The Dutch Coast Guard deployed helicopters and divers to search for three missing mariners in the North Sea after their ship sank following a collision with a fishing trawler early on Monday. The collision occurred around 1:30 am (locally) when the Maria, a ship deployed to guard an oil drilling platform about 24 miles
Read moreThe Iranian Navy’s 27th Fleet rescued an Iranian oil tanker from repeated pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen’s southern coast over the weekend. The tanker was attacked twice by pirates late on Saturday and Sunday morning, but they failed in their attempts to hijack the vessel and fled the scene
Read moreBest graphic online casinop> China said on Monday the United States,Australia and Japan should not use their alliance as an excuse to intervene in territorial disputes in the East China Sea and South China Sea, and urged them to refrain from inflaming regional tensions. On Friday, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio
Read moreDefense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has announced that the ministry will deploy maritime patrol aircraft from the Navy to track people smuggling along the southern coastal areas of Indonesia. “This October we will launch maritime patrols along the southern coasts to monitor boats carrying migrants because not all of them stop off in Indonesia
Read moreThe Indonesian Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of fishery partnership. “It marks the birth of the new era of both countries’ fishery partnership, which is expected to be able to further benefit both countries,” Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sharif
Read moreThe Japanese Coast Guard reported that two container ships collided late Wednesday night in waters off the island of Shikoku. Local maritime authorities were able to confirm that there were no injuries, and the two ships, one departing from Osaka, the other heading to Aichi Prefecture, were not significantly damaged and able to continue their
Read morePeru has hosted the 2013 IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event, on 2 and 3 October 2013, with a seminar and other activities, focusing on this year’s World Maritime Day theme: “Sustainable Development: IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20″”. The parallel event was attended by representatives from the maritime community in Peru, South America and the rest
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