How’s your Monday going so far? Odds are, it is probably better than the 40-meter superyacht MY Saga that sank rather dramatically last week off the coast of Catanzaro Marina, in southern Italy. Fortunately, the Italian Coast Guard rescued nine … Continue reading
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The Italian Coast Guard has taken control of Ezadeen, a 240′ long, 50 year old cattle carrier registered in Sierra Leone, with 450 migrants aboard off the southern coast of Italy, near Crotone. The crew of the ship abandoned it … Continue reading
Straight from rescue operations on the ro/ro ferry Norman Atlantic, the Italian navy and coast guard rushed to intercept the Blue Sky M, a 3,500 DWT Moldavian freighter, which was reported to be carrying 700–1,000 migrants. A distress call had been received … Continue reading
Divers searching the wreck of the Costa Concordia have found five more bodies in the submerged section of the ship. All were wearing life jackets and are believed to be passengers. The number of missing, which had been as low … Continue reading
In April we posted about the sinking of an overloaded fishing boat carrying Libyan refugees where over 200 drowned. Today it was reported that another overloaded refugee boat in the roughly the same area sank with over 500 people aboard. Fortunately, the Italian … Continue reading