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14 fishermen from West Bengal held in Bangladesh after their trawler crosses maritime border
Kolkata, Oct 19: Fourteen fishermen from West Bengal have been detained by the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) after they ventured into international waters, police said on Sunday.
UK ship catches fire in Gulf of Aden after projectile strike, investigation under way
Gulf of Aden, October 18: A ship caught fire in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen after being struck by a projectile, the British military said on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.
US Navy warship burns for 12 hours off Japan's Okinawa, two sailors injured
Tokyo, August 21: A US Navy warship remained ablaze for nearly 12 hours while anchored off Japan's Okinawa, with two sailors sustaining minor injuries during the incident, CNN reported, citing the US Navy's 7th Fleet in Japan.
Cargo ship capsize: Police file case against Mediterranean Shipping Company, others
Kochi, June 11: Days after a Liberian-flagged cargo ship belonging to the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) capsized off the Kerala coast on May 24, the Fort Kochi coastal police registered a case against the company and others.
Singapore cargo ship catches fire off Kerala, Kochi and Kozhikode hospitals on alert
Kozhikode, June 9: The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard on Monday rescued 18 crew members of the Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, WAN HAI 503, which caught fire about 70 nautical miles off the Kerala coast, officials said.
Explosion reported on Singapore-flagged container ship off Kerala coast, Indian Coast Guard responds with assistance
Kochi, June 9: A Singapore-flagged container ship, MV WAN HAI 503, which was on passage from Colombo to Nhava Sheva, reported an underdeck explosion in position 315, Kochi 130, according to the Indian Coast Guard PRO.
Container ship capsizes off Kerala coast; spillover of hazardous materials suspected
Thiruvananthapuram, May 24: The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) on Saturday has sent out a warning that the Indian Coast Guard authorities have informed about a spillover of hazardous materials from a ship in the deep sea off the Kerala coast, an official said on Saturday. Notably, a container ship capsized while sailing towards Kochi.
'Very bulky new neighbour': Norwegian man wakes up to find container ship in garden
London, May 23: A Norwegian man had a narrow escape as a huge container ship ran aground onto his garden, missing his bedroom where he was sleeping by scant metres, reports said on Friday.
4 killed, over 500 wounded in Iran port blast
Tehran, April 26: At least four people were killed and 516 others injured on Saturday after a massive explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee Port in the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, local media reported.
Vessel carrying 65, mostly Pakistanis, capsizes in Libya
Islamabad, Feb 10: In yet another boat tragedy, a vessel carrying at least 65 passengers, mostly Pakistanis, capsized off the coast of Libya, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed in Islamabad on Monday.