Tag: Maritime accidents
New Zealand bans live cow exports due to welfare concerns
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand announced Wednesday it is banning the export of live cows and other farm animals by sea due to...
UN says 34 migrants drown off Djibouti after boat capsizes
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — The International Organization for Migration says 34 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of...
UN says 34 migrants drown off Djibouti after boat capsizes
NAIROBI, Kenya — The International Organization for Migration says 34 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of...
Postcard from Titanic’s radio operator being sold at auction
<p>BOSTON — A postcard written by the Titanic's senior radio operator just weeks before the ocean liner sank in the North Atlantic in 1912...
Postcard from Titanic’s radio operator being sold at auction
BOSTON — A postcard written by the Titanic's senior radio operator just weeks before the ocean liner sank in the North Atlantic in 1912...
Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway
<p>HELSINKI — Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast...
Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway
HELSINKI — Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast...
Salvage of Dutch ship adrift off Norway postponed for a day
<p>HELSINKI — Bad weather conditions have postponed efforts to salvage a Dutch cargo ship that's been drifting off the coast of Norway for two...
Salvage of Dutch ship adrift off Norway postponed for a day
HELSINKI — Bad weather conditions have postponed efforts to salvage a Dutch cargo ship that's been drifting off the coast of Norway for two...
Crew evacuated as Dutch cargo ship risks sinking off Norway
<p>HELSINKI — An unmanned Dutch cargo ship may be in danger of capsizing in heavy seas off the coast of Norway after its crew...