A cargo ship has run aground approximately 2.5 miles south of Tobermory, Sound of Mull. Stornoway Coastguard received a 999 call just after 6am this morning reporting that a 90-metre long vessel carrying wood had run aground on rocks. The seven crew on board are said to be safe and well, with no reported
Read moreTwo ferry passengers are dead, and others are still missing, after the Masbate-bound vessel sank early Friday. The latest reports state that 52 of the ferry’s 57 crewmembers and passengers listed on the ship’s manifest had been rescued, while three were still missing. However, officials worry that seven divers and their assistants who were
Read moreTransas Marine Pacific and its local representative in Indonesia have been awarded new contracts from the Government Department of Sea Transportation to supply and install Vessel Traffic Management Systems for Samarinda and Banjarmasin ports. In addition to this, Transas will upgrade the current VTS system in the Semarang port with a fully redundant AIS
Read moreThe Navy’s first littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), departed Changi Naval Base June 11 to participate in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2013. CARAT Malaysia is among the key maritime exercises and exchanges Freedom will conduct with regional navies and U.S. 7th Fleet units while deployed to Southeast Asia. In
Read moreKochi: A Maldivian container vessel started sinking near off Minicoy islands in Lakshadweep after a engine snag but all 22 crew members, including four Indians, on board were rescued by a Coast Guard ship on Wednesday night. The crew members which also had 18 Maldivians are now on board Coast Guard ship ‘Varuna’ and
Read moreA Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship recently seized her fifth -and largest – narcotics shipment in the Gulf of Aden. HMCS Toronto intercepted and boarded a suspected smuggling vessel about 60 miles off the southern coast of Oman, and discovered almost six tonnes of hashish. The Halifax-class frigate is currently working with CMF to
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – The marine health in the world food procurement will highlight the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Bali in October 2013, according to an official of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry. “Indonesia already has its own important agenda to be conveyed in the summit,” Anang Noegroho, Acting Head of Data
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