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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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

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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).

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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).

Iraq

Anger and grief over the Iraq ferry disaster in which at least 95 people were killed

The boat was loaded to five times its capacity, according to a local official. The Prime Minister of Iraq has called for the sacking of the regional Governor.

Iraq

Nearly 80 killed in Iraq after overloaded ferry sinks

Officials told Reuters most of the victims were women and children who could not swim.

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Fire breaks out after ferry collides with crane at Barcelona port

A ferry collided with a crane at the port of Barcelona on Wednesday (October 31), causing the crane to fall over and start a fire, eyewitness video showed.

United Kingdom

Ferry crashes into yachts at Isle of Wight harbour

A ferry crashed into at least two yachts at Isle of Wight harbour due to heavy fog.

World News

Man rescued after two days in capsized ferry

A man survived for two days in an air pocket of a capsized ferry on an African lake in a disaster that has claimed the lives of over 200 people

Tanzania

Captain arrested in Tanzania ferry disaster

The death toll of a ferry that capsized in Tanzania reaches 224