Cargo Ship on Fire in Indonesian Waters
Meratus Sumbawa, an Indonesian-flagged general cargo ship, caught fire from a spark in the engine room. The ship is owned by Meratus line.
The 3,000 deadweight vessel was roughly 20 nautical miles from Surabaya port...
‘Lim Ki-Tack’ The New IMO Secretary-General
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Mr. Lim Ki-tack, who is the President of the Busan Port Authority in South Korea, has been elected as the Secretary-General of the IMO. Lim is all set to begin his four year term...
141 bodies have been recovered so far in Indonesian transport plane crash
An Indonesian plane crash has claimed the lives of more than 140 people. Death toll indicates that 122 people on board the Hercules C-130 and at least 19 people on the ground were killed...
How to deal with High Viscosity fuels?
The answer to the above question depends on how high is the viscosity of the fuel.
Let us assume that the Bunker supplied has a Viscosity of 500 cSt instead of 380 cSt (assuming...
Transport plane crash kills at least five in Indonesia
A military transport plane crashed in a residential area of Medan in Indonesia killing at least 30 people, officials say.
The plane with 12 crew members on board came down soon after take-off and crashed into...
Cairo car bomb kills Egypt prosecutor Hisham Barakat
Egypt's public prosecutor, Mr Barakat, died of his wounds in hospital following a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, reports say.
The Egyptian state news agency Mena said that Mr Barakat had died after...
Contentious Drug used in executions upheld by US Supreme Court
Opponents of the death penalty suffered a setback when the US Supreme Court upheld the use of a contentious drug in executions, saying it does not violate a ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
In...
Man sets fire on himself in Japan bullet train
Its reported that in Japan, six people have been injured, two seriously, after a passenger set himself on fire on a Shinkansen bullet train.
A passenger had poured oil over himself in the first carriage...
Sightsavers fight trachoma in Sudan
Global Trachoma Mapping Project, funded by UK-aid, aims to eliminate the disease by 2020 in sudan with technology and research.Trachoma - the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, is an outcome of poor hygiene...
Signing Ceremony for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Delegates from 57 countries are getting together in China for the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a new international financial institution set to rival the World Bank and Asian Development...