Shipwreck

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Transport officials receive sentences for Bulgaria shipwreck

On Monday, the Moskovsky District Court of Kazan found Irek Timergazeyev, head of the Kazan Transit Police Department of the Volga Directorate of the State Marine and River Navigation Agency, and Vladislav Semyonov, former chief state inspector of the same department, guilty in the Bulgaria ship sinking, and sentenced them to five and six years, respectively, in a standard-security prison, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

16:40 07.07.2014

Costa Concordia captain to board the recovered ship on February 27

The prosecutor’s office in Grosseto, Italy where a court is hearing the case of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that ran aground two years ago, has allowed former Captain Francesco Schettino to take part in a survey of the shipwreck, the Italian media wrote on Tuesday.

11:13 26.02.2014

Costa Concordia’s captain moves for new forensic evaluation

Lawyers of Francesco Schettino, the captain of shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner, asked the court Monday to appoint an additional forensic evaluation of the ship, in order to determine whether any mechanical failure could have caused the accident.

15:53 23.09.2013

Costa Concordia employee complaint dismissed by US court

Citing the doctrine of forum non conveniens, a US federal court granted a motion last week to dismiss a complaint filed by a Costa Concordia crew member who was injured when the cruise ship infamously capsized off the Italian coastline in 2012.

17:27 16.09.2013

Russian captain held for 2 months over fatal boat crash

The captain of a river cruise boat that collided with a barge and sank in Russia on Saturday, killing at least six and injuring 47, will be held in a detention facility for two months over the tragedy, his lawyer said Monday.

13:38 19.08.2013

Defense of Costa Concordia’s former captain push for settlement.

Attorneys for Francesco Schettino, former captain of shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner, presented a second motion for settlement between the prosecution and the defendant.

15:45 17.07.2013

Trial of Costa Concordia captain begins without defense attorneys

The trial of Francesco Schettino, the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner, has opened in Grosseto, Italy, without the presence of defense attorneys.

14:08 09.07.2013

Wrecked Costa Concordia captain to go on trial on July 9

Francesco Schettino, the captain who crashed the Costa Concordia liner, will stand trial on July 9, according to a decision taken by Judge Pietro Molino who presided over the preliminary hearing in Grosseto.

17:40 22.05.2013

Captain of Costa Concordia may face trial alone

Francesco Schettino, former captain of the Costa Concordia which sank in January 2012, may be the only person facing trial, with five of the other suspects in the cruise ship disaster making plea bargains.

10:19 15.05.2013

Shipowner to pay 1 million euro fine for Costa Concordia accident

Costa Crociere, the owner of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank in January 2012, will pay 1 million euros as an administrative fine for the crew's errors and for violations of emergency routines.

17:37 10.04.2013

Court extends arrest of official involved in shipwreck killing 122

A court upheld on Friday the decision to extend until December 10 the arrest for a high ranking official of the sea and river transport authority Irek Timergaziyev, arrested in connection with the fatal riverboat accident that killed 122.

11:36 21.10.2011

Extension of arrest of suspect in notorious Bulgaria riverboat case upheld

The Board of Tatarstan's Supreme Court upheld the extension of Vladislav Semyonov's arrest until December 10 in the notorious Bulgaria riverboat case.

15:19 14.10.2011

River authority searched again in Bulgaria riverboat case

The transport police have again searched the State Sea and River Supervision Authority's Volga Division while investigating the Bulgaria riverboat wreck.

15:05 12.10.2011

Witness in notorious shipwreck case commited suicide, investigators say

Investigators decided not to initiate a criminal case after concluding the death of the official, who was a witness in the case of the Bulgaria vessel's crash, was caused by suicide.

12:46 22.09.2011