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Spain arrests the crew of a migrant boat following eight deaths including a baby

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 19, 2025

The Civil Guard announced on Wednesday that seven members of the crew of an overcrowded migrant boat from Senegal arrived in the Canary Islands last December. They were arrested for the alleged murder of eight passengers including a toddler.

Russia claims that some 300 fishermen stuck on an ice floe have refused to evacuate

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 12, 2025

The Russian emergency ministry announced on Wednesday that some of the 300 Russians stranded in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the Western Pacific, refused to be evacuated. The ministry posted a message on Telegram saying that 109 fishermen were rescued by helicopters and boats…

After mid-April, the recovery of Tycoon Lynch’s sunken yacht will begin off Sicily.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 5, 2025

Sources close to the situation said on Wednesday that the superyacht, which sank in Sicily last April and killed British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, as well as six other people, would be recovered after its mast was dismantled. The salvage operation is expected to start around the middle of the month.

Shark attack kills teenage girl off Australia's East coast

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 3, 2025

Authorities said that a female swimmer died after a shark attacked her in the waters near a popular tourist destination on Australia's East Coast. The Queensland State Police said that emergency crews were dispatched to Woorim beach at Bribie island…

Sweden claims that a ship accidentally broke a Baltic Sea cable

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 3, 2025

A Swedish prosecutor announced on Monday that the cargo ship Vezhen damaged a submarine cable connecting Sweden and Latvia in late August, but that it was not deliberate. The vessel, which is registered under the Maltese flag, had already been released.

Two children die in Mediterranean shipwreck, 17 rescued, NGO says

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 26, 2025

The German NGO Sea Punks reported on Sunday that 17 migrants were rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of the Mediterranean while two children perished. Sea Punks released a press release stating that the rescue occurred in the early morning…

An NGO claims that dozens of migrants could have drowned on their way to Spain via boat.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 16, 2025

Walking Borders, a group that advocates for migrants' rights, said Thursday that as many as fifty migrants who attempted to reach Spain via boat from West Africa drowned. Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people on Wednesday from a boat which had left Mauritania in January…

Chinese tourist killed by jet ski accident in Thailand

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 14, 2025

China's state broadcaster CCTV, citing the Chinese embassy in Thailand, reported that a Chinese tourist died and another was injured when their jet skis collided on Phuket Island, Thailand, Tuesday. CCTV reported that the cause of the incident is being investigated.

Doctor says baby born on boat near Canary Islands, Spain is doing well.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 9, 2025

Both mother and baby are in good health, according to medical authorities and the regional government. Dr Maria Sabalich said that the pair was being treated by an emergency team at Molina Orosa Hospital in Lanzarote and were under constant observation.

Two migrant ships sink off Tunisia, killing at least 27, and rescuing dozens of others

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 2, 2025

The national guard reported on Thursday that the Tunisian coast guard had recovered the bodies 27 African migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean by two boats. The boats went down in the waters near Sfax, which is a popular departure point for African migrants.

Seven migrants rescued after boat sinks in Italy and at least 20 migrants are missing

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 1, 2025

The mayor of Lampedusa, an Italian island, said that seven migrants had been rescued but that at least twenty were still missing. Their boat was en route from Libya to Italy when it sank. One of those who survived was an eight-year-old Syrian child, who hoped to join his German-based father.

Shark attack kills tourist in Egypt's Marsa Alam resort

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 29, 2024

In a statement issued on Sunday, the Environment Ministry did not reveal the nationalities involved. However, it confirmed that one tourist had been killed and another injured by a shark in Egypt's Marsa Alam Resort. Sharks are present in the Red Sea, but they are rare.

The Greek coastguard recovers eight bodies after a collision near Rhodes

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 20, 2024

The Greek coastguard reported that eight bodies were recovered from the sea by Greece after their speedboat collided into a coastguard vessel which was pursuing them off the island Rhodes in the early hours of Friday morning. The coastguard stated that 18 people have been rescued…

As many as 20 migrants drown, but five are rescued when a boat carrying migrants sinks near Tunisia

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 18, 2024

The national guard reported on Wednesday that the Tunisian Coast Guard had recovered the bodies 20 African migrants after their boat sank just off the coast. This is the second drowning of migrants in one week. The Tunisian coast guard recovered nine bodies last Thursday.

At least 10 people die in Nigeria boat accident

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 15, 2024

Catherine Anene, spokesperson for the Benue State Police in central Nigeria said that at least 10 people were killed when a boat capsized along the Benue River. In Nigeria, more than 220 people have died in boat accidents so far this year. Most boat accidents are caused by overcrowding…

Many people feared being missing after boat capsizes near Greek island

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 14, 2024

The Greek coastguard reported on Saturday that Greek authorities had recovered a body and rescued 39 migrants after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the southern island Gavdos. Witnesses report that many are still missing. The coastguard…

As many as nine migrants drowned, and six others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks near Tunisia

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 12, 2024

A judicial official reported on Thursday that the Tunisian Coastguard had recovered nine bodies, while six other migrants are still missing, after their boat sank just off the Tunisian coastline. This is the latest boating disaster for migrants in the Mediterranean.

US Coast Guard ends search for crew members of capsized Alaskan boat

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 2, 2024

The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Monday that they had suspended their search for five individuals after their commercial fishing vessel capsized in Alaska. The Coast Guard received an early Sunday mayday call from the crew on the Wind Walker fishing vessel…

Thailand reports that the Myanmar navy fired on Thai fishing boats and detained 31 fishermen.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 30, 2024

A spokesperson for the Thai Defence Ministry stated that Myanmar's Navy opened fire on a boat group of Thai fishermen on Saturday. One fisherman drowned and 31 crew were detained from one of those boats. In a press release, Thanatip Sawangsang…

Boat capsizes kill at least 18 people in northern Cameroon flood-hit region

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 29, 2024

A local official confirmed that at least 18 people were killed when a boat capsized in the Far North region of Cameroon, carrying passengers to a market. The accident happened on Thursday, on the waterways that lead to Darak, a district in the Lake Chad Basin, near the border of Chad.

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