued to rage for five ...
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant explosion, a 1942 explosion that was felt 100 miles away; Air raid on Bari, a port disaster in Italy in 1943; SS El Estero, ammunition ship that caught fire in New York Harbor in 1943; Naval Station Norfolk, September 17, 1943 accidental truckload explosion of 24 aerial depth charges, killing 40 and injuring 386 [6]
It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day. Five workers were killed and two others presumed dead in the blast on ...
1947 – Texas City disaster — two ships' cargoes of ammonium nitrate caught fire and exploded, killing 581, more than 5,000 injured. 1947 – Xi'an in Hong Kong — 200 deaths [ 4 ] 1949 – Noronic in Toronto , Ontario Canada — 118 to 139 deaths
Five workers were killed and two others presumed dead in the blast on the Trinity Spirit, a rusting converted oil […] The post Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ...
Soviet cargo ship "Tixi" sunk with all of its crew during a storm in the Devils' Sea on March 22 en route from Australia to Japan. 45 1902 New Zealand: Elingamite – The ship, carrying a large consignment of gold, was wrecked off the north coast of New Zealand killing 45 people. The wreck is now favoured by adventurous divers for the drama ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwanese shipping firm Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said one of its cargo ships caught fire on Friday at China's Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of the world's busiest. Earlier ...