At least 36 people were drowned when their boat capsized during a heavy storm on Lake Victoria, Tanzanian officials said on Wednesday. Ignas Mbinga, the regional police commander for western Tanzania, said only nine people survived the accident
Eight South Korean crew of a fishing vessel that was seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia on Tuesday were confirmed safe but the motive of kidnapping was not immediately known on Wednesday.
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The naming ceremony of the ship owned by a consortium of A.P. Moller and Qatar Shipping was held at Samsung Shipyard in South Korea recently. Maersk Qatar has an LNG cargo carrying capacity of 145,000m3 and will enter RasGas service by the month-end.
The owner of a ship which sank in the Gulf off the coast of Bahrain killing 58 people has been detained for interrogation, according to reports reaching here on Tuesday.
Pirates have seized a South Korean fishing boat off the coast of Somalia – the latest in a series of such attacks. The Dongwon-ho 628, with a crew of 25, was fishing with two other South Korean boats in international waters, when two speedboats landed attackers on board.
The U.S. needs a cheaper way to build new ships in small quantities, Navy secretary Donald Winter said Tuesday. Winter said the Navy needs to provide more stability for shipyards, while industry needs to improve its balance of long-term planning and short-term
KUWAIT: Kuwait has officially taken delivery of the giant oil tanker Kazma 3 yesterday. Kazma 3 is part of the modern fleet of the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company which has embarked on a fleet renewal programme.
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Police Inspector Walter Evans said that the weapons were discovered around 11am as a result of a joint operation between officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit and the Customs Department.
THE private diving vessel, Arctic did not make an illegal entry in Fiji. It arrived on Sunday and achored off Denarau because some crew members did not have a visa for Fiji.
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While most of the focus on the return of the USS Gettysburg from a six-month deployment was the reuniting of families, the ship’s crew confiscated a record amount of cocaine while patrolling off the coasts of Central and South America.
