Inadequate planning and monitoring results in grounding Aug 2016: While on approach to the Port of Southampton, UK, the large container vessel CMA CGM Vasco de Gama ran aground. The UK government Marine Accident Investigation Branch that a lack of planning and use of...
CARRIER Cuts fiBRE OPTIC CABLE Oct 2015: Telecommunications into Algeria were severely impacted when a carrier cut a major fibre optic cable. The Master of the PAVOSA ACE was found guilty of violating navigation regulations....
ANTARES ROCKET LAUNCH SCRUBBED Oct 2017: The launch of fresh supplies to the International Space Station was delayed due to a sailing ship entering the downward range of the rocket trajectory. “Boats violating restricted rocket safety zones periodically cause...
Lawsuit says anchor caused $30M in damage to NY power cable Jan 2014: Vessel Ellen S. Bouchard and barge B. No. 280’s anchor hit the 693- megawatt Y-49 Long Island Sound transmission cable. The cable leaked 5 gallons of dielectric oil an hour. ...
A long list of failures resulted in OSV hitting an unmanned gas platform Feb 2014: In poor visibility due to fog, the OSV Tristan Janice were only 200 yards away when they realised they were heading directly towards an unmanned offshore gas platform. The resulting...
Rena captain and officer sent to jail Oct 2011: MV Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty, spilling its containers and 1700 tonnes of heavy fuel, the worst maritime environmental disaster in New Zealand....
