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Tugs, dredgers still struggle to free ship blocking Suez CanalDredgers working to dislodge the stranded vessel have so far shifted 27,000 cubic metres of sand, to a depth of 18 metres (19.7 yards), and...
Ship blocking Suez Canal moves slightly, unclear when it will refloatAbout 15% of world shipping traffic transits the canal and hundreds of vessels are waiting to pass once the blockage has been cleared.
Suez Canal chief cites possible 'human error' in ship groundingThe crisis has crippled global supply chains, forcing cargo firms to choose between waiting or the expensive option of rerouting vessels ar...
Insurers may be on hook for millions tied to Suez Canal crisisThe task of pinning the blame hasn’t been made any easier by the Suez Canal Authority’s rules of navigation. They state that the master of ...
Attempt to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal was unsuccessful: Ship's technical managerThe firm said a Dutch rescue team from Smit Salvage had confirmed that two additional tugs would arrive on March 28 to assist in refloating...
Specialist salvage teams join efforts to refloat ship stranded in Suez CanalTaiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp said Dutch firm Smit Salvage and Japan's Nippon Salvage had been appointed by the ship's owner and would wor...
Stranded Suez ship's owner, insurers face millions in claimsThe ship's owner, Japanese firm Shoei Kisen KK, and its insurers could face claims from the SCA for loss of revenue and from other ships wh...
Tugs work to free giant container ship stranded in Suez CanalTracking maps had shown the ship grounded in the southernmost stretch of the waterway, between the Great Bitter Lake and the Red Sea port o...
How a giant container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking a key global trade routeThe MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged container ship that carries trade between Asia and Europe, became grounded Tuesday in the narrow, man-m...
Maersk Honam fire: Remains of missing 3 found onboardThe fire-fighting efforts on board Maersk Honam are progressing. Specialized firefighting vessels remain engaged, with salvage operations l...
Navy’s probe into submarine INS Sindhurakshak tragedy nowhere near completionNaval divers, who have clocked around 1,500 hours of operations since the accident on August 14, have managed to recover only 11 bodies til...
Alert on Goa shoreline to prevent arms being washed ashoreGoa is keeping a close watch on its coast, for containers carrying arms and ammunition which reportedly fell into the sea.
Mumbai oil spill to be cleared in 8 daysThe Singapore-based Smit company will begin ops to salvage the MSC Chitra from Wednesday.
Dutch co, Singapore experts hired to check oil spreadThe efforts of the local agencies in Mumbai have proved a failure as the spill is still spreading around the Mumbai coastline.
PM asks for status report on oil spill, foreign experts called inOil spill has threatened mangroves along a coast stretched up to Alibaug.
- Is India awaiting another major ship accident?
Is India awaiting another major ship accident, and an inevitable ecological disaster?
- Choppy waters await Indian shipping
Frequent ship accidents along the Indian coastline have raised alarm bells among maritime circles.