Oil washes on to New Zealand shore from grounded ship
October 10th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Oct 10 (IANS) Oil spilled from a Liberian-flagged cargo ship stuck on a reef off New Zealand began washing ashore around the port city of Tauranga Monday.
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Chinese cargo ships attacked on the Mekong River, 11 killed
October 10th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) -- Eleven people were killed on Wednesday when two Chinese cargo ships were attacked in the Golden Triangle of the Mekong River, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed ... Read more...
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£155m treasure trove discovered on shipwreck
September 27th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sept 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 1941 British ship which was sunk by a Nazi torpedo has been discovered on the floor of the ocean. The cargo ship was spotted by the ... Read more...
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Over 190 dead in Tanzania ferry accident
September 11th, 2011 - 7:58 am ICT by IANS
Dodoma, Sep 11 (IANS) Over 190 people have been confirmed dead in an accident which took place after a ship capsized near Tanzania's Zanzibar island in the Indian Ocean Saturday.The ... Read more...
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Intercepted suspect ship may have been hijacked: Officials (Lead, With images)
August 15th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) The Indian Navy says that the cargo ship it intercepted late Sunday may have been hijacked and used for smuggling contraband.The 500-tonne M.V. Nafis-I had been ... Read more...
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Divers wait for good weather to plug Mumbai oil spill
August 11th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) A team of divers from the Oil and Natural Gas Commission Thursday started operations to ascertain the source of oil spill from the sunken cargo vessel ... Read more...
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Divers to attempt plug oil leak from sunken ship
August 10th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) While oil continued to spill and spread from sunken cargo ship M.V. Rak Carrier off Mumbai, the maritime authorities Wednesday decided to requisition a specialised ... Read more...
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Sunken ship spewing less oil, say maritime authorities
August 9th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Oil spill from the sunken cargo ship, M.V. Rak Carrier has reduced though oil patches have been noticed on Mumbai beaches and further down on Alibag ... Read more...
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Mumbai oil spill decreasing, say officials (Lead)
August 8th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian defence and maritime authorities Monday said the oil spill from the sunken ship Rak Carrier has decreased, compared to a day earlier and that ... Read more...
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Police nab officials of sunken ship
August 6th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) The captain and the chief engineer of the cargo ship M.T. Rak Carrier, which sank in the Arabian Sea two days ago, were arrested Saturday, Mumbai ... Read more...
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Police lodge complaint against owners of grounded ship
August 1st, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) The Mumbai Police Monday registered a case of 'negligence' against the owners of M.T. Pavit, a stranded Panama-flagged oil tanker, which is grounded off Versova Beach ... Read more...
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Another ship stuck at Mumbai’s Juhu beach (Lead)
July 31st, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) In the second such incident in six weeks, a huge ship Sunday drifted to and ran aground at Juhu beach here, officials said.The ship is oil ... Read more...
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Another ship stuck at Mumbai’s Juhu beach
July 31st, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) In the second such incident in six weeks, a huge ship Sunday drifted to and ran aground at Juhu beach here, officials said.The ship, named MV ... Read more...
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New Orissa port receives first ultra-large vessel
July 25th, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 25 (IANS) Orissa's Dhamra port, which became commercially operational on May 7, has received its first ultra-large vessel carrying 150,000 tonnes of coal from Australia, an official said ... Read more...
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Ship stranded on Mumbai beach refloated
July 2nd, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Three weeks after scrapped cargo ship MV Wisdom ran aground at Juhu Beach in north Mumbai, maritime authorities succeeded in refloating it Saturday afternoon, an official ... Read more...
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Trying to get 29 Indians freed from pirates: Minister
June 25th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan Saturday said the government is working hard to secure the release of 39 Indian sailors who have been held captive by ... Read more...
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‘Minor damage to Indian warship after Pakistani vessel brushed past’
June 24th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) An Indian warship's flight deck net was slightly damaged after a Pakistani naval vessel brushed past it in an aggressive manoeuvre while escorting an Egyptian ... Read more...
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Grounded ship attracts crowds in Mumbai
June 19th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) While efforts to tow away grounded cargo ship MV Wisdom were suspended for a fortnight, thousands of people gathered at Mumbai's Juhu beach on Sunday evening ... Read more...
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Efforts to tow away grounded ship off Mumbai suspended
June 19th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Salvage efforts to tow away cargo ship MV Wisdom, grounded near Juhu beach, were suspended Sunday for a fortnight due to operational constraints, a Directorate General ... Read more...
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Salvaging of grounded ship off Mumbai to resume Sunday
June 18th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) For the second consecutive day Saturday, salvagers, citing technical problems, suspended efforts to tow away the cargo ship, MV Wisdom, which went adrift and grounded off ... Read more...
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India denies obstructing Pakistani warship (Third Lead)
June 18th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) India Saturday dismissed as "totally baseless" Pakistani allegations that its naval vessel was obstructed by an Indian warship in the Gulf of Aden while escorting ... Read more...
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Ship unresponsive, Indian Navy calls off escort (Second Lead)
June 16th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Indian Navy Thursday called off its effort to escort an Egyptian cargo ship freed Tuesday by Somali pirates to Oman after the vessel's Pakistani ... Read more...
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Indian Navy abandons escort of freed vessel (Lead)
June 16th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Indian Navy Thursday abandoned its effort to escort Egyptian cargo ship freed Tuesday by Somali pirates to Oman after the vessel's Pakistani captain ... Read more...
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Indian warship escorts freed vessel
June 16th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An Indian warship Thursday began escorting Egyptian cargo ship with six Indians among its 22-man crew after it came under a fresh pirate attack, a ... Read more...
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Fresh pirate attack on freed vessel, India rushes warship (Second Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A fresh piracy attempt was made Wednesday on an Egyptian merchant ship with six Indians among its 22-man crew, a day after it was freed ... Read more...
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Back from captivity, Punjab sailors dream of next voyage
April 28th, 2011 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) It is said the only time a sailor feels at home is when he is at sea. Demonstrating this spirit, two young sailors from Punjab, ... Read more...
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Russian cargo spacecraft takes off for ISS
April 28th, 2011 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 28 (IANS) A Russian cargo spaceship took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday for the International Space Station (ISS), the Mission Control Centre said.This was the ... Read more...
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Pirates seize Italian ship off Oman
April 21st, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, April 21 (IANS/AKI) Pirates hijacked an Italian cargo ship in the Arabian Sea with 21 crew members, including six Italians, on board, the Italian government confirmed Thursday."At the time ... Read more...
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India rules out military intervention in sailors hostage crisis
April 19th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) With pirates still holding seven Indian sailors despite ransom being paid for their release, the government Tuesday ruled out any military intervention to rescue the ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Navy rushes warship to Somali coast
April 18th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) With seven Indian sailors still being held hostage by pirates despite payment of ransom, the navy has placed one of its warships on high alert ... Read more...
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Two shipped to Singapore after dozing in container, one dead
April 15th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 15 (IANS) Two Bangladeshi port workers who slept off in a container at Chittagong port ended up in Singapore via Malaysia - having gone without food and water ... Read more...
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Israel threatens ‘military action’ against Iran if it disobeys sanctions on nuke programme
March 19th, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Mar 19 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of 'military action' if Iran continues with its nuclear programme by disobeying international sanctions, following reports that a cargo ship heading ... Read more...
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Tom Hanks to play Capt. Phillips in Somali Pirates movie
March 17th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 16 (ANI): Tom Hanks has been signed up to play the role of high-seas hero Captain Richard Phillips, who sacrificed himself to Somali pirates to save his cargo ship's crew.According ... Read more...
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Hanks to play sea captain
March 17th, 2011 - 2:52 am ICT by IANS
London, March 17 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has been cast as heroic sea captain Richard Phillips in a new movie.Phillips hit the headlines in 2009 when his cargo ship ... Read more...
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Efforts on to release Indian hostages held by Somali pirates: Krishna
March 9th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Wednesday said that efforts are on to release Indian hostages abducted by Somali pirates.Krishna in a statement in the Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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