A Singaporean cargo ship and a Vietnamese fishing boat collided offshore Vietnam’s southern Vung Tau province in early Monday morning, leaving at least one people killed and seven missing, local VNExpress reported. Singaporean cargo ship Sima Saphire on its way from Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City to Malaysia, collided with the Vietnamese fishing
Read moreOfficials have confirmed a fatality as a result of an accident at the Port of Tampa. A 56-year-old worker was killed after pipes fell onto him and three other men working inside a ship docked at the port. Hercules Gilmore was pronounced dead on the scene. Only one of the three other laborers involved
Read morePT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo II), a state-run Indonesian port operator, plans to raise $1.25 billion in syndicated loans to help finance the expansion of its North Jakarta port. A weak port infrastructure in Southeast Asia’s largest economy pushes up logistics costs and makes it harder for businesses to expand operations. The company has appointed
Read morePanama seized a North Korean cargo ship it suspects was hiding missile equipment in a shipment of brown sugar from Cuba, after a standoff in which the ship’s captain tried to slit his own throat. The ship was stopped last week as it headed into the Panama Canal and authorities arrested the crew on Monday after finding undeclared missile-shaped
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