Police officers investigating the shooting of Charlieville fisherman Shazard Mohammed at the Gulf of Paria on Friday night, have seized a gun believed to have been used in the shooting by a Coast Guard officer. The gun will be taken to the Forensic Science Centre today for a ballistic expert to carr
Danger lurked around the Bombay High oil field on Sunday when MV OEL Vision, a cargo vessel, drifted perilously towards a rig after its generators went off and the ship lost propulsion. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) officials said the ship is
Marina di Ravenna, Italy
Winning the IRC 2 Class on the opening day is a good indication of who will be challenging for honours during the rest of Skandia Cowes Week. This year it appears the Commodores’ Cup boats are all in top form. Despite high expectations from Adam Gosling on his Corby 37 Yes! Murphy and Nye, it [&hell
Two fishermen are feared dead after their boat was capsized off the NSW mid-north coast by what is believed to have been a whale. The pair were among four people aboard a five metre runabout near North West Solitary Island, off Woolgoolga, when it was capsized just before 9.30pm (AEST) yesterday. A
Up to 17 illegal immigrants, believed to be from Africa, are missing off the coast of Malta after their boat sank. Maltese armed forces said they were searching for the missing migrants after an Italian fishing boat rescued 13 others who were found swimming. The survivors have been taken ashore, loc
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Twenty-five sailors who were taken hostage in April off Somalia’s lawless coast were released Sunday after more than $800,000 in ransom was paid, a Somali militia commander said. The sailors were headed to the Seychelles islands off the coast of Africa, the commander, Abdi Moham
ANCHORAGE, Alaska That cargo ship that’s practically on its side off the coast of Alaska keeps drifting slowly. But it’s unlikely to hit anything, since in the direction it’s moving, the nearest land is 16-hundred miles away.
The grounded Safmarine Agulhas is an unsalvageable wreck and the rest of its cargo cannot be removed, the National Port Authority (NPA) said. Terry Taylor, the NPA East London spokesperson, said it was too dangerous for salvors to remove the remaining 90 containers from the flooded holds. The 19-yea
Miami – Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a US woman from a cruise ship sailing along the coast of Italy, relatives said. Family members identified the woman as Elizabeth Kay Galeana, 22, of Naples, Florida, who was reported missing on Tuesday from Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the S
Fort Pierce — Two men were being held without bond Saturday after powder cocaine worth more than $16.4 million was seized from their fishing boat on its way to Florida from the Bahamas. The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the vessel driven by Tristan Michael Seymour, 22, of Freeport, Bahamas, and Quincy Na
WASHINGTON — Pacific Northwest senators are divided by party as the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to open a large area of the central Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling. Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of Washington state oppose the bill, which would allow t
Shazard Mohammed was a coward who braved fishing at sea during the night to provide an extra income for his wife and infant child, said his relatives. So when he heard the throbbing engine of a boat approaching in the dark, he reacted as he always did. He weighed anchor and fled. Mohammed, 25, of [&
A/S Dampskibsselskabet Torm, a Danish shipping company, is selling three of its tankers for a total of $63 million. The move is part of Torm’s strategy of selling older bulk vessels so it can build its fleet of bigger Panamax bulk vessels, the 117-year-old Copenhagen company said Friday. Torm did no
