By MarEx 2015-06-01 19:58:49 A passenger ship carrying 458 people, many elderly tourists, sank in China's Yangtze River on Monday night during a storm and only 12 people had been rescued so far, ...
Chinese Passenger Ship Sinks, Hundreds Missing
Adriatic Oil: Croatia Weighs Tourism Threat
By Reuters 2015-06-01 19:33:45 When Croatia announced in 2013 it would set a tender to explore for oil and gas in its pristine Adriatic waters, the government evoked the hydrocarbon riches of Norway ...
Deepsea Copper Mine Versus Terrestrial Mines
By Wendy Laursen 2015-06-01 19:22:26 Earth Economics has released an independent environmental and social benchmarking analysis of Nautilus Minerals’ proposed deep seabed mining project. The primary ...
Impact Study Delivered for Nicaraguan Canal
By Reuters 2015-06-01 18:16:03 A long-awaited study on the impact of the proposed $50 billion Nicaraguan waterway by a British consultancy has been delivered, a canal official said on Monday, the ...
Stranded Tanker Arrives in Port
By Kathryn Stone 2015-06-01 12:44:22 The disabled Afromax tanker Lady M finally arrived at the Port of Las Palmas Sunday after being stranded two weeks following an onboard fire. The 115,418 DWT ...
Strike at Peru’s Top Port May Stoke Inflation
By Reuters 2015-06-01 16:46:42 A dockworkers strike at Peru's biggest port, Callao, has hit imports of basic goods in the Andean country and will likely stoke inflation, the main exporters ...
Sea Shepherd Buys Coast Guard Vessels
By MarEx 2015-06-01 16:38:21 Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has secured two new ships to join its international fleet. In January, Sea Shepherd USA purchased two recently decommissioned U.S. ...
IMO to Adopt New Code for Gas-Fueled Ships
By MarEx 2015-06-01 15:29:04 The IMO is expected to adopt the IGF Code, a new mandatory code for gas-fueled ships, when the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets June 3 to 12 in London. The IGF Code ...
Standed Tanker Arrives in Port
By Kathryn Stone 2015-06-01 12:44:22 The disabled Afromax tanker Lady M finally arrived at the Port of Las Palmas Sunday after being stranded two weeks following an onboard fire. The 115,418 DWT ...
Humanitarian Aid Ship Shelled in Yemen
By MarEx 2015-06-01 10:41:39 A humanitarian relief vessel heading to war-torn Yemen was diverted on Sunday after it was shelled about one nautical mile from its destination. The ship MV Amsterdam, ...