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The disaster was also featured in an episode of Deadly Engineering (Season 1, Episode 5) on the Science Channel. On 1 July 2014, The History Press released a book called Ninety Seconds at Zeebrugge: The Herald of Free Enterprise Story ( ISBN 9780752497839 ), telling the story of the disaster and its aftermath.
MS Estonia was a cruiseferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany.It was employed on ferry routes between Finland and Sweden by various companies (first Viking Line, then EffJohn) until the end of January 1993, when it was sold to Nordström & Thulin for use on Estline's Tallinn–Stockholm route.
Heraklion – a car ferry that capsized and sank on 8 December in the Aegean Sea in a storm. An unsecured vehicle damaged the loading door resulting in sea water entering the vessel. The sinking resulted in the death of 234 people out of 281 aboard. 234 1970 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
According to the final disaster report, the weather was rough, with a wind of 15 to 25 m/s (29 to 49 kn; 34 to 56 mph), force 7–10 on the Beaufort scale [5] [6] and a significant wave height of 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) [JAIC 2] compared with the highest measured significant wave height in the Baltic Sea of 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in). [7]
A fire broke out in the engine room just before the ferry entered Wood Islands. Over 200 people were evacuated by lifeboats and local fishermen. No casualties were reported. [30] 5 July 2023 Grande Costa D’Avorio Cargo fire during offloading at Newark, New Jersey, US dock; 2 Firefighters die, 6 injured. [31] 26 July 2023 MV Fremantle Highway
On the morning of April 16, 2014, the ferry MV Sewol sank whilst en route from Incheon towards Jeju City in South Korea. [14] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). [15]
The ferry MV Nyerere capsized just a few meters from the dock on Ukerewe, the lake's biggest island, which is part of Tanzania. Death toll reaches 136 in Tanzania ferry disaster with scores ...
Le Joola – On 26 September, the overloaded ferry capsized in rough seas with an estimated death toll of 1,864. There were only 64 survivors. [1] 1,864 2011 Tanzania: Spice Islander I, a passenger ferry carrying at least 800 people, sank off the coast of Zanzibar on 10 September. At least 200 people have been confirmed dead. 250–1,573