Beirut: At least 61 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria’s coast, a Lebanese minister said Friday, the deadliest such shipwreck from Lebanon in recent years. Lebanon, which since 2019 has been mired in a financial crisis branded by the World Bank as one of the worst in modern times, […]
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13 missing as passenger ship capsizes in eastern Indonesia
JAKARTA: A passenger ship with 77 people on board sank in the waters off Indonesia’s eastern province of North Maluku, leaving 13 people missing, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The ship, KM Cahaya Arafah, was hit by huge waves in poor weather condition when it was sailing in the waters off Halmahera Selatan (South Halmahera) […]
UAE cargo ship sinks off Iran, rescue underway for 30 crew
Tehran : An Emirati cargo ship sank in Gulf waters off Iran, triggering a search and rescue operation for its 30 crew in poor weather, Iranian state media reported Thursday. “An Emirati car transporter ship sank nearly 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the port of Asalouyeh and a search operation has been launched to rescue […]
Ship grounded at Karachi beach freed after seven weeks
KARACHI: After multiple efforts to refloat grounded cargo vessel (MV) Heng Tong 77 that has been stuck on the Karachi coast since July 20, the salvage master recently commissioned to extricate the ill-fated ship and has successfully put it back into the sea. At the time of publishing this news, the ship has already […]
Sri Lanka’s marine disaster worsens as environmental toll rises
Damage to Sri Lanka’s marine environment from a sinking chemical ship is worse than feared, officials said Friday, as more dead turtles, dolphins and whales washed up on the island’s beaches. As of Thursday, 130 marine animals have been found dead on the Indian Ocean’s beaches since the MV X-Press caught fire last month before […]
Sri Lanka arrests captain over ship fire pollution
The Russian skipper of a container ship that caught fire and burned for almost two weeks before sinking off Sri Lanka’s coast has been arrested and is expected to be charged with marine pollution, police said Monday. The island nation is seeking $40 million in damages from the operators of the ship, which released tonnes […]
International experts deployed for Sri Lanka oil spill
Foreign experts have been deployed to help Sri Lanka contain a potential oil leak from a burnt-out container ship partially sunk off Colombo, the ship’s operator said Friday. Representatives from the International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) and Oil Spill Response (OSR) were onshore monitoring the MV X-Press Pearl, X-Press Feeders said. “They continue to […]
Sri Lanka prepares for worst oil spill as weather hits ship salvage
Sri Lanka was preparing Thursday for a possible major oil leak from the burnt-out cargo ship sinking off Colombo’s main harbour, as worsening weather stalled salvage efforts. The Marine Environment Protection Authority readied oil dispersants and skimmers in case of a leak from the MV X-Press Pearl, which had 350 tonnes of fuel oil […]
German migrant rescue ship captain moved to secret location after threats
The German captain of a rescue charity ship who angered Italy’s interior minister by bringing African migrants to an Italian island has received threats and been moved to a secret location, the charity she works for said. An Italian judge on Tuesday ordered 31-year-old Carola Rackete released from house arrest where she had been held […]