A woman was killed and 25 people were missing after a boat carrying workers from a timber company sank on Wednesday on a river in East Kalimantan, an official said. Rescuers plucked 14 people to safety after the boat carrying 40 workers sank at around 6:00 p.m. as it traveled across the Mahakam River,…
Shanghai: The long term dispute between the Chinese government and Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale on the latter’s access right seems to have ended, with Vale Malaysia, one of Vale’s giant ore carriers, docking at Lianyungang Port on Monday. The 400,000dwt VLOC is said to have carried around 200,000 tons of iron ore and docked…
Carnival Cruise Lines plans to spend $300 million to improve emergency power and fire safety mechanisms following a series of mishaps that curtailed cruises and angered passengers. The cruise operator, owned by Carnival Corp, on Wednesday said the upgrades would improve back-up systems across its 24-ship fleet. In February, its Carnival Triumph cruise ship…
Neste Oil Corporation released the following statement detailing the incident: The M/V Varnebank, a Dutch freighter, struck the stern of a Neste Oil tanker, the M/T Neste [pictured above], which was carrying a part cargo of diesel fuel, south of Kemi in the Bay of Bothnia at 18.05 EET on Tuesday, 16 April. Both…