* Fast, agile and stealthy warship has 91 people on board * Lockheed sees continued foreign interest from Asia, Middle East * Navy says program doing well after early struggles (Reuters) – The USS Freedom, the first of a new class of U.S. warships, is due to arrive in Singapore on Thursday for an
Read moreA woman was killed and 25 people were missing after a boat carrying workers from a timber company sank on Wednesday on a river in East Kalimantan, an official said. Rescuers plucked 14 people to safety after the boat carrying 40 workers sank at around 6:00 p.m. as it traveled across the Mahakam River,
Read moreShanghai: The long term dispute between the Chinese government and Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale on the latter’s access right seems to have ended, with Vale Malaysia, one of Vale’s giant ore carriers, docking at Lianyungang Port on Monday. The 400,000dwt VLOC is said to have carried around 200,000 tons of iron ore and docked
Read moreCarnival Cruise Lines plans to spend $300 million to improve emergency power and fire safety mechanisms following a series of mishaps that curtailed cruises and angered passengers. The cruise operator, owned by Carnival Corp, on Wednesday said the upgrades would improve back-up systems across its 24-ship fleet. In February, its Carnival Triumph cruise ship
Read moreNeste Oil Corporation released the following statement detailing the incident: The M/V Varnebank, a Dutch freighter, struck the stern of a Neste Oil tanker, the M/T Neste [pictured above], which was carrying a part cargo of diesel fuel, south of Kemi in the Bay of Bothnia at 18.05 EET on Tuesday, 16 April. Both
Read moreFor just a weekend 3 distinct AMVER rescues unfolded recently in the Caribbean and the result was 27 human lives saved. The cruise ship Disney Wonder and Carnival Conquest rescued a combined 21 Cuban migrants from disabled vessels while the bulk carrier Desert Hope rescued 6 people from another disabled vessel. Disney Wonder The
Read moreKuala Lumpur: The International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest quarterly report on piracy and armed robbery against ships recorded a total of 66 incidents worldwide in the first three months of 2013. This is down markedly from the 102 incidents reported for the corresponding period in 2012. Outside of African waters, Indonesia was the
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