Deadliest maritime disasters since '05

-- February 19, 2005 Bangladesh At least 149 people are killed when a ferry boat sinks in the Buriganga River in a suburb of Dhaka.

-- June 30 Cameroon A boat heading to Gabon from Nigeria with 60 people on on board sinks at Campo, near the coast of Cameroon, leaving 43 dead.

-- July 7 Indonesia Almost 200 people are listed as missing when a ferry sinks off the Indonesian province of Papua.

-- August 6 Central African Republic About 40 people are dead or missing after a boat sinks in the Oubangui River.

-- August 16 Nigeria About 90 people are presumed drowned in a river in northeastern state of Taraba after a ferry capsizes.

-- August 17 Colombia An Ecuadorian ship with about 100 illegal immigrants on board sinks off Colombia, leaving 94 people missing and presumed dead.

-- September 4 Yemen The bodies of 45 Somali and Ethiopian refugees are washed up on the coast of Yemen after fleeing Somalia by sea.

-- October 16 India At least 37 people are killed and about 40 others listed as missing when a boat carrying farm workers sinks in the Ganges River.

-- November 4 Pakistan Fourteen people are killed and 21 listed as missing after an overcrowded ferry sinks in the Indus delta.

-- January 31, 2006 Indonesia Thirty-six people are killed and 81 reported missing and presumed dead when a ferry capsizes between Kupang and Rote isles.

-- February 3 Red Sea More than 1,000 people are killed or listed as missing when an Egyptian ferry carrying 1,415 people capsizes.

-- March 23 Cameroon About 130 people are reported missing when a boat from Nigeria capsizes off the southwestern coast of Cameroon.