India on Wednesday expressed concern over attacks targeting commercial shipping in the ongoing West Asia conflict, following missile strikes on a Thai-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz earlier today.
A Thai-flagged cargo vessel was struck by missiles near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, leaving three crew members unaccounted for, while 20 others were rescued by the Royal Navy of Oman, the Bangkok Post reported, citing the Royal Thai Navy.
According to Kollam port authorities, the vessel was unable to proceed to the Saudi coast due to the prevailing security situation. The ship's crew sought assistance to anchor safely at Kollam. Officials clarified that it is a small offshore supply vessel, not a cargo ship. Port authoriti
Unnamed officials told the newspaper that US military personnel boarded the ship several hundred miles from Sri Lanka, according to the report on Friday. It was the first time in several years US forces had intercepted cargo travelling from China to Iran, according to the newspaper, as quote
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against the then Chief Manager of Mumbai's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, some private companies and unknown public servants for alleged "criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct" by abusing official position in the projec
An explosion and fire occurred aboard MV Wan Hai 503 off Kerala's coast, leaving four missing and five injured. The Chinese Embassy thanked Indian authorities for their swift rescue efforts. The vessel was en route from Colombo to Nhava Sheva when the incident took place.
By Thursday, hardly any cargo ships were headed to the US from the once-bustling ports of Shanghai and Guangdong, while export factories in provinces vital to China's export economy have largely come to a standstill, according to sources within the country, as highlighted by RFA.
A collision occurred off the northeast coast of England on Monday when a Portuguese container ship, the Solong, smashed into a US military-chartered oil tanker, the Stena Immaculate.
The assessment follows a news report that between 1,000 and 3,000 North Korean troops were newly transported to Kursk via Russian cargo ships and military airplanes between January and February this year in the second round of such troop deployment.
In a recent turn of events, the Taiwanese Coastguard detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew after it was suspected of deliberately sabotaging an undersea internet cable in an attempt to breach the island's communication lines. According to the report by CNN, "Taiwan's coast guard detain
A Russian cargo ship, Ursa Major, sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria after an explosion in its engine room on Monday, leaving two crew members missing, Euronews reported on Tuesday, citing Russian authorities.
On Tuesday, Premier Cho Jung-tai promised to resolve the issue of Chinese sailors employed by Taiwan's state-owned China Steel Express Corp. (CSE) in a "swift, secure, and efficient" manner.