Dozens of passengers were evacuated from a tourist ferry off the coast of Istanbul on Tuesday 2013/04/02 after a fire started on the vessel, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries. Turkish television showed smoke pouring from the back of the vessel, several hundred metres (yards) from the shore, as two other…
At the meeting, agreement was reached about the counting of fishing vessels and, thus, the adoption of the international safety regulations – the so-called Torremolinos Protocol – has come closer. In the autumn of 2012, the so-called Cape Town Agreement was concluded by the IMO. The purpose is to adopt international safety regulations for…
The Bangladesh Navy has recovered 20 bodies of fishermen who were reportedly killed during a pirate attack. About ten more men are believed to be missing. The bodies were found in the Bay of Bengal where pirates frequent in an effort to rob and kidnap the local fishermen. 17 corpses were found in open…
U.S. guided-missile destroyer placed off Korean peninsula * Pyongyang rhetoric not followed by mobilization -U.S. * Nth Korea says region on brink of nuclear war * New Nth Korean PM named, confidant of leadership dynasty (Reuters) – The United States has positioned a warship off the Korean coast as a shield against ballistic missile…