List of major marine accidents 2001–2010

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The list of serious marine accidents 2001–2010 records accidents in shipping with fatalities or high property damage.

Ship accidents between 2001 and 2010

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date Surname dead Course of events
February 9, 2001 Ehime Maru 9 The US nuclear submarine Greeneville of the Los Angeles class collided with the Japanese fishing training ship Ehime Maru during a simulated emergency maneuver off Hawaii . The Japanese ship sank within ten minutes. Nine Japanese died, including four high school students. The wreck was recovered from a depth of 610 m and towed into shallow water. Eight bodies were found in the ship there. Later the wreck was sunk in 2600 meters deep water.
October 19, 2001 Refugee boat 353 South of the island of Java , an Indonesian fishing boat launched the day before and loaded with 397 people - mostly refugees from Iraq - sank on the way to Christmas Island . The refugees wanted to seek asylum in Australia. 44 people were saved, 353 drowned.
23/24 December 2001 Christopher 27 During a strong storm and seven meter high waves, the Cypriot freighter Christopher suffered a water ingress in the engine room about 150 nautical miles north of the Azores . Only a brief emergency call was received. Despite immediate search measures, the ship was not found. Two days later, only two empty life rafts and a puddle of oil were discovered by the freighter loaded with coal and its crew of 27. It was assumed that the ship sank within a few minutes with the entire crew.
March 7, 2002 Refugee boat 50 A boat loaded with around 60 refugees from Africa capsized in heavy seas off Lampedusa . The Italian coast guard and local fishermen were only able to save eleven survivors. An estimated 50 people drowned.
3rd / 4th May 2002 Salahuddin 2 328 Near Shatnal (Bangladesh), in the estuary of the Meghna River , the river ferry Salahuddin 2 , with around 500 people on board on the way from Dhaka to Pathutaklai, got caught in a strong hurricane and capsized. The first rescue workers did not arrive until 24 hours later. A total of 328 people died, only about 170 survivors were rescued. The ferry probably overturned due to overloading, as it was only designed for about 250 people.
September 26, 2002 Le Joola 1,863 The Senegalese ferry Le Joola (1,500 GT) capsized off the coast of Gambia during a storm. Only 60 survivors were saved. The total number of victims was initially given as around 1000, but according to later investigations it was 1863. The ship was only permitted for 550 passengers and was totally overloaded. The downfall led to a political crisis in Senegal and the dismissal of the government by President Abdoulaye Wade .
November 13, 2002 Prestigious 0 The 26-year-old single-hull tanker Prestige , loaded with 77,000 tons of oil, ran into distress. Six days later it broke up and sank off the coast of Spain. He lost more than 63,000 tons of heavy fuel oil. It was the worst environmental disaster in Spain to date .
December 14, 2002 Tricolor 0 The Norwegian car transporter Tricolor with 2,871 brand new cars on board collided with the freighter Kariba on the voyage from Zeebrugge to Southampton and sank in the English Channel within half an hour ; the 24-man crew could be saved. As a result, several ships collided with the wreck, which was only sawed into sections in autumn 2003 and then lifted. The full recovery was completed in October 2004.
March 28, 2003 RMS Mülheim 0 The freighter RMS Mülheim , loaded with 2200 tons of plastic shredder waste from automobiles, got into distress on its journey from Cork in Ireland to Lübeck off Land's End and was driven onto the cliffs of Sennen. Oil leaking from the hull caused a 500 meter long oil spill. The six-man crew was rescued by helicopter. The ship could no longer be recovered, parts of the wreck lay below the steep coast. The recovery of the cargo dragged on for weeks.
April 2003 Submarine 361 70 In the conventional submarine No. 361 of the Chinese Ming class (built from 1971 to 1996 based on the Soviet Romeo class ), an accident occurred without precise information on the causes (leak, explosion?). Seventy seamen died during sea exercises in the Yellow Sea east of the Neichangshan archipelago at the entrance to the Bohai Gulf off the coast of Shandong Province in northeast China. The submarine was then damaged and towed into Lushun Harbor.
May 31, 2003 Fu Shan Hai 0 The bulk carrier Fu Shan Hai loaded with 66,000 tons of fertilizer was rammed by the Cypriot feeder ship Gdynia on its voyage from Ventspils to China and sank eight hours after the collision in Bornholmsgat .
8/9 July 2003 Nasrin 1 ≈ 600 In Bangladesh , near the city of Chandpur , the completely overloaded passenger ferry Nasrin 1 collided with an underwater obstacle (possibly driftwood?) On the Meghna River during the night and capsized within a few minutes. Only after 20 hours did the first aid ships arrive and save around 400 people. However, around 600 people were killed. The ship was designed for about 350 passengers, but there were (estimated) 1000 on board.
October 15, 2003 Andrew J. Barberi 11 After the captain's weakness, the Andrew J. Barberi passenger ferry, which operates between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan , rammed a quay in the port of New York and was badly damaged. Eleven people died in the collision and 65 passengers were injured.
January 9, 2004 Refugee boat 21st In the southern Adriatic, a boat coming from Albania with 32 Albanian refugees on board capsized in stormy weather. 21 people drowned. The Italian coast guard was only able to save eleven people. Of these, two were later arrested on suspicion of people smuggling.
January 15, 2004 Bugaled Breizh 5 25 nautical miles off the coast of Cornwall , near Lizard Point , the French fishing trawler Bugaled Breizh sank within about 30 seconds in calm weather. None of the five crew members survived. Although other fishermen were quickly there after an SOS call , no survivors could be rescued. The sinking initially appeared to be a mystery, but later speculation was that a nuclear submarine could have accidentally caught the nets of the cutter and pulled it into the depths. This would at least explain the very rapid and inexplicable sinking in calm weather. Since the sea area in which the trawler sank is also frequently crossed by British nuclear submarines, this rumor continues to this day. The day of the accident was also a Thursday, and on Thursdays the Royal Navy traditionally held maneuvers in the English Channel. The report of the Bureau d'enquêtes sur les événements de mer was published on November 27, 2006 and mentioned a number of possible causes for the accident, but the possibility that a submarine was involved was ruled out.
January 19, 2004 Rocknes 18th The freighter Rocknes ran aground off the coast of Norway near Bergen , had a leak and capsized within minutes. 18 of the 29 crew members lost their lives. When the case was dealt with by the Maritime Office in Bergen, it emerged that at the point of bottoming in the fairway there was a 9 m shoal (draft of the Rocknes at the time of bottoming: 10.40 m), while there was one on the nautical charts used Depth of over 50 m was specified. This shoal was also not known to the pilot on duty , who survived the accident , but was known to the relevant Norwegian authorities, which surveyed this point a few years ago but had not issued an emergency report about it. From 2003 the shoal was entered on official nautical charts , but an older map was used on the Rocknes . This resulted in an intensive discussion of the extent to which ships should use certain sets of maps, especially with regard to electronic maps and their software.
March 7, 2004 Samson 121 On the crossing from the Comoros to Mahajanga ( Madagascar ) the ferry Samson sank with 113 passengers and eleven crew members on board in the cyclone " Gafilo ". Everyone on board was killed, with the exception of two people who reached Madagascar in a life raft and a third male who was only found five days later among 16 bodies.
May 23, 2004 Lightning Sun 61 In Bangladesh , south of Dhaka , the Lightning Sun passenger ferry sank in a strong storm on the Meghna River at night . At least 61 people were killed. According to unclear reports, over 100 other people were missing.
12./13. August 2005 (?) Refugee boat 104 A refugee boat with 113 passengers sank off the southwest coast of Colombia between August 11 and 14, 2005. It left the port of Manta in Ecuador on August 11th . On August 14, nine survivors (seven men and two women) were found and the 104 remaining passengers were declared missing. The passengers supposedly wanted to enter the United States without official papers. The boat should only have been designed for about 15 passengers.
September 16, 2005 Moquini 6th The South African yacht Moquini , which took part in the "Mauritius-Durban Yacht Race", capsized on the night of September 16, 2005 off the south coast of Madagascar , probably because the keel of the ship suddenly broke off. Only a short emergency signal was automatically sent. The yacht was then missing. On February 5, 2006, around five months later, the Moquini, drifting keel up, was found by the French tanker Algarve about 500 nautical miles east of the Cape of Good Hope . The wreck was recovered, but there was no trace of the six-man crew.
2nd / 3rd February 2006 Al-Salam Boccaccio 98 1,026 In the Red Sea , on the way from the Saudi Arabian Dhiba to the Egyptian Safaga , the Egyptian car ferry Al-Salam Boccaccio 98 sank after a fire on board. Since the extinguishing water used could not be pumped out due to inadequate pumps, it accumulated on the vehicle deck, which led to an incorrect distribution of the center of gravity in the hull and, together with strong winds, ultimately led to the ship overturning around midnight. Of 1,414 passengers and crew members, only 388 were saved. Above all, negligence is likely to have contributed to the disaster, as an investigation later found.
March 30, 2006 Al Dana 48 The Arab ferry Al Dana , a converted dhow , capsized off Manama ( Bahrain ) for an unknown reason, probably as a result of overloading. The ship had previously been rented by a local company for a ceremony, which is why numerous foreigners were among the victims. A total of 48 people died, including 12 British and 17 Indian. 65 people were saved.
29./30. December 2006 Senopati Nusantara 500 The Indonesian ferry Senopati Nusantara sank in bad weather and in six meter high waves off the island of Java. The ship was en route from the port city of Kumai in the province of Kalimantan in the direction of Semarang on Java. 177 survivors were found at the scene of the accident, 47 more people were found by January 8 and up to 300 nautical miles from the scene of the accident. The exact number of victims remained unknown, but it was estimated that at least 500 people were killed.
April 6, 2007 Sea Diamond 2 After the collision with an underwater reef on April 5, 2007, the wrecked Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond (22,412 GT) sank off the port of the island of Santorini . According to Fischer, the place of the sinking was around 200 meters deep. Of the 1167 passengers and 391 crew members, all but two were rescued. The reason for the accident was most likely a faulty nautical chart.
May 7, 2007 (?) Refugee boat 54 A refugee boat from Haiti on its way to the USA sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands after an attempt by a police ship . 54 of the approximately 150 refugees died.
November 23, 2007 Explorer 0 On a cruise from Argentine Ushuaia to the Antarctic Peninsula the ship collided at 05:24 UTC about 26 nautical miles east of the South Shetland Islands belonging to King George Island probably leak with an iceberg and beat. About 15 hours after the collision (according to GAP Adventures already around 7 p.m. UTC) the Explorer sank to a depth of 1,100 meters. 91 passengers, nine expedition leaders and lecturers as well as 52 crew members went into the lifeboats and were picked up by the Nordnorge , which was nearby.

The master and the first officer initially stayed on board and tried to keep the ship buoyant, but gave up the ship in the course of the day.

October 28, 2007 Omer N 8th In the Baltic Sea, near the island of Lolland , the Slovak cargo ship Omer N capsized in stormy weather for unexplained reasons. Of the eleven people on board, despite the immediate use of Danish and German helicopters, divers and rescue ships, only three were rescued alive.
October 28, 2007 Jinshan 2 Off the coast of the Chinese province of Shandong , about four nautical miles from the shore, the North Korean freighter Jinshan capsized for unknown reasons, possibly as a result of overloading. The Chinese coast guard was able to save a total of 23 people, but help came too late for two crew members.
November 26, 2007 Mezzanine 26th The Panamanian flagged bulk carrier Mezzanine (16,649 GT) sank in typhoon “Mitag” off the north coast of Taiwan . The ship loaded with iron ore, en route from Indonesia to Tianjin , sank in the early morning hours of November 26th. Of the 27 crew members, despite the emergency calls being made, only one survivor was rescued by the Taiwanese coast guard almost 20 hours after the sinking.
February 1, 2008 Riverdance 0 The RoRo ferry Riverdance , flying the flag of the Bahamas, got into heavy seas while traveling through the Irish Sea, developed a strong list and ran aground in the English town of Cleveleys near Blackpool . After attempts to rescue the ship had failed, the ship was canceled on site. All 23 crew members and passengers were rescued by helicopters.
February 6, 2008 AND adriatic 0 The Turkish RoRo freighter UND Adriyatik (22,900 GT) with 200 trucks and nine tons of dangerous goods on board caught fire in Croatian territorial waters near the city of Rovinj . The 22 sailors and the nine passengers were rescued by a Greek ship. The ship was scrapped after the fire was extinguished.
March 22, 2008 Neftegaz 67 18th In the port of Hong Kong, the Chinese freighter Yao Hai collided with the Ukrainian deep-sea tug Neftegaz 67 (2,723 GT), which sank within a few minutes. Of the team, 24 Ukrainians and one Chinese, only seven were able to save themselves. A court later found both ship's captains to be partially guilty, although the tug probably would have had right of way. At the same time, however, it was pointed out that life-saving equipment and routes on board the Ukrainian ship were completely inadequate, which had already been criticized during an inspection in 2003.
June 21, 2008 Princess of the Stars 800 The Philippine ferry Princess of the Stars (23,824 GT), on the way from Manila to Cebu City , sank off the coast of the Philippine island of Sibuyan after it got caught in the typhoon "Fengshen". Of around 850 people on board, only 56 were later rescued. A commission of inquiry later blamed the captain and the shipping company ( Sulpicio Lines ) for the disaster, since the effects of the typhoon had been grossly underestimated and the ship had started its voyage despite warnings.
September 24, 2008 Chicago Express 1 The German container ship Chicago Express (93,811 GT) was hit by a very strong wave on the starboard side during a typhoon and made several roll movements of up to 44 degrees. Due to the enormous acceleration forces, the captain and lookout were thrown across the entire bridge several times, hitting hard against fixtures and cupboards. The Filipino lookout died on the bridge, the German captain was critically injured and flown to a Hong Kong hospital.
September 27, 2008 Tolstoy 8th The Russian freighter Tolstoy (3,994 GT), with a load of scrap on its way from Rostov-on-Don to Nemrut Bay (Turkey), broke apart in a storm off the Bulgarian coast, about 20 nautical miles from Cape Emine . Of the ten-man crew, only two men were recovered from the Belgian yacht Mirage a day later . The other eight crew members were killed in the sinking. The ship is said to have been in poor condition and probably broke apart as a result of material fatigue.
January 11, 2009 KM Teratai Prima 0 200 On the voyage between the port of Parepare on the island of Sulawesi and Borneo , the Indonesian ferry KM Teratai Prima 0 sank in a severe storm. The ship was probably hit by a monster wave. According to the sea rescue service, up to 200 people could have died. 36 survivors are rescued the following day.
January 19, 2009 Polar crap 0 On January 15, 2009, the freighter Polar Mist left the port of Punta Quilla in Patagonia with a load of 9.3 tons of metal doré (bars made of ninety percent silver and ten percent gold). The destination port was Punta Arenas . The cargo was valued at $ 20 million and was insured with Lloyd's of London . After an emergency call was made, the crew was evacuated by helicopter. On January 19, 2009, the Chilean tug Beagle tried to bring the abandoned ship to Punta Arenas. However, when the Polar Mist began to sink, the rescue attempt was abandoned and the freighter sank to a depth of eighty meters. The cargo was completely recovered by August 2009.
January 20, 2009 Dove 6th When entering the port of Mehdia on the west coast of Morocco , the sailing yacht Taube was hit by ground lakes and capsized. Of the seven crew members between the ages of 17 and 28, only a 19-year-old German was able to save herself.
January 26, 2009 Excursion boat 40 In Vietnam in the province of Quảng Bình , on the so-called Perfume River , an excursion boat capsized during the moon festival. 40 passengers drowned, mostly women and children. According to unconfirmed reports, the boat capsized because the guests on board had all gone to the same side of the boat to watch a market on the bank.
March 8, 2009 DiveAsia I 7th The diving excursion ship DiveAsia I capsized at around 10:45 p.m. local time on its way back from the Similan Islands (Thailand) to Phuket (Thailand) in an approaching storm. According to reports from survivors, strong winds from the coast pushed the boat on its right side until it turned on its side and sank within a very short time. Of the 24 guests and six crew members, six guests and one crew member died. The survivors were able to save themselves in two life rafts, where they were spotted several hours later by a fishing boat and then rescued. Most of the victims were in their cabins, which were all on the starboard side at the time the ship sank. The 28-meter ship operated by DiveAsia Inc. is located at a depth of approx. 70 m 12 miles off the coast of Phuket and also operated under the name Chok Somboon 19 .
March 9, 2009 Ibn Battuta 14th The Cypriot freighter Ibn Battuta (5,600 GT), loaded with quartz sand , sank in the Red Sea , about 35 nautical miles off Safaga , in stormy weather. Presumably, a shift in the cargo led to the sinking. In the following two days, a total of twelve men out of 26 crew members were rescued by the Egyptian Navy. However, 14 people were killed.
March 11, 2009 Pacific Adventurer 0 The Hong Kong-registered container ship lost 31 containers of ammonium nitrate on its voyage from Newcastle , New South Wales to Brisbane , Queensland when it was caught in a heavy seas storm about seven miles east of Cape Moreton , Queensland, Australia. Two of the fuel bunkers leaked and 270 tons of heavy oil leaked. There was no personal injury and only minor damage to the ship, but significant environmental damage.
5th / 6th August 2009 Princess Ashika 74 The Princess Ashika (690 GT) was a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Tonga Shipping Corporation under the flag of the Fiji Islands and operated between the islands of the Tonga Archipelago. She capsized and sank on the night of June 5th / 6th. August 2009, less than a month after starting her service in Tonga, on the way from Nukuʻalofa to Haʻafeva ( Nomuka ) completely surprising about 50 nautical miles northeast of Tonga . 74 people were killed, only about 40 passengers survived. A committee of the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission submitted a report in February 2010, citing the extremely poor condition of the ship as a sinking ground. Among other things, the ship ran out despite leaks in the hull. In addition, the team did not react to the first signs of an impending accident.
4-20 August 2009 (?) Refugee boat 75 On August 20, the Italian coast guard found a boat carrying five almost starved refugees from Africa and seven bodies off the coast of Sicily. The refugees left the port of Tripoli in Libya on August 4 and headed for Italy. After just a few days, however, fuel and food were used up. At the beginning of the voyage, an estimated 80 people were on board the cutter, but they gradually died within almost three weeks at sea. The bodies had been thrown overboard. Several ships that had sighted the refugee boat in the days before had made no rescue attempts.
October 26, 2009 Refugee boat 8th On October 26, a boat loaded with refugees from Afghanistan ran aground off the island of Lesbos in heavy seas . Eight people drowned. Nine refugees were able to save themselves on the bank.

The boat had previously left Turkey for Greece. A 19-year-old man from Turkey was later arrested for people smuggling.

November 22, 2009 Dumai Express 10 29 Off Sumatra, the Indonesian ferry Dumai Express 10 sank in a strong hurricane on the way from Batam Island to Riau in Sumatra. Almost 90 minutes after sailing, waves six meters high hit the ship, causing it to sink. An estimated 280 people were on board the presumably overloaded ferry . About 240 survivors were able to be rescued by rescue workers. At least 29 people died in the sinking. However, the number of victims could have been higher, as contradicting reports indicate that between 14 and 17 people were also reported missing.
November 27, 2009 Coco 72 Off the coast of Bangladesh , near Nazirhat in the Bhola district, the Coco ferry , which was on its way from the state capital Dhaka to Nazirhat , capsized in the evening hours of November 27 . The ship probably sank as a result of overloading; An estimated 1,500 people were on board the ferry, which is reportedly designed and approved for only 1,000 passengers. Although rescue workers were on site quickly and were able to rescue most of the travelers, at least 72 people died.
December 17, 2009 Danny F II 44 On December 17, 2009 , the Panamanian freighter Danny F II (14,478 GT), which was sailing from Uruguay to Syria , capsized in stormy seas off the coast of Lebanon , about fifteen nautical miles from the port city of Tripoli . Of the 83 people on board the ship, only 39 were rescued because of the strong storm.

A total of 44 crew members and passengers died, including the captain of the freighter. Ships of the German Navy also took part in the international rescue operation , including the mine-hunting boat Laboe and the Tender Mosel , which were deployed as part of the UNIFIL mission off the coast of Lebanon and which salvaged 25 seamen. Italian, British and Syrian units also took part in the search and saved a further twelve people. When the cattle truck went down, 10,000 sheep and 18,000 cattle also died.

February 26, 2010 Costa Europe 3 When docking, the Italian cruise ship Costa Europa (53,872 GT) collided with the pier in Sharm El-Sheikh in bad weather . The hull was torn open over an area of ​​several square meters - for the most part below the waterline. Crew cabins were in the immediate vicinity of the damage. Three crew members from India, Honduras and Brazil died and several vacationers were injured.
March 3, 2010 Louis Majesty 2 The cruise ship Louis Majesty (40,876 GT), sailing under the Cypriot flag, ran into heavy seas on its way from Barcelona to Marseille , where the ship was hit by three waves, each about eight meters high, at short intervals. Several windows in a saloon immediately above the bow were broken. Two people died in the accident, 14 others were injured, some seriously.
April 22, 2010 Deepwater Horizon 11 In the Gulf of Mexico , about 50 nautical miles from the Louisiana coast, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform sank after an explosion, causing a serious environmental disaster. Eleven of 126 crew members were killed.
26./27. August 2010 Alexeij Kulakowski 11 Off the Siberian coast, near the mouth of the Lena River , capsized on the night of 26/27. August the Russian mountain tractor Alexeij Kulakowski in a strong storm . The ship should have come to the aid of a fishing steamer in distress. As a result of the storm and because there was not enough life-saving equipment on board (there were only two life jackets for the 14 seafarers), eleven of the 14 crew members were killed. The captain and two sailors were rescued by a Russian tanker.
8/9 October 2010 Lisco Gloria 0 The ro-pax ferry Lisco Gloria sailing under the Lithuanian flag catches fire around 6 nautical miles north of Fehmarn on the journey from Kiel to Memel . Most of the 236 people on board went into lifeboats or jumped into the water, but were all rescued through the use of the Federal Police, the Coast Guard and the DGzRS . The ship was badly damaged by the fire and was first towed to Munkeboe and later scrapped in Memel. The cause of the fire was a technical defect. It was believed that a refrigeration unit on a truck caught fire.
December 3, 2010 Hong Wei 10 The Panamanian flagged Chinese bulk carrier Hong Wei (27,996 GT) capsized and sank about 120 nautical miles west-southwest of Itbayat (Philippines). Ten crew members were killed, 14 survivors were rescued by the Taiwanese coast guard and freighters. The ship loaded with 40,000 tons of iron ore probably sank because the loaded ore had become damp and slipped. The ship finally overturned due to the shift in the center of gravity.
December 13, 2010 In Sung No. 1 22nd The South Korean trawler In Sung No. 1 (614 GT) sank in the Southern Ocean , about 1000 nautical miles north of McMurdo Station . The ship went down within 30 minutes and did not make a distress call. The ship may have fallen victim to icing that had damaged the radio system. A collision with an iceberg floating below the surface of the water could also have been the cause. Of the 42 people on board, 20 were rescued by other trawlers. Any help came too late for another 22 crew members, most of them frozen to death within minutes in two degrees of water temperature.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US admiral apologizes over sub accident . japantimes.co.jp
  2. ↑ Dierk Schmidt: SIEV-X .
  3. ↑ Shipping disasters timeline . BBC
  4. ↑ 2 Rapport d'enquête technique Bugaled Breizh ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2012 on WebCite ; PDF; 12.9 MB) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BEAmer (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.beamer-france.org
  5. ↑ European Sailing Information System: Archives of maritime emergencies in March 2004 ( Memento of July 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Over 100 refugees missing . ( Memento of January 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Tagesanzeiger, August 17, 2005, Zurich
  7. ↑ 54 dead refugees from a boat accident ( Memento from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ GAP Adventures ( Memento from November 25, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )
  9. ↑ a b Cruise ship sunk after iceberg collision . In: Welt online
  10. ↑ Knitting Antarctic ship evacuated . In: BBC News
  11. ^ Fatal personal accident on board the CMS Chicago Express during typhoon "Hagupit" on September 24, 2008 in the sea area off Hong Kong . (PDF) Investigation report 510/08, Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation, November 1, 2009 (PDF; 2.1 MB).
  12. ↑ Bulgarian investigation report (PDF; 1.3 MB; English)
  13. ↑ Ferry with 250 people crashed
  14. ↑ Investigation report 015/09 , Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (PDF)
  15. ↑ Seven still missing after freak storm sinks boat near Phuket - March 9, 2009 ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  16. ↑ Phuket dive boat accident relatives urged to file claims - April 30, 2009 ( Memento from September 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  17. ↑ Oil spill off Australia's east coast ( Memento from March 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ↑ Sunken ferry "Princess Ashika" found (Hamburger Abendblatt)
  19. ↑ 75 boat refugees died in the Mediterranean . Reuters
  20. ↑ Dramas in the Mediterranean - Afghan boat sunk, ship saved from Africa ( Memento from October 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  21. ^ Hundreds rescued after Indonesia ferry sinks . BBC
  22. ↑ Bangladesh ferry death roll rises to 72 . BBC
  23. ^ Two Britons among 35 missing from cargo ship (The Telegraph)
  24. ↑ Katrin Wabnitz: The sinking of the DANNY FII. Protocol of assistance at sea by units of the German UNIFIL contingent. In: Wehrmedizin und Wehrpharmazie 4/2010. April 2010, accessed July 22, 2015 .
  25. ↑ Cruise ship accident: "Costa Europa" rams pier - three dead. In: Spiegel Online . February 26, 2010, accessed June 9, 2018 .
  26. ^ Gulf of Mexico . In: Spiegel Online . April 26, 2010
    Environmental disaster: Oil spill hits the Louisiana coast . In: badische-zeitung.de , April 30, 2010