Update: Growing Concern for 22 Missing Seafarers

There is little hope for the 22 missing crew members following the sinking of a South Korean very large ore carrier (VLOC) Stellar Daisy, Reuters reports citing Uruguayan Navy official.

Nine Missing after Ship Sinks off Vietnam

Nine seafarers remain missing after their general cargo vessel Hai Thanh 26 BIDV sank some 44 nautical mile off the coast of Vung Tau, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Transportation.

One Dead, Six Missing After Two Cargo Ships Sink off Philippines

One crewman died and six have been reported as missing following the sinking of two cargo vessels off the Philippines on Tuesday, January 17, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reports.

That sinking feeling

Too many ships, too little trade. On August 31st Hanjin Shipping, South Korea’s biggest container carrier and the seventh-largest in the world, filed for receivership, after five years of losses and another deficit in the first half of 2016.

New Mykonos Splits in Two, Sinks off Madagascar

Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier New Mykonos, which ran aground on January 29, south of Faux Cap, southern Madagascar, broke into two and sank last week, according to AllAfrica.

Sinking ship abandoned, crew rescued

A 5,000-dwt cargo ship that sank in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday has been abandoned, as all 14 crew members were safely evacuated by Japan’s coast guard, reports said. ...

China tugboat sinking leaves 22 dead

The bodies of all 22 missing from when a tugboat capsized on sea trials on the Yangtze River on Thursday have...