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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Ten more people on a cruise ship off Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, local media said Thursday, raising the number of infections detected on the boat to 20. Japanese authorities have tested 273 people among the approximately 3,700 passengers and crew on the ship after a man who got off the boat last month in Hong Kong tested positive for the new strain. The new cases were reported […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least 10 people on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, Japan’s health minister said on Wednesday. Japan quarantined the vessel carrying 3,711 people and was testing those onboard for the virus after a former passenger was diagnosed with the illness after disembarking in Hong Kong. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters that specimens were collected from more than 200 people […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Coast Guard has acquired for the first time its own offshore patrol vessel from a France shipbuilder to boost its maritime patrol capabilities, among others. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the BRP Gabriela Silang, which was recently outfitted with the Philippine flag, will set sail from France to the Philippines on Dec. 30. The 83-meter OPV acquired from French shipbuilder OCEA is expected to arrive in Manila on Feb. […]
by Paul HANDLEY with Amir HAVASI in Tehran Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Justice Department issued a warrant Friday for the seizure of the Iranian oil supertanker Grace 1, one day after a Gibraltar judge allowed the release of the detained vessel. The Justice Department alleged the ship was part of a scheme “to unlawfully access the US financial system to support illicit shipments to Syria from Iran by […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Chinese shipping companies for doing business with North Korea, vowing to keep strictly enforcing sanctions on Pyongyang even amid top-level diplomacy. “The maritime industry must do more to stop North Korea’s illicit shipping practices,” national security adviser John Bolton tweeted after the Treasury Department’s announcement. “Everyone should take notice and review their own activities to ensure they are not involved in […]
By Stephen Wright Associated Press WANI, Indonesia (AP) — The captain and crew sailing the Sabuk Nusantara ferry to new owners on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi got the task done and then some. The hulking red and yellow ship was bounced like a basketball as a massive earthquake rocked the region and it landed in front of a row of houses in the village of Wani, dumped by tsunami waves that the crew […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Thirty-two people, mostly Iranians, were missing Sunday after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship off the coast of east China, the transport ministry said. The tanker, carrying 136,000 tonnes of oil condensate, caught fire following the collision Saturday night and its crew of 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis were missing, the ministry said in a statement. The other vessel had been damaged but “without jeopardizing the safety of the ship” and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Shares in Hyundai Heavy Industries plunged by nearly a third on Wednesday after the world’s largest shipbuilder by sales announced a plan to issue new stocks in a bid to shore up its ailing finances. The South Korean firm has struggled amid an industry-wide slump in recent years, as global demand slowed and competition from China intensified while overcapacity slashed prices. Hyundai announced on Tuesday the plan to raise 1.3 […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Eleven Indian crew members were missing on Friday after their cargo ship sank in the Pacific off the Philippines as a typhoon churned in the region, Japan’s coastguard said. The 33,205-tonne Emerald Star with 26 Indian nationals on board sent a distress signal early Friday as the Hong Kong-registered vessel was sailing some 280 kilometres (174 miles) east of the northern tip of the Philippines, said a statement from the […]
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) – More than two thousand people in Yokosuka participated in a memorial service held on Tuesday (June 27) for the seven sailors who died when the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship. Participants, who included local residents, United States and Japanese military personnel, lined the streets and saluted a row of buses and cars carrying the family members and shipmates of the seven dead sailors, according to the US Navy. Multiple US […]
GUATAPE, Columbia (Reuters) – Nine people died and 28 are missing after a multi-decked tourist boat carrying about 170 passengers sank in Colombia’s Penol-Guatape reservoir on Sunday during the long holiday weekend, a government official said. Officials did not disclose the cause of the accident and provided few details. Videos posted on social media showed motorboats coming to the aid of passengers on the upper decks as the boat rocked from side to side. Ninety-nine […]
NAGASAKI, Japan (Reuters) — The French naval ship Mistral arrived at Japan’s southern city of Nagasaki on Saturday (April 29) to participate in a four-nation military drill by Japan, the U.S., the U.K., and France. A welcoming ceremony was held by Japanese Self Defence force personnel, where the captain of Mistral Stanislas De Chargeres gave a speech. Children performed a traditional Japanese dance called Yosakoi to welcome the French officers. Just hours before the Mistral’s […]
