International Business News - Sinks http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Military divers on Monday searched for five truck drivers reported missing after a ferry sank in the Sea of Marmara with about 100 people aboard. One person died. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/ferry-sinks-off-turkeys-coast-at-least-1-dead.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:48:41 EDT Ireland's majestic sail-training ship, the Asgard II, sank mysteriously off the French coast Thursday, but its 25 passengers and crew escaped safely on lifeboats. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/127751-ireland-france-ship-sinks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/all-safe-as-irish-sailing-ship-sinks-near-france.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/all-safe-as-irish-sailing-ship-sinks-near-france.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:50:09 EDT A fuel supply ship partially sank while docked in the northeastern Spanish port of Tarragona on Tuesday and spilled a small amount of diesel oil, a port official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/spain-ship-sinks-partially-at-port-leaks-fuel.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:42:09 EDT The captain of a 71-foot fishing boat that sank off the central New Jersey coast early Wednesday has been charged with being drunk at the helm, state police said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/captain-cited-after-fishing-boat-sinks-off-nj.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:03:07 EDT Mexican officials said Thursday that human error caused the weekend boat accident near Cancun that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old Texas woman. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/mexico-cites-human-error-in-boat-mishap.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:44:38 EDT A U.N. official says the bodies of two teenagers have been found near a capsized Haitian sailboat, raising the death toll to 13. U.N. mission spokesman David Wimhurst says many passengers apparently swam the 150 yards to shore after the boat began taking on water. It is not known how many people are still missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45617-aptopix-haiti-ferry-sinks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/death-toll-from-capsized-ferry-in-haiti-hits-13.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/death-toll-from-capsized-ferry-in-haiti-hits-13.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 14:51:50 EDT U.N. and Haitian authorities say an overloaded ferry has sunk off the Caribbean country's southern coast, killing at least 11 people. U.N. peacekeeping mission spokesman David Wimhurst says most of the 100 people aboard the crowded ferry were able to swim to safety. The boat sank after taking on water about 150 yards (150 meters) from shore late Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080511/11-dead-in-haiti-ferry-capsizing.htm Sun, 11 May 2008 18:38:00 EDT A cargo ship carrying relief supplies for more than 1,000 cyclone victims in Myanmar has sunk. International Red Cross spokesman Michael Annear called the accident a big blow to the already slow relief work. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080511/boat-carrying-aid-for-myanmar-cyclone-victims-sinks.htm Sun, 11 May 2008 08:32:55 EDT Rescue workers say they have retrieved another nine bodies from a boat that capsized in northern Brazil, raising the death toll on Wednesday to 41 in one of the worst accidents in decades along the Amazon river system. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/death-toll-in-amazon-ferryboat-sinking-rises-to-41.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 15:25:27 EDT Rescue workers Tuesday found the bodies of four more passengers of a river boat that sank while ferrying people from a religious festival in northern Brazil. The discovery raises the death toll to 21. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44285-brazil-boat-sinks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/death-toll-in-amazon-rises-to-21-in-ferryboat-sinking.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/death-toll-in-amazon-rises-to-21-in-ferryboat-sinking.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 13:10:35 EDT Amazon region rescue workers found two more bodies Monday around a remote jungle town near where a boat ferrying people from a religious festival sank. The discovery raised the death toll to 17, with dozens still missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/amazon-ferryboat-death-toll-rises-to-17.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 22:19:44 EDT Rescue workers on Monday found two more bodies near the site where a boat ferrying people home from a religious festival sank in Brazil's Amazon region. The discovery raised the death toll to 17, with dozens still missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44002-brazil-boat-sinks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/death-toll-in-amazon-rises-to-17-in-ferryboat-sinking.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/death-toll-in-amazon-rises-to-17-in-ferryboat-sinking.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 08:54:10 EDT A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43956-brazil-boat-sinks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/15-dead-after-boat-sinks-in-brazils-amazon-region.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/15-dead-after-boat-sinks-in-brazils-amazon-region.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 23:09:59 EDT A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43936-brazil-boat-sinks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/15-dead-after-boat-sinks-in-amazon-dozens-still-missing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/15-dead-after-boat-sinks-in-amazon-dozens-still-missing.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 21:48:06 EDT A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/15-dead-after-boat-sinks-in-amazon.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 18:45:56 EDT A boat with 110 people aboard sank in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and leaving dozens missing, authorities said. The Comandante Sales capsized before sinking swiftly on the Solimoes River, one of the largest branches of the Amazon, Fire Lt. Col. Raimundo Rodrigues da Silva said. The vessel was carrying passengers who were returning from a party near the jungle city of Manaus, he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/12-dead-after-boat-sinks-in-amazon.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 13:24:44 EDT