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Captain of cargo ship in North Sea collision is Russian
AFP, Published on 12/03/2025
» LONDON - The arrested captain of a cargo ship that hit a stationary tanker in the North Sea causing a huge blaze is a Russian national, the ship's owner told AFP Wednesday.
Bangchak Sriracha Refinery Welcomes Inaugural Suezmax Oil Tanker
Published on 11/12/2023
» On December 8, 2023, the Bangchak Sriracha Refinery welcomed the "Nordic Pollux" oil tanker, a 180,000-ton Suezmax vessel, for the first time to deliver approximately 950,000 barrels of Que Iboe crude oil. This procurement was made by BCP Trading Company Limited, a subsidiary of Bangchak Sriracha Public Company Limited within the Refinery and Oil Trading Business Group. The vessel docked at the Company’s Multi-Buoy Moorings, which underwent prior ARIANE™ Mooring Simulation and Analysis to ensure compliance with standard safety requirements and efficient accommodation of Suezmax oil tankers.
Fire in Johannesburg kills more than 70
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - A fire that engulfed a five-storey building taken over for illegal housing killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city's emergency services said.
Tanker explodes, 1 dead, 4 hurt, others missing
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2023
» SAMUT SONGKHRAM: One dock worker was confirmed killed and four others injured by an explosion and fire aboard an oil tanker moored for maintenance at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Muang district on Tuesday morning.
Iran Guards seize South Korean tanker amid US tensions
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» TEHRAN - Iran said Monday its Revolutionary Guards had seized a South Korean-flagged tanker in Gulf waters for breaking "environmental laws," at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.
Covid-19 Propelled Businesses Into the Future. Ready or Not.
Business, Published on 28/12/2020
» For many who crossed the digital divide this year, there will be no going back.
Offshore refuelling deepens fears for S. Africa's penguin haven
AFP, Published on 17/08/2020
» PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH AFRICA) - Generators hum loudly in the background as a tour boat bobs past a towering vessel filled with ship fuel, anchored in Algoa Bay, a stone's throw away from the world's largest breeding colony of African penguins.
Connected cars moving targets for hackers
AFP, Published on 10/01/2020
» LAS VEGAS - As cars evolve into rolling mobile computers, the potential for disastrous cyber attacks has become a new road hazard.
Taiwan divers search for trapped fisherman after bridge collapse
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2019
» TAIPEI: Rescuers in Taiwan searched on Wednesday for the last fisherman believed to have been crushed in his boat when a bridge collapsed into a harbour, killing at least five people, as questions were raised about construction standards.
245 rescued from burning ferry off Philippines; 3 dead
Associated Press, Published on 28/08/2019
» MANILA: Fishing boats and passing ships rescued 245 people from a burning ferry overnight in southern Philippine waters, and the coast guard was still searching Wednesday though it wasn't clear if anyone was missing. A 1-year-old girl and two other people died.