January
2 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glyvursnes |  Faroe Islands | The ro-ro cargo ship caught fire at Hirtshals, Denmark. A crew member was killed and another was severely injured. [1] |
| Unnamed migrant boat |  Tunisia | A migrant boat capsized off the Kerkennah Islands with the loss of 27 of the 52 people on board. [2] |
3 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guardian |  United States | The fishing vessel ran aground near Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The United States Coast Guard despatched a tug and she was refloated. [3] |
4 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Panoria |  Marshall Islands | The bulk carrier caught fire in the South China Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) off Cape Elubani, Taiwan. She was on a voyage from Nantong, China to Singapore. Four of her crew were injured, one seriously. A tug was requested to tow her in to Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [4] |
| Unnamed fishing boat |  South Korea | A fishing boat ran aground near Gageodo, South Korea after colliding with coastal rocks. Three people were killed, 19 were rescued. [5] [6] |
6 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kvalnes |  Norway | The fishing vessel ran aground near Hellbergsøya. She was refloated. [7] |
| Omaha Maru No.8 |  Japan | The fishing vessel capsized 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Kitaibaraki with the loss of two of her twenty crew. Three people were reported missing. [8] |
| Sanwa Maru | Japan | The tanker ran aground off Cape Esan. [9] |
8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bram Force |  Brazil | The service vessel caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio de Janeiro. Her crew were evacuated. She was subsequently towed in to Açu. [10] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphin 18 |  Vietnam | The cargo ship sank approximately 274 nautical miles (507 km) southwest of Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. All 18 crew were rescued from lifeboats by Nicolai Maersk ( Hong Kong). [11] |
12 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kerstin |  Netherlands | The motor barge suffered a steering failure in the Main near Aschaffenburg, Germany and became wedged at the entrance of a lock whilst avoiding an allision with the passenger ship Amadeus Silver II ( Germany). Kerstin was refloated with assistance from the motor barges Käthe Krieger and Henneburg (both Germany). [12] |
| Silver Sincere |  Malaysia | The oil products tanker took on water and sank off of Pedra Branca, Singapore. All eight crew were rescued from lifeboats by Intan Daya 368 ( Indonesia). [13] |
13 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ameray 888 |  Thailand | The 44.39-ton catamaran sank about 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km) north of Koh Racha Yai, Thailand, south of Phuket. 38 people, including 33 Chinese tourists, were rescued. [14] |
15 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | A vessel carrying 86 persons that departed Mauretania on 2 January capsized off Western Sahara. 50 people were killed. [15] [16] |
17 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Sandy |  United States | The 56-foot (17 m) fishing vessel sprung a leak and sank approximately 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Gloucester, Massachusetts. All 18 crew were rescued by USCGC William Chadwick ( United States Coast Guard). [17] [18] |
22 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed submarine | unknown | An abandoned suspected narco-submarine was found by the fishing vessel Maria Cristina at the entrance to the Camarinas-Muxia estuary, Galicia, Spain. While being towed to the port of Camariñas it broke in two with the aft section sinking. [19] |
23 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LCT Cahaya Dana Reza | Indonesia | The tank landing craft sprang a leak, capsized, and sank in shallow water with some of her hull above water near Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. All nine crew were rescued by the tugboat Atlantik Star 11 ( Indonesia). [20] |
25 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wei Sen No. 8 |  Belize | The tanker ran aground near the Matsu Islands. Seven crew were rescued by the Taiwan Coast Guard, one died during the rescue. [21] |
28 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guang Rong |  Cyprus | Storm Herminia: The 103.8-metre (340 ft 7 in), 10,000 DWT cargo ship dragged anchor in a storm at Marina Di Carrara anchorage and crashed into a pier at Tuscan Sea Resort, Italy and then was driven ashore with a starboard list. The crew of 13 is safe. [22] |
