Ship collisions still happen all too often and sometimes they are caught on film. Be amazed by this selection of ship collision videos.
The first video is of a Turkish bulk carrier colliding with a Vietnamese cargo vessel in the Straits of Singapore. The Singaporean Coastguard was called to rescue crew members of the smaller vessel, which reportedly began sinking after the incident. Luckily, there were no casualties.
The second shows a collision of a ship with a passenger vessel near Moscow Russia.
The third video shows the Wec van Ruysdael crashing into the Paula after passing a river ship (the dredger Keimpe). Then it backs up and nearly hits the dredger as well. This incident occurred in the Netherlands.
6,019-gt Malta-registered cargo M/V Marti Princess, Turkey to France with cement, collided with 14,619-gt German-flagged M/V Renate Schulte, Morocco to Istanbul, in the Aegean Sea of Turkey's northwestern coast on 27 June 2009. M/V Marti Princess sustained damage and reported water ingress, and evacuated eleven of eighteen crew despite not being in danger of sinking. No injury or pollution was reported. The fourth video shows the two ships after they have collided.
The fifth video shows a ship collision involving a container ship during port manoeuvres.
Making a mistake is easy, especially on board a tall ship. Watch it happen with the tall ship Kaskelot crashing into Bangor Harbour in the sixth video.
Finally, some CCTV footage showing the huge bulk carrier Grand Rodosi spearing headlong into the side of the tuna boat, Apollo S whilst moored at the wharf in Port Lincoln, South Australia. Luckily, no-one got hurt as there was no crew on board the tuna boat. For more on this story, please visit abc.net.
