BEIRUT: The bodies of 33 Lebanese who drowned off the Indonesian coast in a tragic boat accident last month have been identified following DNA analysis, the National News Agency reported Thursday. A boat carrying around 80 migrants trying to illegally cross from Indonesia to Australia foundered off the Indonesian coast last month killing over…
Five fishermen were safely rescued after they were spotted by the 32-meters long fishing vessel Aleutian Beauty, sailing on a life raft in Bering Sea on October 20th. According to initial reports, the fishing ship Aleutian Beauty was requested to assist the distressed vessel by the United States Coast Guard, 69 nautical miles…
Dubai: An Australian naval ship, HMAS Melbourne, has caught nine Somali pirates on two skiffs some 500 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. The skiffs had attacked a Spanish trawler and a tanker in the past week. The skiffs and all equipment belonging to the Somalis was destroyed. Commander Brian Schlegel, HMAS Melbourne…
India’s Mandovi Drydocks in Goa has made significant contributions to the domestic boat building industry. An example of this is the 43 x 10-meter offshore supply vessel M.V. Orion Laxmi owned by Orion Offshore Services Pvt. Ltd. Delivered to her owners at the end of 2011 the vessel has a clear deck space of 183…