Fire destroys billionaire’s luxury yacht in Sydney
Fire destroyed AUS$10 million luxury cruiser Andiamo, which is reportedly owned by Sandy Oatley, son of the late Australian wine pioneer Bob Oatley. Initial firefighting efforts were to not only extinguish the fire, but stop it spreading to a number of high-value vessels that were moored alongside the motor yacht. The yacht sank in the harbour. No casualties are reported.
Boats destroyed in yard fire
A fire at Cantiere Nautica Feltrinelli in Gargnano on Italy’s Lake Garda has damaged some 30 boats, of which around 10 appear to have been completely destroyed. The boats were stored at the historic shipyard which has been located on the Brescia side of Lake Garda since 1919, in Gargnano del Garda.
Tanker catches fire in Korea
Fire erupted on board tanker Falcon Chemist in the Yellow sea west of Gunsan, Korea. All 16 crew were evacuated safely. The fire is understood to have started in the engine room.
Crew missing after Japanese freighter capsized
Izumi Maru collided with container ship Contship Uno. From the Japanese freighter’s 5 crew, 3 were rescued and 2 were reported missing.
Two Chinese coasters sunk by heavy storm
Two Chinese coastal freighters were caught in adverse weather some 9 nm off Lianyungang area coast, Yellow sea,
China.Both vessels sank but the combined crews of 25 people were successfully rescued.
What caught my eye...
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month’s eye-catching and eventful marine news
Burning wind turbine caught on camera
Well here’s what would seem to be a highly unusual incident that greeted the good folk of Scorby Sands off the coast of Norfolk, UK one morning recently. The photograph was captured by a local resident. The accompanying video was graphic as the fire burned out of control. The turbine fire in the nearshore wind farm at Scorby Sands spread smoke along the English coastline. The operator of the wind farm, Germany’s RWE, reported no one was injured, but operations were suspended for a period. The Coast
Guard said there was an evacuation of personnel in the wind farm as a precaution but that no one was working on the particular tower when the fire began.
Image credit: (Emily Metcalfe/Facebook)
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