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Fire On Cargo Ship Near Goa, Coast Guard On Rescue Mission
A huge fire has broken out on a merchant container vessel near Goa. The ship was on passage from Mundra to Sri Lanka's Colombo and is now located around 102 nautical miles south west of Goa.
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US Says Missiles Fired By Yemen's Houthis Hit Container Ship In Gulf of Aden
One of two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthis at the container vessel M/V MSC SKY II in the Gulf of Aden hit the ship and caused "damage", the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday.
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US Shoots Down Houthi Anti-Ship Missiles For Second Time In 3 Days
An American destroyer shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Yemen Saturday as it responded to a call for help from a container ship that was hit in a separate strike, the US military said.
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BMWs And Mercedes Among 3,000 Cars On Burning Ship
A cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 automobiles - some of them made by Mercedes-Benz Group AG and BMW AG - burned for a second day near the Netherlands while the Dutch coast guard fought to contain the blaze.
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49 Killed In Huge Fire At Bangladesh Container Depot, Over 300 Injured
At least 49 people have died after a huge fire broke out at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh's Chittagong last night, officials said today.
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Container Ship Fire off British Columbia Smoldering, No Longer Spreading
A container fire that broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia is smoldering and appears to be under control, Canadian Coast Guard officials said on Sunday.
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Cargo Ship Fire "Stabilized", Spewed Toxic Gas Off Canada's Pacific Coast
A fire broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship off the coast of British Columbia, causing containers carrying mining chemicals to expel toxic gas. The Canadian Coast Guard said it is working with the US Coast Guard to assess the situation.
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Fire At Dubai Port After Loud Explosion Under Control
A fire that broke out on a container ship in Dubai's main port following an explosion has been bought under control with no casualties reported, the emirate's media office said Thursday.
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Indian Coast Guard Rushes To Help Container Ship On Fire In Indian Ocean
The Indian Coast Guard on Friday deployed its ship and aircraft to provide assistance to container ship MSC Messina, which is on fire in the Indian Ocean halfway between Sri Lanka and Malacca Strait.
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Sri Lanka Launches Probe After Burning Ship Leads To Pollution Crisis
Sri Lanka launched a criminal probe on Sunday into a massive container ship fire that has swamped the island nation's coast with plastic pollution in an unprecedented marine disaster.
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Cyclone Yaas Makes It Harder To Fight Huge Fire On Ship With Chemicals
Sri Lankan authorities battled Wednesday to put out a fire raging for a week on a stricken container ship loaded with chemicals to avoid a potential marine environmental disaster.
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India Sends Help To Sri Lankan Navy To Douse Flames On Fire-Hit Vessel
India has dispatched two Coast Guard vessels and an aircraft to help Sri Lankan Navy douse the flames on a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Colombo last week, amid intensified efforts by the coastal command to extinguish the flames.
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Watch: INS Sahyadri Escorts Oil Tanker That Caught Fire Off Lankan Coast
The fire on board oil tanker MT New Diamond has been "successfully contained" with India's help, the Sri Lankan Navy said today, adding that the ship has been towed to the deep sea away from land.
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Indian Asylum-Seeker Sets Refugee Camp On Fire At Port Near Australia
An Indian man who tried to kill himself by setting fire to his room at a refugee camp in Papua New Guinea faces charges of arson and attempted suicide, the police said. Asylum seeker Ravinder Singh, in his 30s, locked himself in a shipping container room at a camp on Manus Island on Friday and started a blaze that engulfed two other rooms before be...
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22 Sailors Rescued After Container Ship Catches Fire In Bay Of Bengal
The Indian Coast Guard today rescued all 22 sailors aboard a container ship that caught fire around midnight in the bay of Bengal off the coast of Haldia in West Bengal. The ship has now been set adrift, with the coast guard still monitoring its movements.
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Fire On Cargo Ship Near Goa, Coast Guard On Rescue Mission
A huge fire has broken out on a merchant container vessel near Goa. The ship was on passage from Mundra to Sri Lanka's Colombo and is now located around 102 nautical miles south west of Goa.
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US Says Missiles Fired By Yemen's Houthis Hit Container Ship In Gulf of Aden
One of two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthis at the container vessel M/V MSC SKY II in the Gulf of Aden hit the ship and caused "damage", the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday.
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US Shoots Down Houthi Anti-Ship Missiles For Second Time In 3 Days
An American destroyer shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Yemen Saturday as it responded to a call for help from a container ship that was hit in a separate strike, the US military said.
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BMWs And Mercedes Among 3,000 Cars On Burning Ship
A cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 automobiles - some of them made by Mercedes-Benz Group AG and BMW AG - burned for a second day near the Netherlands while the Dutch coast guard fought to contain the blaze.
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49 Killed In Huge Fire At Bangladesh Container Depot, Over 300 Injured
At least 49 people have died after a huge fire broke out at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh's Chittagong last night, officials said today.
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Container Ship Fire off British Columbia Smoldering, No Longer Spreading
A container fire that broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia is smoldering and appears to be under control, Canadian Coast Guard officials said on Sunday.
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Cargo Ship Fire "Stabilized", Spewed Toxic Gas Off Canada's Pacific Coast
A fire broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship off the coast of British Columbia, causing containers carrying mining chemicals to expel toxic gas. The Canadian Coast Guard said it is working with the US Coast Guard to assess the situation.
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Fire At Dubai Port After Loud Explosion Under Control
A fire that broke out on a container ship in Dubai's main port following an explosion has been bought under control with no casualties reported, the emirate's media office said Thursday.
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Indian Coast Guard Rushes To Help Container Ship On Fire In Indian Ocean
The Indian Coast Guard on Friday deployed its ship and aircraft to provide assistance to container ship MSC Messina, which is on fire in the Indian Ocean halfway between Sri Lanka and Malacca Strait.
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Sri Lanka Launches Probe After Burning Ship Leads To Pollution Crisis
Sri Lanka launched a criminal probe on Sunday into a massive container ship fire that has swamped the island nation's coast with plastic pollution in an unprecedented marine disaster.
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Cyclone Yaas Makes It Harder To Fight Huge Fire On Ship With Chemicals
Sri Lankan authorities battled Wednesday to put out a fire raging for a week on a stricken container ship loaded with chemicals to avoid a potential marine environmental disaster.
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India Sends Help To Sri Lankan Navy To Douse Flames On Fire-Hit Vessel
India has dispatched two Coast Guard vessels and an aircraft to help Sri Lankan Navy douse the flames on a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Colombo last week, amid intensified efforts by the coastal command to extinguish the flames.
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Watch: INS Sahyadri Escorts Oil Tanker That Caught Fire Off Lankan Coast
The fire on board oil tanker MT New Diamond has been "successfully contained" with India's help, the Sri Lankan Navy said today, adding that the ship has been towed to the deep sea away from land.
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Indian Asylum-Seeker Sets Refugee Camp On Fire At Port Near Australia
An Indian man who tried to kill himself by setting fire to his room at a refugee camp in Papua New Guinea faces charges of arson and attempted suicide, the police said. Asylum seeker Ravinder Singh, in his 30s, locked himself in a shipping container room at a camp on Manus Island on Friday and started a blaze that engulfed two other rooms before be...
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22 Sailors Rescued After Container Ship Catches Fire In Bay Of Bengal
The Indian Coast Guard today rescued all 22 sailors aboard a container ship that caught fire around midnight in the bay of Bengal off the coast of Haldia in West Bengal. The ship has now been set adrift, with the coast guard still monitoring its movements.
