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Oil spill fire chokes Indonesian port city; 4 dead
Associated Press, Published on 04/04/2018
» JAKARTA: Waters off an Indonesian port city reek like a gas station after an oil spill and fire that killed four people over the weekend, an official said Wednesday.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day as winds, waves lash rescuers
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» BEIJING: Lashing winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker in the East China Sea and to extinguish a fire that has burned for the past three days on the ship.
Oil tanker burning off China's coast at risk of exploding
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» BEIJING: An Iranian oil tanker that caught fire after colliding with a freighter off China's east coast is at risk of exploding and sinking, Chinese state media reported Monday as authorities from three countries struggled to find its 32 missing crew members and contain oil spewing from the blazing wreck.
Iranian tanker collision off China spills oil, 32 missing
Associated Press, Published on 07/01/2018
» BEIJING: An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China's east coast, leaving the tanker's entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea, authorities said Sunday.
Boats join self-driving tech race
Business, Associated Press, Published on 15/09/2017
» BOSTON: Self-driving cars may not hit the road in earnest for many years -- but autonomous boats could be just around the pier.
Damaged US warship arrives in Singapore, 10 missing
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2017
» SINGAPORE -- The USS John S. McCain has docked at Singapore's naval base with "significant damage" to its hull after an early morning collision with an oil tanker as vessels from several nations searched Monday for 10 missing US sailors.
US gives Shell final nod to drill for oil in Arctic
Business, Associated Press, Published on 19/08/2015
» ANCHORAGE, Alaska: The federal government on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell Plc the final permit it needs to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast for the first time in more than two decades.
Workers race to clean up oil spill
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2014
» Authorities are racing against time to prevent further damage in the Gulf of Thailand after an oil spill from a small tanker that sunk in Samut Sakhon province.