A cold snap has created a layer of thick sea ice on Laizhou Bay in East China’s Shandong province, leaving about 1,000 vessels stranded in the water. Zheng Dong, chief meteorologist at the Yantai Marine Environment Monitoring Center under the State Oceanic Administration, said the ice expanded to 291 square km this week and…
Puruk Cahu (ANTARA News) – Rescue workers are still searching for 7 missing passengers of a speedboat capsized on Saturday in the Barito river in the regency of Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan. “Currently in addition to police, the military and local people take part in the search,” local police officer Adj. Comr. Yudhapatie told…
MEYER WERFT completed today its new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker, the CORAL ENERGY, for the Dutch owner Anthony Veder, based in Rotterdam. It is the first ship of a new gas tanker type which is equipped with an eco-friendly dual-fuel engine. The tanker is operated with natural gas bringing the emissions of the…
Nigeria has emerged as a new center for piracy, with the number of attacks steadily increasing despite the government’s naval assets, authorities say. In December 2012 alone, gunmen attacked three commercial vessels within six days, ransacking the ships and taking a total of nine crew members hostage, The Wall Street Journal reported. In 2012,…