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King Seaways Ferry Catches Fire in North Sea: Seven Airlifted to Hospital

By Jim Walker on December 28, 2013
Posted in Fires

The Daily Mail reports this evening that a fire broke out aboard a ferry operated by DFDS Seaways in the North Sea.

The ferry is the King Seaways, carrying 1,000 passengers, which was sailing from North Shields (in the U.K.) and heading to Amsterdam. DFDS is a Danish owned ferry operation. 

The fire reportedly…

Luxury Car Carrier Sinks After Collision With Cargo Ship, 11 Crew Members Dead or Missing

By Jim Walker on December 5, 2012
Posted in Sinking

Corvus J Container Ship Collision Baltic AceBBC News reports that a collision between a cargo ship, the German owned and Cyprus-registered Corvus J, and a car carrier, the Greek owned and Bahamian-flagged Baltic Ace, resulted in the sinking of the Baltic Ace.

Eleven crew members from the Baltic Ace are lost or missing in the freezing waters of the North Sea.

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