Vessel Sinking

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Salvage work on the Bayesian superyacht that sank and killed six people, including tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter, has come to an end.

7th July 2025

IN PICTURES: ‘Bayesian’ salvage complete

7th July 2025

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Salvors have completed the raising of the fated Bayesian superyacht from her 50m-deep seabed grave and transferred her to a specially built steel cradle at the Port of Termini Imerese in Sicily.

25th June 2025

Sunken ‘Bayesian’ superyacht arrives on dry land

25th June 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The raising of superyacht ‘Bayesian’ after a year on the bottom of the sea will be live streamed this weekend, beginning now.

19th June 2025

Tomorrows raising of sunk superyacht ‘Bayesian’ to be live streamed

19th June 2025

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Two fishing trawlers collided during a routine fish transfer because the skipper was not in the wheelhouse and was therefore unable to prevent the crash, a report has concluded.

3rd October 2024

Crew unhurt after vessel sinks and liferaft capsizes

3rd October 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One passenger has been confirmed dead and six passengers missing after a typhoon off the coast of Sicily hit the superyacht Bayesian, which then sank, on Monday morning.

19th August 2024

Body recovered as missing yacht passengers sought

19th August 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The long-established expertise of the Dutch salvage industry has been demonstrated recently with two of the Netherlands leading contractors reporting diverse operations close to and not so close to their home bases.

23rd July 2024

Salvors step in to save groundings, sinkings and fires

23rd July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Argentine reports and footage of a non-fatal tug sinking have been coming in since the incident happened on Friday.

13th December 2023

VIDEO: ‘Urano’ tug sinks while undocking

13th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The MAIB has published a report into the flooding and sinking of a survey workboat Bella in British waters.

7th September 2022

Survey vessel sinking report

7th September 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

For those of us who read (or write) updates in MJ about UXO (Unexploded ordinance) route surveys, and wonder what would actually happen if an old bomb ever got pulled up, the…

20th January 2022

Unexploded seabed bomb refuses to remain unexploded

20th January 2022