Un barco se hunde tras chocar con una batea en Moaña

costaoeste.gal

06/09/2024

Redacción

  • Tres tripulantes fueron rescatados por otra embarcación que se encontraba cerca
  • El accidente ocurrió temprano cuando el Antepazo 2 se disponía a iniciar su jornada laboral

Un incidente en la ría de Vigo dejó un barco mejillonero hundido en la localidad de Moaña. El suceso ocurrió alrededor de las 7:00 de la mañana cuando el Antepazo 2, una embarcación auxiliar dedicada a labores de apoyo en las bateas de mejillón, estaba a punto de comenzar su jornada. Según las primeras informaciones, el barco chocó contra una batea, lo que provocó una importante entrada de agua. Los tres tripulantes intentaron abandonar la embarcación, pero esta comenzó a hundirse rápidamente, lo que les obligó a saltar al mar.

Por fortuna, una embarcación cercana que también se

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MAIB urges rethink on watchkeeping in 'the digital age' as collisions persist

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6 August 2025

 
 
The MAIB 2024 report gives an overview of all the types of marine accidents to or onboard UK vessels worldwide, and other vessels in UK territorial waters that it investigates, including dramatic and tragic incidents such as that between the Solong and the anchored Stena Immaculate in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire. Image: Stock image from 2018/Wikimedia Commons

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has called for a fundamental reassessment of human watchkeeping practices following a series of serious collisions involving merchant vessels in 2024.

In its annual report published in July 2025, the MAIB has highlighted that traditional watchkeeping is increasingly misaligned with modern digital bridge systems, noting that 'humans do not make good monitors' and are often

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Video: Russian Drone Hits Product Tanker in Black Sea

 

 

 

 

the maritime executive

 

Turkish-owned product tanker was struck off the coast of Ukraine by a Russian drone (Ukrainian Navy)

Published Dec 13, 2025 7:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

A Turkish-owned product tanker was struck by a Russian drone after the vessel departed Ukraine bound for Egypt. The Ukrainian Navy released a video of the strike, reporting that the crew was uninjured, and the vessel was damaged but proceeding on its trip.

The product tanker Viva (16,116 dwt) is registered in Tuvalu and owned by Turkish shipping company Chemtankers Shipping. The vessel was built in 1999 and has been operating for the Turkish company since 2023. 

According to the report from the Ukrainian Navy, the vessel had loaded a cargo of sunflower oil.

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El mar vuelve a golpear al Siempre Casina veinte años después con cinco muertos en Portugal

El Progreso

Renombrado como Carlos Cunha y con bandera portuguesa, el pesquero naufraga frente a Aveiro con siete tripulantes indonesios a bordo
 
 
 
El Siempre Casina, en su naufragio en Ribadeo en 2005. EFE (ARCHIVO)
 
 

Cinco marineros han muerto este martes en el naufragio del pesquero portugués Carlos Cunha, una embarcación ya protagonista de un trágico suceso en el pasado que vuelve a ser víctima de la crueldad del mar. Tras dos días de rastreo, este jueves la Marina portuguesa ha dado por cerrada la operación de búsqueda de los cuatro tripulantes que estaban desaparecidos, confirmando el dramático balance del siniestro.

El barco, ahora con bandera lusa, está ligado a la historia marítima de A Mariña. El

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Gibraltar Investigation: Fatal mooring accident onboard tanker

 

 

 

 

SAFETY4SEA

 
 

HM Government of Gibraltar has issued an investigation report into the fatal mooring accident on 20 May 2025 aboard the Gibraltar-registered tanker Nisyros. 

The incident 

On the afternoon of the 20 May 2025, the pumpman of the Gibraltar Registered tanker Nisyros was fatally injured whilst operating the port forward mooring winch during heaving in excess rope becoming entrapped in the mooring rope around the winch and sadly died of multiple injuries.

At the time of the accident the pumpman was alone on the fo’c’sle as the AB (Deck) had moved to a position further

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