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 Late on the night of April 14, 1912, the “unsinkable” passenger ship RMS Titanic, on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York struck an iceberg. It sank about three hours later, at about 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912. Of the 2,224 persons on board, 1,514 lost their lives.
In the century that followed, ships are better-constructed.
They carry more lifeboat capacity than there are persons on board.
They have radios for instant communication with shore and with other ships.
They have radar, fathometers, and other devices to warn of danger.
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 Stolt Tankers, owner and operator of the 2004-built 25,268 dwt ‘Stolt Valor’, reported this week that the fire on the ship has been contained.
However, one crew member is still missing, the company said.
Earlier this week, the ship was under tow about 45 miles off the coast of Qatar. There has been no spillage of fuel oil from the ship, nor any reported or visible spillage of cargo.
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 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today said that that the Hong Kong registered, MOL-owned bulker Bright Century collided with a freighter in foggy conditions while under way on the high seas approximately 23 miles east of the Shangdong Peninsula, China. It sank some 40 minutes later, on May 2, 2010, at around 5:30 a.m. local time (GMT+8 hours).
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Report updated 16 March 2010
What has happened?
On 12 December 1999 the Erika broke in two off the coast of Brittany, France, whilst carrying approximately 30 000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil. Some 19 800 tonnes were spilled. The sunken bow section contained 6 400 tonnes of cargo and the stern a further 4 700 tonnes.
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 Students safe after capsizing of N.S.-based ship
Dozens of students travelling aboard a Nova Scotia-based ship that sank off the coast of Brazil Thursday are safe and suffered no serious injuries in the capsizing, officials from the school that organized the trip said Friday.
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