Casualty News

MAERSK VALPARAISO / LADY MARTINA

Date: May 20, 2026

Type: Contact / collision and grounding in Bonny Channel, Nigeria

Voyage: MAERSK VALPARAISO: Reportedly en route from Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Onne, Nigeria / LADY MARTINA: Reportedly departed Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone, Nigeria

CAPE XL / HUGE KUMANO

Date: May 20, 2026

Type: Collision off Singapore

Voyage: CAPE XL: Singapore East Anchorage, Singapore to Qingdao, China / HUGE KUMANO: Itaguai Port, Brazil to Singapore East Anchorage, Singapore

EVER LENIENT

Date: April 10, 2026

Type: Container fire

Voyage: Shanghai / Ningbo, China to Singapore

HAIAN OPUS / ZEAL LUMOS

Date: April 1, 2026

Type: CONTAINER VESSEL ALLISION AT KAOHSIUNG PORT

Voyage: whilst berthed at Pier No. 77, Kaohsiung Port

OOCL SUNFLOWER

Date: March 3, 2026

Type: Containers lost overboard

Voyage: En route to Long Beach, California, USA

IONIKOS

Date: February 25, 2026

Type: Containers lost overboard off Casablanca, Morocco

Voyage: Casablanca, Morocco to Spain

MV BANGKOK EXPRESS / MV K.LOTUS

Date: February 6, 2026

Type: Container stack collapse during discharge

Voyage: Wilhelmshaven, Germany to Rotterdam, Netherlands

MV SEALLOYD ARC

Date: February 7, 2026

Type: Sinking following water ingress

Voyage: Malaysia to Bangladesh

CMA CGM TIGA

Date: January 20, 2026

Type: Loss of containers overboard and deck cargo damage

Voyage: Southbound voyage from Europe to the Levant

DEVON BAY

Date: January 23, 2026

Type: Capsize

Voyage: Philippines to Yangjiang Port, China

W KYRENIA

Date: December 4, 2025

Type: Machinery blackout

Voyage: En route to discharge ports in the Far East

MV ONE HENRY HUDSON

Date: November 21, 2025

Type: Fire and Explosion while berthed

Voyage: Tokyo, Japan / Los Angeles, USA

MV ONE HENRY HUDSON

Date: November 21, 2025

Type: Fire and Explosion while berthed

Voyage: Tokyo, Japan / Los Angeles, USA

MV KYPARISSIA

Date: November 7, 2025

Type: Fatalities and Container Explosion

MV QING HUA SHAN

Date: September 26, 2025

Type: Fire in cargo hold at Southampton

MV MISSISSIPPI

Date: September 9, 2025

Type: Container stack collapse and lost overboard at Long Beach, USA

Voyage: Yantian, China / Long Beach, USA