eNCA News reports from South Africa on the on-going salvage effort involving the MV Smart, a capesize bulk carrier filled with coal which broke apart outside Richards Bay, South Africa on 19 August.
The salvors from Subtech and SMIT are faced with the difficult task of removing the heavy fuel oil from the vessel, one that requires specialized pumps, heaters, and a barge to pump it to.
In a report today by East Coast Radio, the Port Richards Harbor Master Vernal Jones comments, “At this stage the vessel is secure in position. She is embedded in the sand at the moment, but an estimate at this stage is between three to four days to get the fuel off the vessel.”
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North Korea has begun a full-scale investigation into the accident that occurred during the launch of a warship this week, state media KCNA reported on Friday.
A major accident occurred on Wednesday during the launch of a new North Korean warship while Kim Jong Un was attending the event, with the isolated state's leader calling it a "criminal act" that could not be tolerated, state media KCNA reported.
HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) – CK Hutchison confirmed on Thursday that Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is the main investor in a group seeking to buy 43 ports from...
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