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Month: October 2010

Baltic Sea Ferry

Baltic Sea Ferry

FEHMARN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 09: In this handou...
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The 650 foot ferry Lisco Gloria was gutted by fire while on route from Kiel to Klaipeda, Lithuania The ferry’s 236 people onboard, 204 passengers and 32 crew, had to evacuated to lifeboats and were transferred to another ferry. There were 28 reported injuries with 3 requiring hospital. Reports state the fire may have started by an explosion from a reefer lorry located on the vessel’s upper deck.

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Mystic Sinks

Mystic Sinks

motor vessel Mystic

The 206 foot motor vessel Mystic capsized and sank near Damas Cay, Bahamas. The vessel requested assistance after it had struct a submerged object resulting in water ingress into the vessel. The crew attempted to pump out the water, but the rate of water ingress was too much. The 10 member crew abandoned the vessel into liferafts when the vessel was close to capsizing. All 10 crew onboard were rescued and reported safe. Reports state pollution is likely to be released from the 8000 gallons of diesel fuel onboard the Mystic when it sank.

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