South Korean President Park Geun-hye made an official apology once again for one of the country's deadliest maritime disaster on Monday, vowing a reform in officialdom and safety response system.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye made an official apology once again for one of the country's deadliest maritime disaster on Monday, vowing a reform in officialdom and safety response system.
Chief executive officer of the sunken South Korean ferry's operator, Chonghaejin Marine, was arrested Friday for overlooking the inveterate overloading, which led to the vessel's sinking.
The relatives of the Chinese passengers aboard a capsized South Korean ferry were battered on Tuesday, as rescuers pulled out more bodies from the ill-fated ship.
Fears that the South Korean ferry sinking accident could become one of the country's worst maritime disasters in two decades have been rising as rescue operations are protracted.
The Chinese embassy here confirmed Thursday that two Chinese citizens were on board the capsized South Korean ship, but it was still seeking clarification from South Korean authorities.
A passenger ship carrying 475 people, mostly high school students, capsized in waters off South Korea's southwest coast Wednesday, leaving at least nine people dead and 287 others still missing, local media reported Thursday citing the country's central disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters.
A passenger ship with 471 people aboard, mostly high school students, was sinking in waters off South Korea's southwest coast, local broadcaster YTN reported.
Italy's Gioia Tauro port will be available for trans-loading chemicals brought from Syria by cargo vessels onto a U.S. ship, the Italian government confirmed on Thursday.
China's navy hospital ship Peace Ark returned to a navy port on Zhoushan island in east China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday, concluding a humanitarian medical aid mission in typhoon-hit areas in the Philippines.
U.S. Navy will christen aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the first ship in a new class of super carrier, the Defense Department said on Wednesday.
A Panamanian-registered cargo ship carrying 19 people sank in South Korea's southeast Pohang harbor amid a storm at around 21:30 local time on Tuesday, leaving 10 people dead and one missing, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Busan.
Chinese hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Tuesday as part of its overseas voyage to further enhance China- Cambodia ties and to provide medical services to local residents.
Chinese hospital ship "Ark Peace" on Wednesday arrived at Thilawa Port in Yangon at the invitation of Myanmar Navy as part of an overseas voyage to provide medical services to local residents.
As six more bodies were retrieved, the number of people died in the shipwrecks in the Philippine central province of Cebu increased to 71, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced on Wednesday.
Three ships of the U.S. navy Amphibious Squadron Three started to make a port visit in Hong Kong on Monday to get replenishment.
The dramatic expansion in shipyard capacity is making it difficult for the overcapacity across the shipping industry to be absorbed any time soon, ship owners and industry veterans said.
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