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MV Wakashio, a large capesize bulk carrier, was built by the Universal Shipbuilding Corporation of Tsu, Japan. [2] She was laid down on 23 September 2004, launched on 9 March 2007, and was delivered on 30 May 2007. [2] She had a deadweight tonnage of 203,000 tons, a length overall of 299.95 metres (984 ft 1 in), and a beam of 50 metres (164 ft ...
The 'handysize' bulk carrier Polesie belongs to the Polish shipping company Polsteam, based in Szczecin. [3] It was built in China in 2009 for Polsteam, measuring 24,055 GT, with an overall length of 189.99 m (623.3 ft) and capacity of 38,056 DWT; Polesie is registered in the Bahamas, carries IMO number 9488097 and has 22 crew. [6] [7] [8]
The 124-metre (407 ft) bulk carrier ran aground near Doring Bay, off Brand se Baai, South Africa 385 kilometres (239 mi) north of Cape Town, after being abandoned the previous day when she listed. Her crew was rescued by the fishing vessel Malachite ( South Africa). Ultra Galaxie broke into four pieces in rough weather over 27–28 July.
Two months after that, in August 2022, a Synergy trainee on the bulk carrier Peter Oldendorff attempted to remove a 660-pound steel plate from a vertical stack of other heavy steel plates stored ...
US-flagged roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) vehicle carrier Courage was transiting from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Southampton, United Kingdom, when a fire broke out in its cargo hold. The accident resulted in extensive damage to the vessel's hold as well its cargo of vehicles and household goods.
MV Tutor was a coal carrier which sailed under the flag of Liberia with a length overall of 229 metres (751 ft 4 in) and a width of 32.3 metres (106 ft 0 in). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Owned by the Athens -based Evalend Shipping , [ 5 ] she was built in 2022 with a gross tonnage of 44,479 and deadweight tonnage of 82,357 tons.
View of the bridge as it stood in 2006 The Tasman Bridge after the collision. The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, travelling up the River Derwent, collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge and caused a large section of the bridge deck to collapse ...
SS Marine Electric was a 605-foot bulk carrier that sank on 12 February 1983, about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia, in 130 feet of water.Thirty-one of the 34 crew members lost their life due to hypothermia; the three survivors endured 90 minutes drifting in the frigid waters of the Atlantic.