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All crew members and passengers rescued after landing craft sank
The LCT 'Caroline', which had set sail with 18 crew members and passengers and carrying 254 tons of white rice, oil in jerrycans, a truck with a trailer, and various other goods, from the port of Toamasina on June 28, 2026, at 5 a.m., suffered a water ingress and sank at around 7 p.m., between Andevoranto and Vatomandry. Four ships had left the port of Toamasina and were sailing alongside the LCT 'Caroline', were ordered to assist. Despite the rescue operations, the ship's exact position remained unknown. The Vatomandry Joint Planning Body (OMC), headed by the Vatomandry district chief, coordinated the search as soon as the authorities were informed of the shipwreck. A rescue team aboard a Zodiac was dispatched to conduct searches at sea. The search and rescue (SAR) team from the Maritime and River Port Agency (APMF) was also mobilisd aboard the patrol boat 'Atsantsa' to participate in the operations. One person was found on the morning of June 29, followed by two moreat around 11:00 a.m. Around 2 p.m., all people on board the vessel were located and rescued. Report with photo: https://2424.mg/accident-maritime-les-18-personnes-a-bord-du-navire-lct-caroline-naufrage-au-large-de-vatomandry-secourues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=accident-maritime-les-18-personnes-a-bord-du-navire-lct-caroline-naufrage-au-large-de-vatomandry-secourues&
Landing craft boarded by robbers
The duty crew member on board the "Merlin III", which was moored at the Pointe Noire anchorage, Congo, noticed two robbers armed with long knives, lowering stolen mooring ropes to their accomplice in a wooden boat, on Oct 20, 2018, at 11.15 p.m. Alarm was raised and the crew members alerted, resulting in the robbers fleeing the vessel and escaping in their boat. The vessel was searched, and several mooring ropes were found missing from the poop deck.
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