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The 65-year-old Bulgaria cruise boat sank in Volga on July 10. Russia has imposed a temporary ban on operation of all motor ships similar to the sunken Bulgaria until the causes of the tragedy on the Volga are identified, said Transport Minister Igor Levitin Sunday.He said the decision on further operation of these ships would be taken depending on investigation findings.According to the ministry, the wreckage of Bulgaria ship, which is lying at a depth of about 20 meters in the river, could be lifted on Sunday as two crane boats have arrived at the site on Saturday morning.The sunken ship would be towed to the dock for examination, said the ministry.The 65-year-old Bulgaria cruise boat, with 208 people onboard, sank in Volga on July 10. So far, 114 dead bodies have been found and 15 people remain missing.Source: Xinhua

Including 21 children The bodies of 104 people, including 21 children, have been recovered since Sunday's sinking of a cruise ship on the Volga River, a Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.The ministry said most of the bodies were found on the ship's topside, which housed a music lounge, bar and restaurant.The ministry said some 200 divers are still scouring the river for bodies.A total of 208 people are believed to have sailed on the 55-year-old double-decker boat, the Bulgaria, that authorities say was overloaded when it sank.The Bulgaria went down in the Volga river Sunday during a cruise between Bolgary and Kazan, about 750 kilometers east of Moscow.Source: Xinhua

Only three people were rescued About 200 people drowned in the Red Sea when a boat carrying migrants to Saudi Arabia sank off the Sudanese coast, Sudanese media say.Only three people had been rescued, according to the Sudanese Media Centre, a state-linked news agency.A fire broke out on board the boat, which was trying to smuggle people to Saudi Arabia, the agency reported.The boat had launched from Sudan's Red Sea State, carrying migrants from neighbouring countries, it said.Most of those on board were from Chad, Nigeria, Somalia, and Eritrea, SMC reported, adding that efforts were continuing to find survivors.Four Yemenis who allegedly owned the boat had been arrested in Port Sudan state, the report added.Local authorities had foiled an attempt to smuggle 247 other people across the sea, it said.The Red Sea is a well-known trafficking route to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, says the BBC's James Copnall in Khartoum.Thousands of migrants cross the Red Sea every year, but the journey is a dangerous one, adds our correspondent.Last month, 150 people drowned when a ship carrying some 850 migrants fleeing the conflict in Libya capsized off Tunisia.Source: BBC

More than 20 people are still missing Rescuers have recovered eight bodies from a ferry that sank after it collided with an oil tanker in a river near Bangladesh's capital, a police official said Thursday. Local media said more than 20 people were still missing.Local police official Shahidul Islam said the M.V. Madinar Alo sank late Wednesday on the River Shitalakkhya near Char Muktapur while it was moving toward Narayanganj district from neighboring Chandpur district.Islam would not say if there was any missing. ATN Bangla television station reported at least 22 people remained missing on Thursday.The official said a salvage ship recovered the sunken ferry overnight and they called off their search.Ferry accidents, mainly blamed on overloading and lax rules, are common in Bangladesh, a South Asian delta nation with more than 230 rivers.Source: AP

8 are still missing - one person found dead A charter fishing boat with 44 people aboard sank into the Sea of Cortez off Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least one person dead, the United States Coast Guard said. Eight people, seven of them Americans, were still missing late Monday night.Initial reports from Mexico are that it was bad weather and possibly waves, said Lt. Sean Groark, a spokesman for the Coast Guard. Were focused on really trying to save people. The water temperature in the Sea of Cortez is very warm, the air temperature is really warm; that increases the chance of survival. It actually increases it a lot.Twenty-seven Americans and 17 other passengers and crew members were aboard the boat when it foundered at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, about 60 miles south of the port of San Felipe, the Coast Guard said. Many were able to swim ashore, and they alerted local authorities that the ship, the Erik, had gone down. Others were rescued by the Mexican Navy.The Associated Press reported that the accident occurred on the second day of a weeklong trip, which was an annual Fourth of July ritual for many of the people on the boat.The ...

The worlds most unfortunate ship After being hijacked by Somali pirates, released upon receipt of a ransom, and attacked by pirates soon after release last week, the MV SUEZ is now confirmed by Oman officials to have sunk in international waters.An official from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs told a state-owned Oman media company that they can confirm the Suez sank in 4,900 meters of water, posing no threat to shipping or navigation in the area. They also reported that the ship was totally depleted of fuel prior to its demise, leaving no risk of oil spill or pollution that could harm the environment.The Suezs 22 member crew, encompassing eleven Egyptians, six Indians, four Pakistanis, including Captain Wasi Hassan, and one Sri Lankan were all safely transferred to a Pakistani navy vessel prior to the ship submerging. All of the men are expected to have reached Karachi by today, where the non-Pakistani crew will be repatriated to their homes.Source: Seatrade Asia

The ships is sinking The crew of crisis-hit MV Suez ship has been shifted to PNS Babur after Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir ordered the arrangements to save lives.According to the sources, the freed ship was sinking due to rough weather, report said. The Egyptian owner of the ship abandoned the crew and ship.CNS Bashir ordered to shift the crew of ship to naval ship on human grounds. Whether the freed men would be brought to Karachi or Gwadar it has not yet been decided, Navy sources said.Earlier, the Captain of MV Suez appealed to the ministry of foreign affairs and the Chief of Pakistan Navy seeking immediate help in view of their vessel being caught in strong winds feared capsizing since its release with 22-member crew of board by the Somalian pirates and series of misfortunes latest among them the break down of the tug towing MV Suez.Source: United News

93 people have been rescued safely - search and rescue continue Rescuers have found 27 bodies and temporarily stopped searching for scores missing after a wooden ship sank in waters off South Kalimantan province on Monday, rescuer said on Tuesday.The accident took place more than two hours after the ship with more than 100 people on board departed from Tanjung Dewa of the province at midday, Head of Search and Rescue Office of the province Rusli Ansyah told Xinhua over phone from the province.The ship was heading to Sorongga, he said."We have found 27 bodies until today (Tuesday)," said Ansyah.As many as 93 people have been rescued safely, he said.He said that seach and rescue will resume on Wednesday at 08:00 a.m. local time after the rescuers, comprising of those from local search and rescue staff, police, navy and volunteers, temporarily stopped looking for the victims at 17:00 p.m.local time on Tuesday."We will search again tomorrow morning, the number of the missing is still unknown, but we believe that there will be still scores of those go missing as the number of passengers exceeds that at the manifest," he said.According to Ansyah, there is no official data about the manifest ...

74 people have been rescued safely Rescue workers are looking for more than a dozen people still missing after an overcrowded ferry sank off the Borneo coast. Indonesian officials said at least 18 people had drowned in the incident off South Kalimantan.Officials told reporters that the wooden ship was over-crowded, carrying four crew and more than 100 passengers. Shipping is a main form of transport across the archipelago and accidents are not uncommon.The boat had departed from Tanjung Dewa and was heading towards Serongga, officials said."So far we have found 18 bodies. As many as 74 people have been rescued safely," said the head of Search and Rescue Office of the province, Rusli Ansyah.The cause of the accident is unknown. Offcials said there was strong waves and wind when the boat sank late on Monday.Indonesia comprises of more than 17,000 islands.Overcrowding, high seas and poor safety standards have caused many fatal accidents.Source: BBC

The oil spill was limited to one km so far An oil tanker that sank overnight at the Chittagong Port was spilling furnace oil into the sea, raising fears of pollution. But officials said the spill was limited to one km so far.We are concerned about the pollution but it is unlikely to be very high as only one of the caps of the tanker was open to spill the oil, while the tanker was not fully loaded... The preventive measures could easily deter the spillage, Deputy Conservator of the Chittagong Port Authority Nazmul Alam said.Source: The Hindu