List of maritime disasters: main marine accidents and shipwrecks (2019-2023)
| Date | Loss location | Vessel type and name | Ship flag | Nature of claim | Consequences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Black sea | Cargo «Seamark» | Comoros | Bad weather | Death of a crew member. The freighter broke in two and sank |
| January 2023 | East China Sea | 6.651-ton cargo ship, «Jin Tian» | Hong Kong | Bad weather | Shipwreck and disappearance of eight crew members |
| March 2022 | Persian Gulf | Ro-ro vessel «Al Salmy 6» | United Arab Emirates | Bad weather causing engine problems | Car cargo shipwreck |
| February 2022 | Portuguese archipelago of the Azores | Cargo ship «Felicity Ace» | Panama | Fire | Loss of vessel and 4 000 luxury cars |
| August 2021 | Aegean Sea, Greece | Grain bulk cargo ship «Sea Bird» | Togo | The ship struck a rocky islet | Shipwreck and loss of cargo |
| June 2021 | West coast of Sri Lanka | Container ship «MV X-Press Pearl» | Singapore | Fire | Cargo shipwreck and loss of 1 486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid |
| March 2021 | Suez Canal | 20 000 TEU container ship «Ever Given» | Panama | Sandstorm | Grounding and obstruction of the canal blocking the passage of 422 vessels |
| January 2021 | Turkish coast, Black Sea | Bulk carrier «Arvin» | Russia | Bad weather | Loss of ship Death of two crew members |
| September 2020 | 185 km from Amami Oshima, Japan | Cargo «Gulf Livestock 1» | Panama | Bad weather | Shipwreck and loss of 5 800 cows. Dismemberment of 40 sailors |
| September 2020 | Far East | 8 100 TEU container ship «ONE COSMOS» | Hong Kong | Bad weather | Collapse of container stacks |
| June 2020 | Mumbai Port, India | 14 036 TEU container ship «MSC Rosa M» | Panama | Accident involving a quayside crane | Serious damage to the vessel |
| May 2020 | Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium | 21 413 TEU container ship «OOCL Royaume-Uni» | Hong Kong | Bad weather | Collapse and loss at sea of several stacks of containers |
| April 2020 | Houston, United States | 8 465 TEU container ship «CMA CGM DALILA» | France | - | Grounding near the port of Houston, USA |
| March 2019 | Coast of Finistère, Brittany, France | Ro-Ro container ship «Grande America» | Italy | Fire | Shipwreck |
| December 2019 | Port of Sariyer, Turkey | 191m cargo, «Songa Iridium» | Liberia | Engine failure | The ship crashes into the port of Sarıyer, in the Bosphorus strait |
| January 2019 | Black Sea off Turkey | Cargo ship «Volgo Balt 214» | Panama | Bad weather | Sinking of the ship, which broke in two. Death of 6 sailors |
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