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Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200 [1]: Unknown 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.
The Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC) formerly named Sulpicio Lines currently holds the world record for the worst peacetime maritime disaster due to the sinking MV Doña Paz which is said to have claimed more than 4,000 lives in the Philippines.
Maritime accidents in the Philippines are common due to a combination of bad weather, poor maintenance, and lax enforcement of safety regulations. [7] The Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (operator of Sulpicio Lines) has been involved in five maritime disasters , most notably the 1987 sinking of the ferry Doña Paz that resulted in an ...
One person died and nearly 100 had to be rescued after a ferry in the central Philippines struck floating debris at sea and took on water Saturday, police said. Sea accidents are common in the ...
The Philippines is investigating the deaths of three Filipino fishermen after they were killed in a collision with a “foreign” vessel in the South China Sea, authorities in the country said on ...
Pages in category "Maritime incidents in the Philippines" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... This page was last edited on 6 December ...
[3] [4] Sixteen of the crew members were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Melchora Aquino [5] while one died. [3] His body was recovered in waters off the shore of Limay. [2] The oil tanker was destined for Iloilo in the central Philippines, with seventeen crew members on board the ship.
On 13 June 2019, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman pronounced the incident an "ordinary maritime accident." [ 10 ] The following day, the Chinese Embassy in Manila released a statement via Facebook claiming that a Chinese fishing boat, Yuemaobinyu 42212 , "was berthed near Reed Bank when it was suddenly besieged by 7 or 8 Filipino fishing ...