January
1 January Sea Merchant (Tanzania): The cargo ship carrying 20,000 sacks of cement sank off Lobo, Batangas, Philippines, after encountering rough seas and strong winds. Of her crew, one was killed and nineteen survived.
Unnamed vessel Iran: The fishing vessel capsized off the coast of Puntland, Somalia during Cyclone Chapala.
2 January
Better Trans (Panama): The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Philippine Sea (19°25′N 127°40′E) with the loss of one of her nineteen crew.
Bulk Jupiter (Bahamas): The bulk carrier capsized and sank off Vũng Tàu, Vietnam, with one survivor and the loss of at least two lives of her nineteen crew.
Cemfjord (Cyprus): The cargo ship capsized in the North Sea off the coast of Caithness, United Kingdom. The upturned vessel was discovered on 3 January by Hrossey (United Kingdom).
3 January
Hoegh Osaka (Singapore): The car transporter developed a severe list and was beached on the Bramble Bank, in The Solent. All twenty-five people on board were rescued by helicopter and lifeboat.
4 January
Run Guang 9 (China): The tanker caught fire and exploded off Zhanjiang. Twelve of her fourteen crew were rescued. Two were missing as of 4 January.
5 January
Magellan Spirit (Denmark): The LNG tanker ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Bonny Island, Nigeria. She was on a voyage from Bonny, Nigeria, to Gwangyang, South Korea. Her cargo was transferred to Excellence (Belgium) in an operation that began on 21 January.
8 January
Gulf Rio (Saint Kitts and Nevis): The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea near Samsun, Turkey and began taking on water. Her ten crew were rescued by a Turkish Coast Guard helicopter.
Pura Vida Princess (Costa Rica): The catamaran capsized and sank off midway to Isla Tortuga, with the loss of three of the 109 people on board.
Vicente (Cape Verde): The ro-ro ferry foundered off Fogo. Eleven of the twenty-six people on board were rescued and three bodies were recovered.
9 January
LCT 378 (Mongolia): The cargo ship foundered off Camiguin, Philippines. Her twenty-six crew were rescued by Tong Ying (China).
13 January
Sea Bird (Togo) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Antalya, Turkey. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard.
14 January
Retaj (Togo): The cargo ship caught fire off Iskenderun, Turkey. Her twenty-three crew were rescued.
16 January
JMS Delta (China): The tug capsized and sank in the Yangtze at Taizhou City with the loss of twenty-two of the twenty-five people on board.
18 January
Leif Roald (Norway): The fishing vessel capsized and sank after striking a reef off Averøy, Norway. Her nine crew were rescued by a Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue vessel and another boat.
22 January
Nalani (United States): The towing vessel foundered in the Pacific Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Oahu, Hawaii. Her eleven crew were rescued by USCGC Kittiwake ( United States Coast Guard) and Tiger 7 (NOAA Flag.svg National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
28 January
Floreana (Ecuador): The ship ran aground off the Galapagos Islands and partially sank.Ecuadorean authorities have decided that the ship will be scuttled once her cargo has been offloaded.
31 January
Gunesli (Turkey): The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Tatlisu.
February
2 February
Ak Ceren (Panama): The cargo ship was driven from her mooring and ran aground at Altınova, Turkey.
Gulfem Kalkavan (Turkey): The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank at Tuzla.
Pasha (Tanzania): The cargo ship was driven ashore and capsized at Balıkesir.
5 February
Skorpios II (Chile): The cruise ship ran aground 7.6 nautical miles (14 km) south west of Puerto Montt. All 120 passengers and crew were taken off by the Chilean Navy. Skorpios II was refloated the next day and taken to Puerto Montt.
9 February
Tourist Ferry Boat Primo (Italy): The ferry was driven ashore on Ischia. She was refloated a few days later.
11 February
Goodfaith (Cyprus): The bulk carrier was driven ashore on Andros, Greece. Her 22 crew were rescued by the Greek Coast Guard and local fire brigade. She was on a voyage from Eleusis, Greece to Odessa, Ukraine.
17 February
Fort Azov (Saint Kitts and Nevis): The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Ayancik, Turkey. Her twelve crew were rescued by Turkish Coast Guard helicopters.
18 February
Lysblink Seaways (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground near Ardnamurchan Point, Scotland. Her crew remained on board and she was refloated on 20 February. She was on a voyage from Belfast, Northern Ireland to Skogn, Norway.[32][33] She was consequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
20 February
Kerem S (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Levitha, Greece. Her six crew were rescued by a Greek Coast Guard helicopter.[35] She floated off on 26 February and foundered.
22 February
M. L. Mosta (Bangladesh): The passenger ferry was in collision with a cargo ship in the Padma River. She capsized and sank with the loss of 48 lives.
March
4 March
Eastern Amber (Hong Kong): The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Yellow Sea off Gunsan, South Korea and was severely damaged. Her eighteen crew were taken off by helicopter.[38] The ship was beached; it was later taken under tow by the tug Koyo Maru ( Japan) but capsized and sank in the Korea Strait 22 nautical miles (40 km) off Jeju Island, South Korea on 12 March.
6 March
Krka (Croatia): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Split.
11 March
CSE Clipper Express (Panama): The bulk carrier was driven aground on the coast of Honshū, Japan.
Tong Yang Hai (Cambodia): The cargo ship foundered in the Sea of Japan 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the coast of Honshū. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard.
13 March
Aung Tagun 3 (Burma): A ferry sank off the coast of Myanmar, killing about 50 people. The accident was attributed to poor weather conditions. According to reports, there were more than 200 passengers on board the Aung Takon ferry, which was sailing from Kyaukphyu to Sittwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine State when it sank
14 March
Sea Bear (United States): The tug sank off Fire Island, New York with the loss of one of her four crew.
16 March
Sun Wing (Panama): The tanker caught fire in the Sea of Japan off Busan, South Korea and was abandoned by her eighteen crew.
23 March
Binh Duong 668 (Vietnam): The cargo ship ran aground off the Hom Gom Peninsula whilst avoiding a collision with a fishing vessel. Her nine crew were rescued.
24 March
Kumala Endah (Indonesia): The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Strait of Malacca 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Belawan. Two of her fourteen crew were killed and five were rescued. As of 27 March, nine are missing, presumed dead.
30 March
Zhenhe 168 (China): The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Xiquan Island with the loss of her thirteen crew.
31 March
Asterix (Norway): The tug capsized in Southampton Water. Both crew were rescued.
April
1 April
Dalniy Vostok (Russia): The fishing vessel foundered in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula with the loss of 57 of the 132 people on board. Twelve people were reported to be missing.
3 April
MPB Wilayza (Philippines): The ship foundered off the coast of Sulu Province. Fifty passengers were being carried illegally on board the overloaded vessel. Five were confirmed to have died and fourteen were rescued. The remainder were listed as missing.
5 April
Yang En 1 (China): The bulk carrier collided with Maria G.O. (Marshall Islands) and sank in the East China Sea off Weihai, Shandong Province.
6 April
Thunder (no legal flag): The fishing vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) west of São Tomé. Her 40 crew were rescued by Bob Barker (Netherlands) and Sam Simon (Australia). Thunder was suspected to have been fishing illegally for toothfish.
9 April
Ao Nang Princess 5 (Thailand): The passenger ferry suffered an on board explosion, caught fire and sank off Ao Nang. One of the 116 passengers was reported to be missing after they abandoned ship, with a second reported to have died.
11 April
Oleg Naydenov (Russia): The fishing trawler caught fire at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The burning ship was towed 20 nautical miles (37 km) offshore after her 72 crew were evacuated. She sank on 14 April.
15 April
Hai Jian 77 (China): The bulk carrier capsized off Xiao Qu Shan Island. Four of her nine crew were rescued, five were reported missing.
19 April
Gökçeada 1 (Turkey): The passenger ferry ran aground at Gökçeada. All 188 passengers were taken off by lifeboat.[60]
Unnamed migrant ship (Libya): The 20 metres (66 ft) vessel capsized to the south of the Italian island of Lampedusa, with hundreds feared dead.
21 April
Unnamed barge (Egypt): The barge was carrying 500 tons of phosphate. The ship capsized after colliding with the foundations of the city’s Dandara Bridge, in Upper Egypt’s Qena. No casualties were reported. The ship was probably a property of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
28 April
Sorrento (Italy): The ro-pax ferry caught fire 15 nautical miles (27 km) off Mallorca, Spain. All 156 passengers and crew were evacuated.
29 April
JS Danube (Singapore): The bulk carrier ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Mombasa, Kenya. Her 25 crew were rescued.
May
7 May
Ming Yang Zhou 179 (China): The cargo ship collided with Hui Dong Fang 332 (China) and sank off Guangzhou. Seven crew were rescued.[
25 May
Guangdong Union 68 (China): The cargo ship foundered off Gaolan. Her nine crew were rescued.Purple Beach (Marshall Islands): The cargo ship caught fire off Cuxhaven, Germany. Fourteen firefighters were airlifted to the ship, but they and her 22 crew were later evacuated.
26 May
97 Samyong (South Korea): The tug foundered off Busan following the snapping of a cable connecting the boat with a ship it was towing. Two crew were killed.
June
1 June
Dong Fang Zhi Xing (China): The passenger ship sank in Hubei section of Yangtze River with 458 persons on board.
8 June
Teknogas (Malaysia): The LPG tanker issued a distress signal in the South China Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Reported missing as of 11 June.
10 June
Xin Hong 328 (China): The container ship foundered off Guangzhou. Her eight crew were rescued.
18 June
Wan Dong Fang 298 (China): The tanker capsized and sank in the Yangtze near Nanjing.
20 June
Alur Barito 1 (Indonesia): The Landing Craft ran aground and sank at [Banjarmasin]
22 June
Coastal Pride (India): The cargo ship foundered in the Indian Ocean 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of Daman. Her fourteen crew were rescued by Indian Coast Guard helicopters.
Jindal Kamakshi (India): The cargo ship developed a list in the Indian Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Mumbai. Her twenty crew were rescued by Indian Navy helicopters.
26 June
Farley Mowat (Netherlands): The ship sank at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
29 June
Chentong 7 (China): The barge foundered in the Bohai Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Jingtang. Her six crew were rescued by helicopter.
Guoliang 7 (China): The barge foundered in the Bohai Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Jingtang. Her crew were rescued by helicopter.
Jiang Hang 99 (China): The cargo ship foundered in the Bohai Sea. Her five crew were rescued by helicopter.
Jiang Shung 299 (China): The barge foundered in the Bohai Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Jingtang. Her crew were rescued by helicopter.
Yuxinhuo 13396 (China): The cargo ship foundered in the Bohai Sea. Her five crew were rescued by helicopter.
30 June
Meratus Sumbawa 1 (Indonesia): The cargo ship caught fire off Surabaya and was abandoned by her nineteen crew.
July
2 July
Kim Nirvana-B (Philippines): The ferry capsized and sank off Ormoc, Leyte. Between 50 and 70 of the 173 people on board were reported to have been rescued.
6 July
Hai Truong 36 (Vietnam): The cargo ship ran aground off La Gi and began to sink.
Taba (Egypt): The ro-ro ferry foundered in the Red Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Safaga, Egypt. All 37 people on board were rescued by the Egyptian Navy.
8 July
Sinaran Andaman (Cambodia): The container ship was driven ashore on Koe Island, Thailand and sank. Her ten crew were rescued by Royal Thai Navy helicopters.
11 July
Xin Mao (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Taizhou. Her fourteen crew were rescued.
13 July
Heng Run (China): The cargo ship collided with Wan Li 8 (China) and sank off Zhoushan with the loss of at least one of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Chinese Coast Guard and Chinese Navy helicopters, with one crew member swimming ashore.
14 July
Pied Piper (United States): The passenger ship ran aground off Woods Hole, Massachusetts. All 113 people on board were taken off by the United States Coast Guard. She was later refloated and taken in to Woods Hole.
17 July
Alam Manis (Singapore): The cargo ship ran aground off Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, Philippines after her cargo of nickel ore shifted. Twenty crew were rescued by Salviscount (Singapore). One crew member suffered a heart attack and died.
A ship (Egyptian Navy) was struck off Rafah by a missile fired by ISIS forces.
19 July
A ship (flag unknown) was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Mareesa by Libyan Air Force aircraft. A government spokesman claimed that the vessel was carrying weapons and ammunition that were destined for terrorists in the east of the country.
20 July
E Tuan Feng Huo 226 (China): The cargo ship broke in two and sank whilst being loaded at Wuhan.
21 July
Jia Hang 233 (China): The cargo ship was abandoned off Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued by a Hong Kong Government Flying Service helicopter.
Jin Tai Yi 3 (China): The cargo ship was abandoned off Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued by a Hong Kong Government Flying Service helicopter.
Shun Hong Hai 286 (China): The cargo ship was abandoned off Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued by a Hong Kong Government Flying Service helicopter.
Zhong Chuan 19 (China): The cargo ship was abandoned off Hong Kong. Her crew were rescued by a Hong Kong Government Flying Service helicopter.
23 July
Akel (Turkey): The cargo ship collided with Sengul K (Turkey) in the Bosphorus off Riva and foundered with the loss of one of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the Turkish Coast GuardUnnamed ship (Egypt): At least twenty-one people died when a passenger boat and a cargo ship collided on the River Nile.
24 July
Jiang Xia Xiang (China): The cargo ship collided with Bai Chi (China and sank in the Yangtze at Waigaoqiao. Her sixteen crew were rescued.
31 July
Sunflower Daisetsu (Japan): The ro-pax ferry caught fire off Hokkaido with the loss of a crew member. The remaining 71 passengers and 22 crew were evacuated from the ship by the Japanese Coast Guard.
August
7 August
Focomar (Panama): The cargo ship suffered engine problems in the Gulf of Aden off Socotra Island, Yemen and was abandoned by her 24 crew. They were rescued a few days later from the island by Libeccio (Marina Militare). Focomar was towed in to Djibouti by Mubarak Challenger (United Arab Emirates).
15 August
Wonderful Stars (Philippines): The ferry caught fire at Ormoc. All 544 people on board were evacuated.
21 August
Aloha (United States): The superyacht struck a reef and sank in the Aegean Sea off Mykonos, Greece. All on board survived.
27 August
Unnamed ship: Capsized off the coast of Libya near Zuwara with fifty people on board. Unnamed ship: Capsized off the coast of Libya near Zuwara with four hundred people on board.
September
2 September
Meratus Banjar 2 (Indonesia): The container ship sprang a leak, capsized and sank in the Java Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) north east of Surabaya. Two of her crew were reported missing.
3 September
Zhe Pu 01833 (China): The cargo ship struck a reef and sank off Ningbo-Zhoushan. Her five crew were rescued.
27 September
MFV Lincoln (South Africa): The 42 meter fishing trawler sank off Hangklip. Eight survivors were found also ten bodies had been recovered. Three crewman remained missing.
October
1 October
El Faro (United States): Hurricane Joaquin: The ro-ro cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas. Her thirty-three crew were missing as of 5 October
Minouche (Bolivia): Hurrican Joaquin: The cargo ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Haiti. Her twelve crew took to the lifeboat. USCGC Northland (United States Coast Guard) was reported to be searching for them, but they were rescued by Cronus Leader ( Panama) and Falcon Arrow ( Bahamas) under the AMVER scheme.
6 October
Flinterstar (Netherlands): The cargo ship collided with Al Oraiq (Marshall Islands) and sank in the North Sea off Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium. Her eleven crew were rescued.
Haidar (Lebanon): The livestock carrier capsized at Porto Vila de Conde, Brazil. Her crew had been evacuated before she capsized.
23 October
Los Llanitos (Mexico): Hurricane Patricia: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Barra de Navidad. Her twenty-seven crew were rescued by helicopter.[106] She subsequently broke her back and will be scuttled.
25 October
Leviathan II (Canada): The whale-watching boat sank off the coast of Vargas Island, near the resort of Tofino, Vancouver Island. Five people are dead and one missing.
Unknown date
Foxhound (Philippines): The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bismark Sea off Lae, Papua New Guinea. Her twenty-one crew took to the lifeboat and were subsequently rescued by COSCO Shanghai (China).
November
1 November
Ya Zar Tun (Myanmar): The ferry sank on the Chindwin River, Sagaing Region while heading for Sae Zin from Monywa. Approximately thirty people are saved and eight bodies recovered, out of an unknown number of passenger (estimated at seventy to one hundred).
16 November
KM Wihan Sejahtera (Indonesia): The ferry capsized off Tanjung Perak. All of the passengers and crew were reported to have been rescued.
18 November
Le Boreal (France): The cruise ship suffered an engine room fire off the Falkland Islands. All 347 people were evacuated by Royal Air Force helicopters and HMS Clyde (Royal Navy).
20 November
Hua Chun 19 (China): The cargo ship foundered in the Yellow Sea off Qingdao with the loss of a crew member. Five others were reported missing.
22 November
Guiliang 399 (China): The cargo ship collided with Zi Yun 1 (China off Zhoushan and sank. Four of her eight crew were rescued.[115]
24 November
Suilven (Fiji): The cargo ship capsized and sank off Suva. Her 34 crew were rescued.
30 November
Fortune Life (Panama): The cargo ship foundered in the Philippine Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of Vigan with the loss of eleven of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Ashley Lady (Singapore).
December
4 December
Hanjin Aqua (Panama): The container ship ran aground in the Sunda Strait off Sangiang Island, Indonesia. She was still aground as of 16 December 2015.
16 December
Thorco Cloud (Antigua and Barbuda): The cargo ship collided with Stolt Commitment (Cayman Islands) and sank in the Singapore Strait. Six of her twelve crew were reported missing. Three bodies were recovered from near the wreck of the ship in late December; one of them was confirmed to be a crew member. The other two bodies were later also confirmed to be missing crew members.
17 December
Maple Lea (Germany): The cargo ship grounded in Lake Saint-Louis, Quebec shortly after leaving Montreal; refloated four days later on 21 December.
19 December
Marina Baru (Indonesia): The passenger ferry capsized and sank off the south coast of Sulawesi, 13 nautical miles (24 km) south east of Siwa. About 40 of the 125 passengers and crew were rescued. Three people were confirmed dead, with about 70 listed as missing as of 21 December.
27 December
Granam St Anne (Haiti): The coaster foundered off the coast of Cuba. Her twelve crew were rescued by two United States Coast Guard helicopters
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