Italian Vessels

Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.

An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles.

The leader of a Spanish rescue mission said on Sunday that Italian authorities had refused to grant port access to its Open Arms ship, leaving the vessel stranded in rough conditions in the Mediterranean with more than 70 African migrants on board.

Hundreds of migrants scuffled with police and briefly blocked a major road in Italy's financial capital Milan on Monday in a protest against their living conditions and their long wait for authorisation to seek work.

Some 1,500 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy in five different boats were rescued in one day, Italian coastguards said Sunday.

Twenty-nine migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels on Monday after being picked up from a boat adrift near Libya, reigniting criticism of the government's decision to end a full-scale search-and rescue mission last year.

An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel navigating without a crew, authorities said today.

An uncrewed merchant ship carrying 450 migrants has lost power as it headed towards the Italian coast and a helicopter has been sent to lower men on to the vessel, the air force said on Thursday.

The evacuation of the Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania has been completed, and only the vessel's captain and four Italian sailors remain on board to assist in the operation, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said today.

A Turkish cargo ship has collided with another merchant vessel near an Italian port in the northern Adriatic, leaving five crew members missing in rough seas.

Danish ship carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons steamed into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro on Wednesday for a rendezvous with a US cargo vessel that will destroy the toxic material.

Decks were today cleared for the trial of two Italian marines, charged with shooting to death two Indian fishermen, with a court here issuing an order for shifting the case before a Sessions judge.

The Kerala High Court today permitted the Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie', detained off Kerala coast after two Indian fishermen were shot by its marines on February 15, to leave the state's shores after fulfilling the necessary formalities. Pio Shiano, the ship's owner, executed the bond for Rs three crore and submitted the demand draft for an equal ...

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said the progress in the Enrica Lexie case in the Supreme Court vindicated the state government's stand that the Italian marines charged with shooting dead two fishermen should be tried under the Indian law.

The Enrica Lexie, an Italian merchant vessel will be allowed to leave Kerala and sail home. The Supreme Court today sanctioned the release of the ship which has been anchored at Kochi since two local fishermen were shot in February by marines who were guarding the Lexie.

Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.

An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles.

The leader of a Spanish rescue mission said on Sunday that Italian authorities had refused to grant port access to its Open Arms ship, leaving the vessel stranded in rough conditions in the Mediterranean with more than 70 African migrants on board.

Hundreds of migrants scuffled with police and briefly blocked a major road in Italy's financial capital Milan on Monday in a protest against their living conditions and their long wait for authorisation to seek work.

Some 1,500 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy in five different boats were rescued in one day, Italian coastguards said Sunday.

Twenty-nine migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels on Monday after being picked up from a boat adrift near Libya, reigniting criticism of the government's decision to end a full-scale search-and rescue mission last year.

An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel navigating without a crew, authorities said today.

An uncrewed merchant ship carrying 450 migrants has lost power as it headed towards the Italian coast and a helicopter has been sent to lower men on to the vessel, the air force said on Thursday.

The evacuation of the Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania has been completed, and only the vessel's captain and four Italian sailors remain on board to assist in the operation, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said today.

A Turkish cargo ship has collided with another merchant vessel near an Italian port in the northern Adriatic, leaving five crew members missing in rough seas.

Danish ship carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons steamed into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro on Wednesday for a rendezvous with a US cargo vessel that will destroy the toxic material.

Decks were today cleared for the trial of two Italian marines, charged with shooting to death two Indian fishermen, with a court here issuing an order for shifting the case before a Sessions judge.

The Kerala High Court today permitted the Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie', detained off Kerala coast after two Indian fishermen were shot by its marines on February 15, to leave the state's shores after fulfilling the necessary formalities. Pio Shiano, the ship's owner, executed the bond for Rs three crore and submitted the demand draft for an equal ...

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said the progress in the Enrica Lexie case in the Supreme Court vindicated the state government's stand that the Italian marines charged with shooting dead two fishermen should be tried under the Indian law.

The Enrica Lexie, an Italian merchant vessel will be allowed to leave Kerala and sail home. The Supreme Court today sanctioned the release of the ship which has been anchored at Kochi since two local fishermen were shot in February by marines who were guarding the Lexie.