In July last year President Boni Yayi of Benin sent a worried letter to the UN secretary-general. His country was being threatened by the activities of pirates, who were scaring shipping away from the ports on which his country’s revenues depend. He wanted international help of the kind which had been deployed against piracy…
Four are missing after a ship sank on Sunday in waters near south China’s Guangdong province. The Qingyuan-registered ship experienced an engine room flood that caused it to sink near the city of Yangjiang around 11 p.m. locally. The Nanhai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport dispatched a rescue ship about one hour…
A high-level meeting chaired jointly by Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, supported by Secretary (Shipping) and Foreign Secretary and other senior officials, was held here to review the progress made in securing the release of Indian seafarers held hostage by the Somali pirates. The Shipping Minister as well…
Today Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) began construction of the first ship in its “Sayaendo” Series, which it has developed as a new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, at the company’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. The LNG carrier is one of two ships ordered jointly by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., and Mitsui O.S.K.…