EXPLAINER: Why did the Baltimore bridge collapse and what is the death toll?

03/28/2024

(Reuters) -Divers recovered the remains of two of the six missing workers more than a day after a cargo ship smashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bodies of two men were found in a red…

Baltimore Bridge collapse: Police had about 90 seconds to stop traffic before bridge fell

Associated Press 03/28/2024

BALTIMORE — It was the middle of the night when a dispatcher’s warning crackled over the radio: A massive cargo ship had lost its steering capabilities and was heading toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Within about…

Japan coast guard continues search for missing cargo ship with 38 Filipinos

Agence France Presse 09/03/2020

TOKYO — Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said.…

Hungry crew members arrested in Cagayan de Oro for violating COVID-19 protocols

Froilan Gallardo 04/07/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO- Hunger proved more powerful than COVID-19. Forced by hunger, five crew members left their ship to buy food ashore but alert residents and policemen intercepted their lifeboat in Barangay Lapasan, this city on Monday,…

Fire hits vessel

Norman V. Mendoza 10/21/2016

While waiting for a Coast Guard clearance to depart from the Port of Cebu, as supertyphoon Lawin exited the country, a cargo vessel set to leave for Manila caught fire at past 2:00 p.m.  yesterday in Pier…

Vessel probed in Liloan town

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/16/2016

Inclement weather or trouble with the boat engine. Whichever be the case, a cargo vessel which entered the municipal waters of Liloan town, northern Cebu is being held by town officials following an investigation into possible damage…

Experts to assess extent of damage of Monad Shoal

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/22/2016

WITH the removal of the Panama-registered MV Belle Rose from where it ran aground in Monad Shoal off Malaspascua Island in northern Cebu, a team of divers will now focus on measuring the exact damaged area to…

Cargo ship catches fire

Nestle L. Semilla 11/25/2015

A cargo ship caught fire while docked in a shipyard in barangay Opao, Mandaue City yesterday afternoon. Welding work was going on when one of the storage rooms of Seaford 7 caught fire. SFO2 Cipriano Codilla, arson…

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