EU Naval Force French Frigate ‘Surcouf’ rescues 10 from life-raft after their coastal cargo vessel sank 30 miles off the Somali coast. The master of the Indian flagged vessel had sent out a distress call after engine failure and the vessel began to ship water. FS Surcouf, which was conducting counter piracy patrols 26…
Two men accused of the attempted hijacking of a tanker off the coast of Oman admitted their crimes in a court on Tuesday, reports said, in the first piracy prosecution in Japan. The two are among four African men arrested in March 2011 over an attack on a Japanese-operated tanker in the Indian Ocean.…
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) – A boat with 48 Indonesian passengers bound for Batam, Indonesia, has been wrecked in Ramunia Bay, Pengerang, Malaysia, with seven people missing. “The incident occurred at 5.20am on Monday (January 14), about 300 metres away from the shoreline. As many as 41 people, including two children and four women,…
Frankfurt: Asia is by far the most vibrant area for shipping. However, analysis just out shows it is also the region with the most shipping casualties. The world’s merchant marine reported the loss of 106 ships last year. The figure is up from the 91 ships reported lost in 2011, but well below the…