[UPDATE] The tug Christos XXII, damaged after the vessel it was towing collided into its side off Torbay yesterday, is now stable with risk of pollution very low. Attention has now turned to the towed vessel, an ex-German Naval training ship the Emsstrom, which had been listing too heavily for salvors to get onboard.
Read moreThe City of Xiamen’s owners released the following statement: Sunship Schiffahrtskontor KG confirms that the all of its five crew members who were abducted during the boarding of the City of Xiamen off the coast of Nigeria on April 26 were released on May 11th. After the release of all the crew members, who
Read morePolice officials are conducting an investigation on the death of an Indonesian fisherman that died while being locked up onboard a vessel. The victim, who was crew member of the FV Chokyu Maru No. 78 was held in the vessel’s isolated shower room when he was found dead while entering Fiji waters from Tahiti
Read moreLatest update: The Coast Guard rescued 14 people from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday, and two people remain missing. It was previously reported to be a 17-person crew. The crew size is 16. Watchstanders dispatched crews aboard two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station
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