Mechanical problems on a Celebrity Cruises ship have forced the cancellation of all of the vessel’s remaining Alaska sailings this year, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The Celebrity Millennium, which last week developed a problem with one of its two propulsion motors, is docked in the southeast Alaska port of Ketchikan and awaiting
Read moreThe total number of victims from the collision, which occurred last week between a cargo ship and a passenger vessel in Cebu rose to 75 as of 22nd of August, according to information from the Philippine Coast Guard. The passenger ship MV Thomas Aquinas sank after a collision with the cargo vessel Sulpicio Express
Read moreSix Indonesian crewmen suspected of murdering the skipper and chief engineer of a Taiwanese fishing boat last month have been detained, while three others have been referred to Indonesian authorities in Taiwan, the Yilan District Prosecutors’ Office said. Six of the nine Indonesians employed on the Suao-registered Te Hung Hsing No. 368 are suspected
Read moreThe Russian Navy will receive 10 advanced search and rescue vessels by the end of the year to boost its sea rescue capabilities, a Navy official said Wednesday. According to the Navy, its Baltic fleet will receive four of the new vessels while three will be commissioned in the Black Sea. The new ships
Read moreOn July 9, the Chinese Coast Guard was officially established with over 16,000 personnel and 11 flotillas/squadrons spilt between the Northern, Eastern and Southern commands. Earlier this month, various online images showed a large vessel under construction with its hull painted in the colors of the newly established China Coast Guard (CCG) bureau. “Some
Read moreSYDNEY — Five people were believed to have drowned after a boat carrying more than 100 suspected asylum seekers sank in the remote Indian Ocean. The boat sank on Tuesday about 220 kilometers (140 miles) north of Christmas Island, where Australia operates a detention camp for asylum seekers. An Australian navy ship hurried to
Read moreUpdate: The flow of crude oil through a pipeline running from Iraq’s Kirkuk oil fields to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan in Turkey will resume on Wednesday night, a senior Turkish official told Reuters. The Turkish official said the flow was halted for maintanance work, denying there was any bomb attack on the pipeline.
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