Japan protested to China on Friday after a foreign submarine in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea was confirmed to be Chinese, calling it a unilateral action and a “serious escalation” that raised bilateral tensions. Japan’s Defence...
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Rescue ships work to extinguish the fire on the Panama-registered Sanchi tanker carrying Iranian oil, which went ablaze after a collision with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea. (Photo: Reuters) SHANGHAI: A Chinese salvage team recovered two bodies...
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NAGA CITY—One fisherman went missing while 24 others were rescued on Friday off the shores of Siruma and Tinambac towns in Camarines Sur province after the tail-end of a cold front caused seas to turn rough. Luzena Bermeo, head of Environment, Disaster Management and...
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In this photo made from video by Aclimah Disumala, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, villagers ross raging flood waters in Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Pennisula, southern Philippines. A tropical storm has unleashed flash floods and set off landslides in the southern Philippines...
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Without revealing his source of information, Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano slammed the Department of Foreign Affairs for supposedly allowing the Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO-CAS) to conduct research in Eastern Luzon, where Benham Rise is...
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FASTCRAFTS going to and from Camiguin and Jagna, Bohol will be starting its operations on January 15, four days after the memorandum of agreement between the local government of Opol and the Philippine Archipelago Ports and Terminal Services Inc. was signed. According...
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In this Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 file photo, Pinot Noir grapes just picked are shown in a bin in Napa, Calif. Federal scientists have determined that a family of widely used pesticides poses a threat to dozens of endangered and threatened species, including Pacific...
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NEW DELHI – The leaders of India and southeast Asia agreed on Thursday to boost their maritime ties at a summit in New Delhi, as they seek to balance the increasing weight of China across the region. India is hosting the leaders of the Association of Southeast...
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There has been a series of maritime accidents so far this month involving cargo ships colliding with fishing vessels in Asia. This produces opportunities for salvage companies in the region. It also highlights the navigational threat that fishing vessels are to...
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Naval personnel attached to North Central Naval Command arrested six local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing using banned fishing nets in the Vedithalativu sea area yesterday (09 January). A dinghy, 7 diving masks, a GPS and 5 banned nets were also...
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Indonesia aims to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated, or IUU, fishing, by expanding its approach and creating a more integrated system that includes monitoring via satellite and drones and by placing a tanker on standby for refuelling. Speaking at a press...
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People taking pictures of a ship being blown up blown up by the Indonesian government, after it was found fishing illegally, at Morela village in Ambon island on April 1, 2017.PHOTO: REUTERS/ANTARA FOTO JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Senior government and business...
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