Kochi: 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
Read moreThe Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has looked into complaints about state-owned port operator Pelindo II in Teluk Bayur Port in Padang, West Sumatra. Pelindo is accused of unfair business practices by requiring port users to deal with services provided by firms it appointed. “This condition leaves business players with no options although choices
Read moreAn Indian Coast Guard vessel came to the rescue of a distressed cargo ship suffering from a crack below the water line. The MV ASIAN EXPRESS had 22 crewmen onboard during the time it started sinking. All of them were successfully rescued and are aboard the ICGS Varuna. The sinking ship is presently located
Read more(Reuters) – After two days trapped in freezing cold water and breathing from an air bubble in an upturned tugboat under the ocean, Harrison Okene was sure he was going to die. Then a torch light pierced the darkness. Ship’s cook Okene, 29, was on board the Jascon-4 tugboat when it capsized on May
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – To the surprises of some people, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior III, with his family members in Tanjung Priok Seaport in Jakarta on June 7, a day before World Oceans Day was observed. There had been “hate and love relations” between Indonesia and Greenpeace
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