Accidents (Incidents, Security)

The tank barge Poseidon (later renamed Voluntas) in 2025
Accidents

Tank barge loses wheelhouse after striking canal bridge in Izegem, Belgium

Jens Karsten
Dredger being towed (representative photo only)
Accidents

Dredger spills diesel after partially sinking near Melbourne, Australia

Gareth Havelock
A cruise ship under construction at Fincantieri's Marghera yard near Venice. The company has not yet identified the ship where a Romanian subcontractor employee died on November 4, 2026.
Accidents

Contractor dies aboard cruise ship under construction in Italy

Jens Karsten
AIS data of Ayaz Bey
Accidents

Turkish tug in danger of sinking after colliding with towed vessel off Romania

Alan Bosworth
Fishing Vessel News Roundup | November 4 – Norwegian hybrid farm workboat orders, Russian trawler acquisitions and more
Fishing & Aquaculture

Fishing Vessel News Roundup | November 4 – Norwegian hybrid farm workboat orders, Russian trawler acquisitions and more

Baird Maritime
A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel (representative photo only)
Accidents

One dead after tug suffers onboard fire off Okinawa

Jens Karsten
MSC Hannah III
Accidents

Containership crew rescue 10 after cargo vessel sinks off Cyprus

Gareth Havelock
The Ro-Pax ferry Virgen de Peñafrancia II lies on her side after listing heavily to starboard just off Real Port in the Philippines' Quezon province, October 30, 2026. All 58 passengers and crew were safely rescued.
Accidents

58 rescued from listing ferry off Quezon Province, Philippines

Will Xavier
Prospector 5
Accidents

Three bodies found after Borr Drilling rig sinks off Gabon

Reuters
The listing container vessel MSC Elsa 3 off the coast of Kerala, India. The ship sank on May 25, 2025, causing some of her cargo of plastic pellets to wash ashore with some reaching as far as Sri Lanka.
Accidents

Indian court allows renewed compensation talks following MSC Elsa 3 loss

Gareth Havelock
New Legend Pearl (later renamed Sigma Pearl) in 2017
Accidents

Bulk carrier runs aground following propulsion loss off India's Kakinada coast

Gareth Havelock
A NOAA USV similar to the one involved in a Lake Erie collision with a recreational boat
Accidents

NTSB calls for national USV standards after Lake Erie collision involving NOAA research craft

Alan Bosworth
The listing cargo ship Seahorse off the coast of Lebanon, October 25, 2026
Accidents

Seven crew rescued after jumping from listing cargo ship off Lebanon

Gareth Havelock
The sand dredger Vivo Arya, pictured under a former name
Accidents

All 19 crew rescued after sand dredger sinks off Malaysia

Alan Bosworth
Mein Schiff 3
Accidents

Cruise ship collides with two container vessels in Bremerhaven

Gareth Havelock
Prospector 5
Accidents

One dead, four missing after jackup drilling rig sinks off Gabon

Jens Karsten
CMA CGM Petra, a sister ship of CMA CGM Pointe Noire
Accidents

CMA CGM containership strikes crane at Italy’s Livorno Port

Jens Karsten
The Russian hovercraft ferry Vasily Ilyin (representative photo only)
Search and Rescue

Hovercraft crews rescue 128 passengers from grounded river ferry in eastern Russia

Gareth Havelock
SalMar
Accidents

Worker airlifted to hospital after crushing accident at SalMar fish farm in Norway

Alan Bosworth
Other vessels attempt to extinguish the blaze on the ferry Batumandi near Indonesia's Merak Port, October 20, 2026
Accidents

Multiple vessels respond after ferry catches fire off Merak, Indonesia

Gareth Havelock
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