CASUALTIES

Lessons of Viking Islay deaths go unheeded

MANY seafarers continue to lose their lives working in enclosed spaces, despite the lessons learned from the three fatalities in the Viking Islay incident almost two years ago, Nautilus International has revealed.

Giorgi urges unity after Hebei Two case

THE SHIPPING industry must use the momentum generated by the return to India of the Hebei Two to push through meaningful reform of seafarers’ rights in the case of casualties, V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi said last week.

Sulpicio Lines faces criminal charges over Princess of the Stars sinking

Princess of the Stars: more than 700 passengers and crew died after the 24-year-old vessel capsized during a typhoon last June.

Casualty Briefs - 2nd July 2009