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One contributor to the accident could be parametric roll resonance, [7] a hazard known to affect container ships. [8] The ONE Apus incident was the largest loss of containers in transport since the MOL Comfort sank in 2013. The cargo loss cost is estimated at $90 million. [9] The ship was delayed for approximately three months.
Hansa Carrier was a container ship. On 27 May 1990, en route from Korea to the United States , the ship encountered a storm which caused the loss of 21 40-foot cargo containers south of the Alaska Peninsula , near 48°N 161°W / 48°N 161°W / 48;
A motorized panga ran aground near the Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego, United States. No people were found on board, but about six life vests and some other items were recovered from the boat. U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigated the scene, believing the vessel to have possibly been used in smuggling drugs or people into the country. [40]
The decommissioned Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship was sunk as a target in a SINKEX exercise in the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Kauai, Hawaii in 15,000 feet (4,600 m) of water. She was sunk by an AGM-158C LRASM fired from a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft.
Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck of 3 October 2013 – An unnamed vessel carrying about 500 African migrants, primarily from Eritrea, Somalia, and Ghana, caught fire off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, when the passengers lit blankets on fire to signal their proximity to land. Of the passengers and crew, 155 were rescued, with 359 confirmed ...
The cargo ship collided with Yong Sheng VII ( Panama) off Okinawa Island. She capsized and sank. Her five crew were rescued. [158] San Cristobal Ecuador: The ship capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Santa Elena Peninsula. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. [159]
Photos from the fire department show the black Jeep deep in the water and being battered by waves. Newport Beach police arrived about 5:30 a.m. and rescued the individual from the vehicle ...
Golden Venture was a 147-foot-long (45 m) cargo ship that smuggled 286 undocumented immigrants from China (mostly Fuzhou people from Fujian province) along with 13 crew members that ran aground on the beach at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway peninsula of Queens, New York on June 6, 1993, at around 2 a.m.