CASUALTIES
Accidents could happen. Accidents with ships, containers
or on containerterminals.
All photo's were just found on the Internet or received by e-mail and are not
published to show
a negative image of the ships owner or whatsoever. It is just to show you what may happen.
The 'remarks' were found on Internet or in other articles.
Aconcagua
| Vessel name | Aconcagua |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 30-dec-1998 |
| Location | At sea, near Ecuador |
| Remarks | Fire onboard. The ship was towed and docked in Balbao, Panama on |
| 21-jan-1999 for unloading. | |
Alva Star
| Vessel name | Alva Star |
| Type of ship | Containerschip |
| Date | |
| Location | Zakinthos island, Greece |
| Remarks | Vessel hit the island during navigational error at night |
| Vessel name | Anja |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 08-nov-2007 |
| Location | Norway |
| Remarks | Grounded, refloated 11-nov-2007 |
ANL Indonesia
| Vessel name | ANL Indonesia |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | Jan. 2003 |
| Location | Malacca strait, Malaysia/Singapore roads |
| Remarks | ANL Indonesia collided with a Singapore naval ship, which |
| broke in two after the collision. 4 female crewmembers of the | |
| RSS Courageous died. 2 officers of the naval ship were justiced for | |
| improper navigation however the Singapore authorities claimed | |
| against the Dutch shipowner full responsibility of the collision. | |
| Meanwhile, the ANL Indonesia has been renamed into Maersk Darwin | |
| and operating for Maersk Sealand. |
APL China
| Vessel name | APL China |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | |
| Location | Pacific Ocean, enroute from Asia to the USA |
| Remarks | Worst containerdisaster ever, vessel was hit by very heavy weather |
| in the Pacific ocean. | |
APL Panama
| Vessel name | APL Panama |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 25-dec-2005 |
| Location | Ensenada, Mexico |
| Remarks | Master did not wait for a pilot and tugboats to enter the port, due |
| to the strong current and waves vessel grounded near the port. | |
Bunga Teratai Satu
| Vessel name | Bunga Teratai Satu |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 02-nov-2000 |
| Location | Sudbury Reef (Great barrier reef), Australia |
| Remarks | Vessel ran aground on the Great barrier reef |
| Click here to read more | |
CMA Djakarta
| Vessel name | CMA Djakarta |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | |
| Location | Egypt |
| Remarks | Fire onboard in one of the cargo holds |
| Vessel name | Cosco Busan (Recently renamed from Hanjin Cairo) |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 07-nov-2007 |
| Location | San Francisco, USA |
| Remarks | Allided with one of the towers of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Large oil spill. |
CP Valour
| Vessel name | CP Valour |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | December 2005 |
| Location | Azores, Atlantic Ocean |
| Remarks | Grounded and demolished at same place |
| For more information + pictures please click here. | |
CSAV Shenzhen
| Vessel name | CSAV Shenzhen |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | September 2004 |
| Location | |
| Remarks | Vessel hit by bad weather at the Pacific Ocean |
Dongedijk
| Vessel name | Dongedijk |
| Type of ship | Containership (feeder) |
| Date | |
| Location | Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Remarks | Containers not loaded correctly, while manouevering vessel |
| capsized | |
Emma Maersk
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| Vessel name | Emma Maersk |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | June-2006 |
| Location | Odense shipyard, Denmark |
| Remarks | Due to welding works in the engine room, sparks ignited the carton |
| and wooden protecting floors (pallets) and fire spread rapidly | |
| through the whole accomodation including the bridge. A new | |
| superstructure was ordered in Latvia as I know. | |
| This is the first "12000 TEU" vessel. | |
Ever Decent
| Vessel name | Ever Decent |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | .. aug 1999 |
| Location | Ramsgate, UK |
| Remarks | Cruise ship "Norwegian Dream" collided with this ship at night time, |
| officer of the cruise liner did not turned correctly to avoid a | |
| collision, navigational error. | |
Fowairet
| Vessel name | Fowairet |
| Type of ship | Containerschip |
| Date | 20 september 2005 05:00 |
| Location | Westerscheldt river, the Netherlands |
| Remarks | Vessel grounded undeway to Antwerp, Belgium. Reason unknown. |
| Hull cracked and major damage. Vessel refloated by 13 tugs at | |
| 17:00 the same day and towed to the Dutch port of Flushing for | |
| repair and discharging. | |
| Photo's 12-17 were taken on the Waterway river near Maassluis when | |
| the ship was underway to the dock. (07-oct-2005) | |
Glasgow Maersk
| Vessel name | Glasgow Maersk |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | |
| Location | ,USA |
| Remarks | Ship hits the quay wall |
Han Se
| Vessel name | Han Se |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 10-apr-2000 |
| Location | South Korea |
| Remarks | Due to incorrect stability/loading, ship capsized |
Hanjin Gothenburg &
Chang Tong
| Vessel name | Hanjin Gothenburg |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 15-sep-2007 |
| Location | Xingang, China |
| Remarks | Collision |
Hanjin Pennsylvania
| Vessel name | Hanjin Pennsylvania |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 11-nov-2002 |
| Location | Indian Ocean, 150 km south of Sri Lanka underway to Europe |
| Remarks | First explosion on deck 4, from unknown origin, possible undeclared dangerous cargo, possible Calcium hypochlorite, |
| 4 days later a second explosion occured due to spread fires from the first explosion. This second explosion was on deck 6, with containers with magnesium ignots.A huge fire results in crew must abandon | |
| the just 4 months old ship, on her second voyage to Europe. | |
| The ship was towed to a port to discharge the containers and vessel | |
| was sold to Indian breakers since the rebuilding costs would be | |
| more expensive then demolish the ship. Zodiac Maritime (UK) bought | |
| the ship, refurbished the ship for nearly 50% of the price of a new ship and she is now sailing around as the "Norasia Bellatrix". |
Heinrich Behrmann
| Vessel name | Heinrich Behrmann |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | |
| Location | Blankenberge, Belgium |
| Remarks | Vessel grounded due to bad weather. Vessel refloated a few days |
| later. | |
Hyundai Fortune
| Vessel name | Hyundai Fortune |
| Type of ship | Container |
| Date | 21-mar-2006 |
| Location | Gulf of Aden, Yemen, during voyage Singapore-Suez canal |
| Remarks | Explosion (source unknown) caused fire and all bays behind the |
| superstructure and the superstructure has been completely destroyed | |
| by the fire. Vessel declared total loss and being towed to Doha, | |
| Qatar or Dubai, UAE by the Dutch tug "Smitwijs Rotterdam". | |
| Distress signal+smoke discovered by Dutch fregat "De zeven | |
| provinciën" being on patrol for mission "Endurance freedom" | |
| On the last picture (24) you see the ship 'for sale' |
| Vessel name | Ital Florida |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 16~19-jul-2007 |
| Location | Arabian sea, Indian Ocean |
| Remarks | Vessel hit by the Indian Monsoon, 3 containers lost overboard and stacks collapsed. Vessel was hit by 7-10 meters high waves, ship was running with 16 knots. |
Kowloon Bay
| Vessel name | Kowloon Bay |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 24-nov-1989 02:15 |
| Location | 30 miles NE of Sumatra, Indonesia, on a rock off island Pu Rondo |
| Remarks | At night time the vessel hit a Indonesian island with 21 knots. |
| Major damage to her bow occured, vessel refloated on 28-nov-1989 | |
| 09:30 and towed with 3,5 knots towards Singapore with 2 | |
| salvage tugs. Vessel dry docked in Singapore for repairs. | |
Kyoto Express / Southampton Container Terminal
| Vessel name | Kyoto Express |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 18-jan-2008 |
| Location | Southampton, UK |
| Remarks | During booming the gantry crane's arm, the arm was broken and smashed |
| onto the Kyoto Express which was ready for departure. After the | |
| accident the authorities ordered to shutdown all 11 gantry cranes | |
| for further safety inspections. A giant chaos was the result and several | |
| containerships diverted to surrounding ports for discharging. | |
Limburg
| Vessel name | Limburg |
| Type of ship | Oil tanker |
| Date | 04-oct-2002 |
| Location | Yemen |
| Remarks | A small boat with explosives hit the ship as a terrorist attack. |
| A huge fire was the result. However this is not a containership I would | |
| like to show you how fragile merchant ships can be. | |
LT Utile
| Vessel name | LT Utile |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 03-aug-2003 (1-3), 28-aug-2003 (4-6) |
| Location | Yantian anchorage, China (1-3), Rotterdam (4-6) |
| Remarks | A container with IMO 5.2/UN 3105 (Organic perioxde) caught fire |
| when the ship was awaiting her berth in Yantian. Crew immediately | |
| took action to stop the fire and was assisted by fire boats. | |
| No injuries occured. Incorrect information from the shipper seems | |
| to be the reason, no dangerous cargo remarks were provided to | |
| the shipping liner. | |
| Vessel name | Lys Point |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 19-sep-2007 |
| Location | ECT Delta DDN, Rotterdam, NL |
| Remarks | Pushed towards quay due to strong wind. |
Maersk Tampa
| Vessel name | Maersk Tampa |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | |
| Location | , USA |
| Remarks | Same situation as the "Glasgow Maersk" (see above) |
MSC Al Amine
| Vessel name | MSC Al Amine |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | feb-2005 |
| Location | Ain Oktor, Tunisia |
| Remarks | Vessel grounded and spilled oil |
MSC Carla
| Vessel name | MSC Carla |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | nov-1997 |
| Location | Azoren islands, Atlantic Ocean |
| Remarks | Vessel broke in 2 parts during heavy water. Forepeak sank, aft |
| peak floated and was towed to the Canary islands thereafter. | |
| Just after the accident sources said the Italian officers steered the | |
| vessel with full speed into the high waves, but in 2005 research | |
| concluded the welding points of the ship (when it was jumbosized) | |
| were weak and are the reason of this accident. | |
MSC Ilona + Hyundai Advance
| Vessel name | MSC Ilona + Hyundai Advance |
| Type of ship | Containerships |
| Date | 09-dec-2004 |
| Location | Hong Kong, China |
| Remarks | Hyundai Advance collided to MSC Ilona and approx. 138.000 gallons |
| of oil were spilled. The Hyundai ship tried to 'escape' of the accident | |
| area, but were stopped by Chinese patrol boats. The oil spill was | |
| approx. 22x16 km big. The Hyundai Advance was underway from | |
| Shenzhen to Singapore, whilst the MSC Ilona arrived from Shanghai | |
| and was heading for Shenzhen. | |
| Vessel name | MSC Napoli |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 18-jan-2007 |
| Location | English channel, South-West of England |
| Remarks | Grounded / crack in the hull |
| During a very heavy storm MSC Napoli's engine room was taking | |
| water by a hold in the hull (reason unknown or aground) | |
| English & French coastguard tried to pull the vessel to a port, however during | |
| this action the vessel almost capesized and was pushed aground. | |
| Many containers lost overboard and beached. Oil pollution. During May 2007 the last of 2199 containers onboard were discharged by Smit Salvage team. During refloating trials in June/July 2007, the ships' damage is severe than expected, therefore the salvage teams used explosives to break th ship in 2 before removal. In August 2007 the MSC Napoli was towed to Belfast, N-Ireland, to be demolished at the same wharf as the famous "Titanic" was built. The total salvage operation costs around 70 million Euro's. (Approx. USD 92 mln) | |
| This vessel also grounded in 2001 on a coral reef near Singapore, at full speed and fully loaded (as CMA CGM Normandie). |
| Vessel name | NYK Antares |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 09-nov-2007 04:40 |
| Location | German Bight, North Sea, underway from Hamburg to Le Havre |
| Remarks | Due to severe weather approx. 52 containers were lost overboard and resulted in a mess on deck. |
| Rotterdam was the only port who could clean up | |
| this mess quickly for this case. Photo 04-07 credit to Mr.Schouten. | |
OOCL America
| Vessel name | OOCL America |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 1998 |
| Location | Pacific Ocean (enroute USA to Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
| Remarks | The vessel was hit by heavy weather on the Pacific Ocean, on the |
| photo's 1-4 you see the result on arrival in Taiwan. The last photo | |
| shows the vessel in normal condition (Copyright Dennis Shum, HK) | |
| This accident was the 2nd place-worst container accident ever. | |
P&O Nedlloyd Barcelona
| Vessel name | P&O Nedlloyd Barcelona |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | jun-2005 |
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Remarks | Vessel was hit by heavy weather. |
Pelican I + Maersk Bahrain
| Vessel name | Pelican I + Maersk Bahrain |
| Type of ship | Containerships |
| Date | 20-jul-2003 02:12 |
| Location | Westerschelde river (Netherlands) near Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Remarks | Two vessels collided at night time, probably due to steering gear failure of the Pelican I. Pelican I engine room flooded |
| and vessel was grounded by the pilot/captain to avoid sinking. | |
| No injuries occured. | |
| Pelican I was later repaired in Vlissingen (Flushing), Netherlands and | |
| it was sad one crane driver was killed during unloading containers from the ship. | |
Repubblica di Genova
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| Vessel name | Republica di Genova |
| Type of ship | Con-Ro |
| Date | 08-mar-2007 |
| Location | Antwerpen, Belgium |
| Remarks | Vessel capesized while alongside, just before departure at 05:30. |
| In August 2007 salvage works began to upright the vessel. | |
| On 31-aug-2007 the salvage team has succeeded to upright to the | |
| vessel. On 18-nov-2007 the vessel has been towed to the Antwerp Shiprepair | |
| yard for repairs. | |
Sea-Land Express
| Vessel name | Sea-Land Express |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | |
| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Remarks | Vessels anchor was dragging while at anchor, due to the giant and strong |
| waves along the coast vessel was blown to the beach and grounded. | |
| Due to the strong wind and big waves it was a very big job to refloat the ship, | |
| several trials to refloat the ship failed. | |
Torm Alexandra
| Vessel name | Torm Alexandra |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 25-jul-2001 |
| Location | Monrovia, Liberia (West Africa) |
| Remarks | Vessel capsized due to incorrect ballast/lifting a heavy lift. |
| Years after the accident happened, the wreck is still there. | |
Ville D'Orion
| Vessel name | Ville D'Orion |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | |
| Location | , USA |
| Remarks | Vessel hit by heavy weather, containers collapsed. |
Wan Hai 307 & Alpha Action
| Vessel name | Wan Hai 307 & Alpha Action |
| Type of ship | Containership |
| Date | 27-jul-2007 |
| Location | Tokyo Bay, Japan |
| Remarks | Collision |
Western Trader & Hellenic Star
| Vessel name | Western Trader & Hellenic Star |
| Type of ship | Containership & Tanker |
| Date | |
| Location | New Waterway river, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Remarks | During the night the tanker Hellenic Star came out of the Botlek |
| area and turned onto the river. The vessel became steerless and | |
| hit the passing Western Trader. The Western Trader flooded was | |
| pushed towards undeep water and grounded to avoid sinking. | |
| Containers were unloaded by a floating crane and pontoon. | |
