Aging Oil-Storage Ships Pose Safety, Environmental Risks Around the World February 23, 2022 By Paul Burkhardt and Julian Lee The decades-old, oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently — killing some of its crew and...
Sri Lanka Ship Disaster Causes ‘Significant Damage to the Planet’: UN June 21, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The UN representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caught fire...
Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinks Near Sri Lanka Capital, Prompting Pollution Fears June 18, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a month after...
Sri Lanka Seeks Interim Claim of $40M from Operator of Wrecked Cargo Ship June 14, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is seeking an interim claim of $40 million from the operator of a fire-ravaged...
Contaminants from Sri Lanka Ship Wreck Could Cause Wide-Reaching Damage June 8, 2021 By Laura Millan Contaminants released from the wreckage of a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka could be dragged thousands of...
Data Recorder Recovered from Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinking Off Sri Lanka June 7, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking...
Fire-Gutted Container Ship Raises Oil Spill Concerns for Sri Lanka June 3, 2021 By Anusha Ondaatjie and Asantha Sirimanne Salvors and authorities are watching for any leaking of fuel after halting efforts to tow a fire-gutted container vessel away...
India Oil Giant Under Fire for Offshore Disaster During Cyclone Tauktae May 28, 2021 By Debjit Chakraborty When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working...
India Continues Rescue Operations After Powerful Cyclone Tauktae Batters Region May 19, 2021 By Summit Khanna and Aishwarya Nair AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI – Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India’s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful...
Cyclone Sinks Barge Operated by India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Hundreds Rescued May 18, 2021 By Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Debjit Chakraborty A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. prompting...