In July we reported about the sinking of a Russian river ship.  Well yesterday, fire broke out on the Sergey Abramov. A crew member is still missing as of this post and two people were taken to the hospital. She was still tied up pierside when the blaze happened. The cause is currently being speculated [...]

UPDATE: NPR has more details. Apparently, the vessel was already listing to one side when she left. A sharp turn to the side led to water washing over the side and she was doomed from there. 41 bodies have been recovered by divers and 80 survivors have been accounted for. I’ll post more as its [...]

Sergei Kirov / Image via sealetter.com 100 passengers on the chartered ship, Sergei Kirov, got the scare of a life time when their cruise ship collided with a barge on the Volga River. Fortunately there were no deaths or injuries. 3 crew members suffered very minor injuries while they were rescuing passengers belongings from the [...]