World
At least 12 Filipinos missing in boat collision
At least 12 Filipinos went missing on June 29 morning after a collision between their fishing boat and a foreign cargo vessel, according to the Philippine media.
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Society
Five Vietnamese sailors missing as vessel sinks off Japan
Five Vietnamese sailors were reported missing after a cargo vessel sank off the coast of Aomori prefecture in Japan on February 29, according to a Vietnamese official.
Business
Vinh Tan int’l sea port welcomes first foreign vessel
The Vinh Tan international sea port in the southern province of Binh Thuan on July 17 received cargo vessel Spring Hummer of Belize, which was the first foreign ship to dock at the port.
World
Sunken ship leaves 19 missing in central Indonesia
A leader of search and rescue agency of Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province said on June 5 that 19 people were reported missing after a cargo vessel sank in Banggai Laut waters, the east of the province on June 1.
World
Philippines ships 69 containers unwanted waste back to Canada
A cargo vessel left Subic Bay port in the Philippine capital of Manila on May 31, beginning its trip to ship 69 containers of garbage back to Canada.
Society
Rescuers asked to avoid pollution in saving stranded foreign tanker
A delegation of the National Committee for Search and Rescue arrived on Phu Quy Island, the south central province of Binh Thuan, on June 14 to direct the rescue of a foreign cargo vessel stranded near the island.
World
Philippines foils seajacking plot in Sulu sea
Navy boats and air force helicopters of the Philippines have foiled a seajacking attempt on a cargo vessel in Sulu sea off the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte, the Philippine military reported on April 19.
Society
Fishermen hit by Philippine vessel return home safely
Seven fishermen in the central province of Quang Binh returned home safe and sound on July 17 after their ship was hit by a Philippine cargo vessel.
Society
Vietnamese fishermen rescued in Myanmar
All 14 Vietnamese crew members of the Dong Thien Phu Silver cargo vessel were rescued in Myanmar on January 25, according to the Myanmar Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre (Myanmar MRCC).
Culture - Sports
Ancient ceramics found at sea
Fragments of ceramic ware and stone statuary ware from an old shipwreck
have been found on an ancient ship found under water near the islet of
An Binh, 3km from Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai.
Society
Marine police reach drifting Panamanian cargo vessel
Over 20 Vietnamese coast guards reached the drifting Panamanian cargo
vessel the Bright Royal on October 9 off the coast of central Quang Ngai
and Binh Dinh provinces after it crashed into a reef on October 4.
Stranded foreign vessel leaking oil
Oil is leaking from the stranded cargo vessel Brigh Troyol, Quang Ngai Port Authority reported on October 4.
Philippines: Storm Trami kills at least seven
Heavy rains caused by tropical storm Trami (Maring) have flooded half of
the Philippines’ capital city of Manila in just 24 hours, killing at
least seven people and affecting the lives of more than 600,000 people
in Manila and surrounding areas in the southwest region.
Business
Seaports are busy on first day of 2013
On January 1, Cai Lan Port in the northern province of Quang
Ninh received the first cargo vessel of 2013, the CHUETSU SPIRIT from
the Philippines .
Vietnam’s cargo vessel fleet ranks fourth in region
Vietnam ’s cargo vessel fleet ranks fourth in Asia and stands 60 th
out of 152 nations in the world, according to the Vietnam Maritime
Administration (VMA).
Society
Survivor of sunken ship flies home
Sole survivor Dau Ngoc Hung of sunken ship Vinalines Queen cargo vessel arrived in Hanoi on Jan. 4 from
Singapore.
Society
Requiem for missing sailors to take place in Hai Phong
A requiem for the missing sailors of the sunken cargo vessel Vinalines
Queen will be held on January 9 in the northern port city of Hai Phong
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Requiem for missing sailors to take place in Hai Phong
A requiem for the missing sailors of the sunken cargo vessel Vinalines
Queen will be held on January 9 in the northern port city of Hai Phong
.
Search goes on for missing sailors
Further efforts are being made to search for the remaining 22 sailors of Vietnam ’s sunken cargo vessel Vinalines Queen.
Society
Vinalines Queen survivor lands at Singapore
Sailor Dau Ngoc Hung, a survivor from Vietnam ’s sunken Vinalines
Queen cargo vessel, landed at the Singaporean port of Marine South
Pier at 12:15 of Jan. 4 ( Singapore time).
