Six Missing as Two Barges Collide Off Hong Kong

  The search continues in waters south of Hong Kong for six crewmen, missing since a collision between two mainland barges in thick fog near Beaufort Island last night. The two barges collided in the waters south of Bluff Head near Beaufort Island at about 7:50 p.m. on Thursday. One of the barges – carrying…

Three Years Later: Remembering Deepwater Horizon

  On April 20, 2010, a massive explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, killed 11 people and prompted the largest offshore oil spill in American history. “On the third anniversary of the tragic accident in the Gulf of Mexico, our…

Tug Allides with Neva River Bridge, 2 Missing

  Rescuers are persistently searching for two crewmembers missing after their tug allided with a bridge over St. Petersburg’s Neva River and sank. Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry stated that rescuers had located the sunken ship, which struck the northern capital’s Palace Bridge around 2 a.m. and then drifted 200 meters downstream. However, they have been…

11 killed in boat capsize off Morocco

  34 migrants were sailing to Europe and 11 of them have died when their boat capsized of north coast of Morocco. 12 people were sent to the hospital for medical treatment. The cause of the death – drowning only one man died while being transported to the hospital. The nationality of the passengers is…