Oil spills outside China's Qingdao port after ship collision

 

 

 

Oil spills outside China's Qingdao port after ship collision

Chinese workers look on at a port in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province on Jul 13, 2017. (Photo: AFP/STR)

BEIJING: A tanker carrying around 1 million barrels of bitumen mix was involved in a collision near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, spilling oil into the Yellow Sea, Chinese maritime officials and tanker representatives said on Tuesday (Apr 27).

The collision involving the anchored Liberia-flagged tanker A Symphony and the bulk vessel Sea Justice took place at 8.50am local time, A Symphony's manager Goodwood Ship Management said in an e-mail.

 

"The force of the impact on the forward port side caused a breach in cargo tanks and ballast tanks, with

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Missing Indonesian submarine has 72 hours of oxygen left, navy says

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Indonesia's navy is racing to find the KRI Nanggala-402, pictured here in a file image

Indonesia has about 72 hours left to rescue 53 crew members of a missing navy submarine before they run out of oxygen, the navy said.

The KRI Nanggala-402 vessel is thought to have disappeared about 60 miles (100km) off the coast of Bali early on Wednesday morning.

Six warships, a helicopter and 400 people are involved in the search.

Singapore and Malaysia have dispatched ships, and the US, Australia, France, and Germany have offered assistance.

The German-built submarine had been conducting a drill but failed to report back and contact was lost, the navy said.

"We know the area but

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Report: Bourbon Rhode Had Leaking Hatch Prior to Her Sinking

 

Bourbon Rhode (file image courtesy Bourbon)

BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 04-19-2021 05:52:00

Survivors and former crewmembers of the lost tug Bourbon Rhode have told investigators that the vessel was not in fit condition prior to her final voyage, according to her flag state of Luxembourg.

“The originally hired first officer left the shipyard due to the poor condition of the ship. His replacement also complained about the overall condition of the ship," Luxembourg's ministry of transport said in an interim report on the casualty. "All three survivors said they were surprised by the poor condition. One survivor stated that a senior member of the engine crew was concerned that the technical condition of the ship would not allow it to cross the Atlantic."

In July 2019, Bourbon Rhode entered a six-week shipyard

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Titanic: 5 mitos que persisten a más de un siglo del hundimiento del mítico buque de pasajeros

 

 

 

 

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14 abril 2021

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El Titanic partió del puerto de Southampton el 10 de abril de 1912.

La catástrofe ocurrió entre la noche del 14 y la madrugada del 15 de abril de 1912.

El RMS Titanic, el buque de pasajeros más grande y majestuoso construido hasta entonces, realizaba su viaje inaugural desde Southampton, Inglaterra, hasta Nueva York, Estados Unidos, cuando chocó con un iceberg en las heladas aguas del Atlántico norte.

Su hundimiento dejó 1.500 muertos.

Los periódicos de entonces se llenaron de historias sobre héroes, pero también de villanos que supuestamente contribuyeron a la tragedia.

 

1. El barco "insumergible"

Tan pronto como las aguas cubrieron el Titanic la madrugada del 15 de abril de 1912, comenzaron los

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Egypt seized the Ever Given, demanding the ship's owners pay nearly $1 billion for blocking the Suez Canal

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The "Ever Given" container ship operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, sails through the Suez Canal, after it was fully freed and floated. Egypt's Suez Canal Authority announced that the stranded massive container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, has been fully dislodged and successfully floating in the canal. Sayed Hassan/picture alliance via Getty Images
  • Officials in Egypt have seized the Ever Given as authorities in the country demand the ship's owners pay nearly $1 billion for blocking the Suez Canal for several days last month.
  • The owner of the Ever Given declared "General Average," so insurance could pay some of the damages along with the owners of cargo aboard the ship.
  • The 25 crew members aboard the

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