March 12, 2025 2:00 am
Neither vessel is now expected to sink, transport minister Heidi Alexander said in a statement after an earlier assessment had said the Solong was unlikely to remain afloat.
May 27, 2021 5:18 pm
A Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, MV 'X-Press Pearl', loaded with about 25 tonnes of hazardous nitric acid and 325 metric tonnes of fuel in its tank, caught fire 9.5 nautical miles away from Colombo Port.
December 25, 2020 10:21 pm
"There is a considerable amount of stress on the crew members on account of this unprecedented situation," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.
May 05, 2014 2:24 pm
The 97-meter Zhong Xin 2, carrying cement, is suspected to have sunk after colliding with the 300-meter MOL Motivator.
August 18, 2013 1:18 am
There were 870 people on board the ferry,including 754 passengers and 116 crewmen.
June 08, 2013 3:16 am
Fourteen Indian sailors on a hijacked cargo vessel have been safely rescued as Somali pirates on board the ship fled after counter piracy ships
August 10, 2010 7:02 pm
It is time to start cleaning up the beaches when the oil spill is freshly entrapped into the sand and silt using the Sand and Silt Washing Reactors

