Coast guard personnel from Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines take part in oil spill drill
The coast guards of Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines took part in a mock oil spill exercise in southern Philippine waters on Wednesday. The drill was part of the four-day Regional Maritime Pollution Exercise that kicked off Tuesday to address such pollution, especially that caused ...
Russia defense chief says some crew members survived sub inferno
Some crew members have survived a fire that killed 14 sailors onboard one of the Russian navy's deep-sea research submersibles, the nation's defense minister said Wednesday. Sergei Shoigu didn't specify how many crew members were rescued from Monday's fire. Speaking at the navy's Arctic base ...
Mediterranean migrant rescue ship captain remains under house arrest after questioning
The German captain who defied Italian authorities and rammed her migrant rescue ship into a border police motorboat while docking remained under house arrest after questioning Monday before a judge in Sicily who will decide if she can regain her liberty. Sea-Watch, the German humanitarian ...
No injuries reported as Japan MSDF minesweeper and cargo ship collide off Hiroshima
A Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper and a cargo ship collided around midnight Wednesday in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, but no injuries were reported, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The 510-ton minesweeper Notojima carrying 41 people and the 699-ton ...
'Under emergency law': Ship with 42 migrants defies ban and nears Italian port
A German humanitarian ship carrying 42 migrants rescued off Libya two weeks ago entered Italian waters Wednesday and was within sight of the southernmost island of Lampedusa in defiance of an explicit ban by the country's hard-line interior minister. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini responded, saying ...
Italy holds Netherlands and EU 'responsible' for stranded migrant boat
Italy's hard-line Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he would hold the Netherlands and the European Union "responsible" for the fate of 42 migrants that Rome has blocked from disembarking at Italian ports for over a week. The Dutch-flagged rescue boat Sea-Watch 3 has been stuck ...
20 missing from migrant boat after ferry rescues 27 off Spanish coast
Spanish rescue services are searching for at least 20 people missing from a migrant boat found adrift in the Mediterranean after a passenger ferry rescued 27 people still aboard on Wednesday. The number of migrants arriving in Europe by sea, already declining steadily since 2015, ...
12 dead, 31 rescued after Greece-bound migrant boat sinks off Turkey
A boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the Turkish coast on Monday, leaving at least 12 migrants dead, Turkey's coast guard said. The coast guard said 31 other migrants were rescued after the boat capsized in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Bodrum. ...
Durterte calls for calm over Chinese sinking of fishing boat
The Philippine president has called for calm amid an outcry after a Chinese vessel hit a Philippine fishing boat, which sank and put 22 fishermen in danger in the disputed South China Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday the June 9 incident at Reed Bank ...
Israeli Navy boards freighter from Turkey that was set ablaze and seizes stowaway
The Israeli military says naval forces boarded a cargo ship off the coast that had been set on fire. The military says it was alerted early Sunday to an anchored ship off northern Israel whose hull was ablaze. At the request of the ship's captain, Israeli ...
Woman rescued from drifting sailboat off Hokkaido identified as Russian national
A woman who was rescued from a drifting sailboat in waters off Hokkaido has been identified as a Russian national, the coast guard said Tuesday. The 48-year-old woman, identified as Tatiana Riabkova Leonidovna, told the coast guard that she departed Vladivostok, in Russia's Far ...
Collision sparks fresh debate over allowing huge cruise ships into fragile Venice
A massive cruise ship lost control in Venice Sunday, crashing into a wharf and sparking a fresh controversy over the damage the mammoth vessels cause to one of the world's most famous cities. Footage posted to social media showed people in the harbor fleeing as ...
