El sargento primero de la Armada Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez, de 43 años y perteneciente a la dotación del Buque de Investigación Oceanográfica 'Hespérides', ha fallecido este sábado por Covid-19, tras semanas ingresado en el Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín.
Así lo ha informado el Ministerio de Defensa a través de la cuenta oficial de Twitter, desde donde han dado el pésame a familiares y amigos y han mandado "todo el cariño" a la dotación del Hespérides.
Feb 27 UPDATE: The ship arrived at Dubai in the morning Feb 27, and was anchored. There are no confirmed official reports on ship’s condition, except reports from two U.S. defence officials cited by AP of two holes in the port and starboard sides of the vessel (four total), just above the waterline.
Several photos circulate in social nets and via them, in media, show internal damages on a cargo deck of assumedly, HELIOS RAY, though again, there are no corroborations of photos being genuine. According to security agencies, holes most probably, were the result of external explosions.
Mainstream media stick to Israeli official version (because the ship is managed by Israeli
Half of a piston ejected from the Finlandia Seaways' main engine (Image courtesy MAIB)
The MAIB has released its report on the catastrophic engine fire aboard the freight ro/ro Finlandia Seaways, which seriously injured one crewmember and destroyed the vessel's engine room.
At 2000 hours on April 16, 2018, on a regular crossing from Zeebrugge to Rosyth, the crew aboard Finlandia Seaways noticed powerful vibrations all the way up on the bridge. The third engineer went from the engine control room out into the engine room to investigate, and as the noise and vibration grew louder, he took shelter behind one of the fuel purifiers in the purifier room. There was a loud bang, and flame and smoke came from
The TSB gathers and uses transportation occurrence data during the course of its investigations to analyze safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian marine transportation system.
It should be noted that certain characteristics of the data constrain statistical analysis and identification of emerging trends. These include the small totals of accidents and incidents, the large variability in the data from year to year, and changes to regulations and definitions. The reader is cautioned to keep these limitations in mind when viewing this summary to avoid drawing conclusions that cannot be supported by statistical analysis.
The 2019 data were collected according to the reporting requirements described in the
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R/R Cougar Ace: The "Cougar Ace", a 654-foot container ship transporting over 4,800 automobiles from Japan to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, began to take on water for an unknown reason late on July 26, 2006, about 245
