Maritime Incidents in 2009: List of Ships Attacked by Somali Pirates, Mv Arctic Sea, Montara Oil Spill, Maersk Alabama Hijacking Book

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Ships Attacked by Somali Pirates, Mv Arctic Sea, Montara Oil Spill, Maersk Alabama Hijacking, Mv Maersk Alabama, Superferry 9, List of Shipwrecks in 2009, Usns Impeccable, Mv Princess Ashika, 2009 Uss Port Royal Grounding, West Cork Oil Spill, 2009 Southeast Queensland Oil Spill, 2009 Thekkady Boat Disaster, Hms Vanguard and Triomphant Submarine Collision, New Star Ship Incident, 2009 Sierra Leone Ferry Accident, Mv Danny F Ii, Mv Francop, Francop Affair, Uss Hartford and Uss New Orleans Collision, April 9, 2009 Incident Off Somalia, Mv Horizon-1, Mv Anne Scan, 2009 Lake Ohrid Boat Accident, Uss Hartford, 2009 Mediterranean Sea Migrant Shipwreck, 2009 Turks and Caicos Islands Migrant Shipwreck, Mv Demas Victory, Mv Teratai Prima, Mv S Venus, 2009 Bangladesh Ferry Accident, Fv Monte Galineiro, Siev 36, Mv Longchamp, Mv Blue Star, Mv Malaspina Castle, Dumai Express 10, Fv Shahzaib, Shockwave, Mv Langeland, Mv Hansa Stavanger, 2009 Kiribati Ferry Accident, 2009 Gianh River Boat Accident, Mv Coco-4, December 2009 Philippines Ferry Collision, Ml Happy. Excerpt: The 2009 Bangladesh ferry accident occurred on Friday, 4 December 2009 on the Daira river located in Mithamain Upazila , Kishoreganj District in Bangladesh . A passenger ferry collided head-on with a launch . At least 47 people were killed. The accident occurred in the morning when the river was covered by fog . Accident At around 9.00am local time the ferry, which was overcrowded, was traveling on the Daira river about 100kms from the capital of Dhaka when it collided with a motor launch due to poor visibility caused by thick fog. The accident occurred only a week after another ferry disaster in Bangladesh killed nearly at least 90 people. Rescue Effort The police chief of Kishorganj district, Anwar Hossain , comment...