ferry accident

Netherlands

Six people rescued from river after two boats collide in Rotterdam

A family of five and the boat's captain were taken to hospital after the incident.

21/07/2022

Greece

Search resumes in Greece for three still missing after Euroferry fire

The Italian-flagged ship caught fire ten days ago off the coast of Corfu, killing at least eight people.

28/02/2022

Greece

Man rescued alive but another found dead after ferry fire near Corfu

A 21-year-old from Belarus was pulled alive and well from the ferry, but rescuers later found another man dead, while another ten were still missing on Sunday.

20/02/2022

Sweden

Swedish filmmakers face second trial for exploring wreck of MS Estonia

A total of 852 people died - it was Europe’s worst peacetime maritime disaster.

15/02/2022

Bangladesh

Police arrest Bangladesh ferry owner after at least 37 die in fire

Police in Bangladesh have arrested the owner of a ferry on which at least 37 people died in an onboard fire.

27/12/2021

Bangladesh

Ferry fire kills at least 37 in southern Bangladesh

There was no word on what caused the fire.

24/12/2021

Estonia

MS Estonia: New expedition confirms official accident report

The sinking of the MS Estonia ferry 27 years ago was one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters.

18/11/2021

Estonia

Private expedition begins diving to examine wreck of MS Estonia

A privately financed team of experts from Estonia has begun investigations on the wreck of the ship, which sank in 1994.

22/09/2021

Spain

Man decapitated by ferry after boat accident in Ibiza port

One man was killed and another injured when a ferry smashed into a small boat entering the port of the Spanish island of Ibiza.

18/08/2021

Estonia

New inspections begin at wreck of 1994 MS Estonia ferry disaster

Authorities in Sweden and Estonia will begin re-inspecting the wreck of the MS Estonia ferry, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people.

08/07/2021

Denmark

Danish MPs agree to new investigation into deadly 1990 ferry fire

Danish lawmakers have agreed to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire that killed 159 people, one of Scandinavia's worst peacetime maritime disasters.

12/05/2021

Sweden

Documentary makers acquitted of illegally exploring MS Estonia wreck

Two Swedish documentary makers were accused of illegally exploring the wreck of the MS Estonia, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people.

25/01/2021

Sweden

Sweden receives request to re-investigate 1994 MS Estonia sinking

Swedish prosecutors have received a request to reopen an investigation into the sinking of the MS Estonia ferry that killed 852 people in 1994. It comes after new information appeared in a Discovery Network documentary in September.

24/11/2020

Finland

Passenger ferry with 400 people on board runs aground off Finland

The incident is the second of its kind in two months after another vessel from the same ferry company ran aground off the same archipelago in September.

21/11/2020

Estonia

Hull damage not to blame for 1994 MS Estonia disaster: new report

A preliminary examination report has said that newly discovered damage was too small to have sunk the MS Estonia, which killed 852 people in 1994.

23/10/2020

Estonia

Europe's worst shipping disaster 'caused by submarine collision'

Ministers promise to investigate after a documentary team discovers large hole on the hull of the MS Estonia, which sank in 1994 claiming 852 lives

29/09/2020

Finland

Ferry with nearly 300 people on board runs aground off Finland

The ferry struck the bottom of the sea just off the coast of Finland and ran itself aground to avoid sinking, say Finnish authorities.

20/09/2020

Estonia

Paris court rules against victims of MS Estonia boat crash

Paris court rules against the victims of the MS Estonia boat crash between Tallinn and Stockholm in 1994

20/07/2019

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Disaster-dodging cruise ship's engines 'failed due to low oil levels'

The engines of a luxury cruise ship that narrowly escaped disaster during a storm off Norway on Saturday (March 23) failed because of relatively low levels of lubricating oil in the engines, the Norwegian Maritime Authority said on Wednesday (March 27).

28/03/2019

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More video emerges of chaos on board Norway ship

Passengers filmed their scary experience on the Viking Sky cruise ship off the coast of Norway on Saturday (March 23) and Sunday (March 24).

26/03/2019