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Owner of missing gold ore ship arrested

Controversial decision to call off the search for the 16 people still missing The controversial decision to call off the search for the 16 people still missing from the disaster was taken in conjunction with relatives, as well as diplomats from the countries of the missing, officials said.Conditions in the submerged part of the 1,000ft-long luxury liner, which keeled over in shallow waters off the Italian island of Giglio, had become too dangerous for divers.Rough seas have caused the ship to repeatedly shift its position, raising fears that it could slide off its rocky resting place and plunge deeper into the sea.Italian emergency services have said there is no chance that anyone could have survived the freezing conditions inside the hull since the ship capsized more than two weeks ago.Seventeen bodies have so far been recovered from the 114,500-tonne ship, which ran aground on the night of Jan 13 after its commander, Capt Francesco Schettino, rammed into rocks while sailing too close to the island.The disaster forced the night-time evacuation of the ship's 4,200 passengers and crew, amid scenes of panic and chaos.Rescuers, including caving specialists with climbing equipment, will continue to scour the unsubmerged part of the vessel for ...

Capsized after being hit by a Panama-registered container ship Rescuers were still trying to locate the eight missing crew members Friday, more than a day after a cargo ship sank off east China coast, local maritime authorities said.The vessel capsized after being hit by a Panama-registered container ship at 1:20 a.m. Thursday, with all 11 crews falling into the sea waters, the maritime bureau in the city of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, said in a statement.The container ship, which is owned by a Malaysia shipping company and was travelling to Singapore from eastern Chinese city of Qingdao, rescued three crew members out of the sea waters 170 km from Lianyungang.The 97-meter-long and 15.8-meter-wide sunken ship, owned by a shipping company in the city of Wuhu, was travelling from the southeastern Chinese city of Fuzhou to northern city of Tianjin at the time of the accident.Source: New Kerala

27 U.S. tourists on board The Mexican navy on Wednesday suspended its search for seven U.S. men missing since a charter fishing boat capsized and sank in Mexico's Sea of Cortez on July 3.The announcement came a day after the U.S. Coast Guard ended aerial searches, in which a C-130 Hercules aircrew had covered an 803-square-mile area off the Baja California coast.Mexican navy Lt. Sindy Espinoza said the naval search was "in a suspended phase," but could resume if new information on the sunken boat's whereabouts came to light. He said the navy would be alert for any reports from passing boats that might spot debris or other signs of the wreck.Capt. Alonso Montalvo at the Baja California naval base in San Felipe said the navy "is maintaining its presence" in the area where the 105-foot fishing boat Erik went down about 60 miles south of San Felipe.The search has been complicated by uncertainty about the spot where the boat came to rest. Espinoza said Mexican divers had looked for the wreck but were unable to find anything.The United States has offered to send deep-water divers to help with the search, but Mexico has so far used its own divers.The ...

Increase in such incidents over recent years The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issued a Special Report on hijacked/missing tug boats and barges in Asia. Five incidents of hijacking and missing tug boats towing barges were reported during the period March-June 2011.This represents a significant increase in such incidents over recent years. Owners, operators, and masters of tugs operating in Asia should adopt best management practices to minimize the risk of hijacking.To view the Special Report please click hereSource: ReCAAP

7 are missing Haitian authorities are looking for seven people missing after a ferry capsized in a bay west of Haiti's capital. Five others are known to have died, while five people have been rescued.Nadia Lochard at Haiti's civil protection says heavy wind and high waves flipped the ferry over Monday night after it left La Gonave about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince.Lochard says the boat was transporting charcoal, bananas and other goods to Archaie, a coastal town 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of the capital.She announced the accident on Tuesday.Source: AP

Probably fell overboard. In the morning of June 27, 2011, around 6.10 a.m., the captain of the "Sevkettin Sonay" which was off Pas-de-Calais contacted the rescue center Gris-Nez as he was concerned about one of the 18 crew members who did not attend his shift.He had been seen for the last time two hours earlier and probably fell overboard. The ship was thoroughly searched by the crew while a broadcast to all ships was sent out to look out for the man.A Dauphin helicopter of the Navy, based in Le Touquet, and a Belgian Seaking Helicopter, based at Koksijde, near Ostend, started a search for the man, joined by the lifeboats "Jean Bart 2" of the SNSM in Dunkirk and the "Notre-Dame de Risban" of the SNSM Calais, the RNLI boat from Ramsgate and the police launch "Escaut" from Dunkirk.At 10.45 a.m., the captain told that the whole ship had been searched and the Turkish national, aged 38, was not found. At 12 a.m., a Falcon 50 aircraft of the Navy in Lann Bihoué joined the search. The plane is equipped with a thermal camera system. Given the areas were investigated several times for over 10 hours and a water ...

The incident happened eight miles north of Cherbourg, The 31-year-old Filipino man was seen on CCTV climbing over a railing and jumping from the Celebrity Eclipse at around 10.15pm last night.The ship, owned by Celebrity Cruises, was eight miles north of Cherbourg, France, when the incident happened.Crew immediately turned the vessel around and headed back towards the spot where their colleague had jumped. They alerted the French coastguard but no trace of the man was found in an overnight search.Emergency workers called off the search and rescue mission this morning.A spokeswoman for Celebrity Cruises said: ''Celebrity Cruises' Care Team is providing support to the crew member's family, as well as his friends and colleagues onboard, and our thoughts and prayers are with them.''The ship was on a 14-night Italian Mediterranean cruise that left Southampton on May 7.A French coastguard source said: ''Unfortunately there was a man in the sea. We searched for him extensively but we could not find him.''We deployed our resources to find him but it was to no avail and we can now presume that he is dead.''The water was very cold and there is no hope for him.''Celebrity Cruises offer trips around Europe and the Mediterranean, ...