Two journalists were found on a people-smuggling boat intercepted off northern Australia, officials said Monday, with reports they had spent three days at sea and were badly sunburnt. The pair, a Dutch citizen and a US national, were on board a vessel carrying 57 passengers that was detected by the navy’s HMAS Armidale off remote
Read moreA passenger and a crew member were severely injured when two ferries carrying scores of passengers collided in the middle of the sea off Batam, Riau Islands, on Monday afternoon. The Miko Natalia ferry, made of fiberglass and the smaller of the two boats, departed from the Sekupang domestic harbor in Batam and was
Read moreTwo people drowned and eight are missing after two cargo ships collided off southwestern Greece early on Monday, the Greek coastguard said. The drowned and missing crew were from the Pirireis [pictured above], sailing under a Cook Islands flag, which was in a collision with the ConSouth carrier about 75 nautical miles off the
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
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