Ship collision off Japan coast, seven missing

October 4th, 2009 Report: North Korean ship detained in IndiaNEW DELHI — India's coast guard has detained a North Korean ship headed for Pakistan after it dropped anchor in Indian waters without permission, a news agency reported Sunday. It was not immediately clear what cargo the ship was carrying.

September 30th, 2009 Boaters traveling to the Bahamas reported missingLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Coast Guard officials in South Florida say a boat carrying three people went missing during a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas.

August 16th, 2009 Russian envoy: search continues for missing shipMOSCOW — Russia's envoy to NATO said Sunday that operations to find a missing freighter and its 15 Russian crew members are in full swing and he was optimistic of quick success. Russian and European maritime officials are searching for the Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea and its euro1.3 million ($1.8 million) cargo of timber.

August 6th, 2009 Tall ship grounded on rocks at Cape Cod is freedBOSTON — A tall ship grounded on rocks off Cape Cod during a sail training trip for young women has been freed by a tug. No one was hurt when the 118-foot-long Unicorn got stuck Wednesday morning near an island off Falmouth, on the southern coast of Massachusetts.

April 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Crew members may have retaken control of a US-operated ship that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia, CNN reported citing an unnamed Pentagon official. The ship with 21 US citizens on board was taken by Somali pirates early Wednesday, the first time a US crew has been taken hostage in the volatile waters.

March 20th, 2009 ATHENS - Pirates seized a Greek-owned cargo ship off the coast of Somalia late Thursday, Greece's merchant marine ministry said. The Saint-Vincent-flagged cargo ship Titan, with 24 crew, was loaded with steel and was reportedly sailing from the Black Sea when pirates seized the ship off Somalia.

March 13th, 2009 OTTAWA - One person was kiled and 16 others were missing Thursday when the helicopter in which they were travelling crashed into the North Atlantic off the coast of Canada's Newfoundland province, officials said. The aircraft, carrying 18 oil workers, was on its way to Hibernia offshore platform.

February 21st, 2009 MOSCOW - The captain of a Chinese cargo ship, which sank off Russia's Pacific coast Sunday killing eight crewmembers, is to blame for the tragedy, the Russian foreign ministry has said. The New Star, owned by a Hong Kong based company, sank during a storm in the Sea of Japan 80 km from the port of Nakhodka in the Primorye Territory.

February 21st, 2009 BEIJING - China's foreign ministry Friday said it had summoned Russian officials to express its dissatisfaction over the handling of an incident in which a Chinese cargo ship sank after coming under fire from a Russian coastguard vessel. Deputy Foreign Ministry Li Hui summoned the Russian ambassador Thursday, saying China was 'shocked' by the incident, the ministry said.

February 18th, 2009 BEIJING - Seven Chinese sailors are missing after a cargo ship sank in Russian waters near Japan, media reports said Thursday. Three of the 10 Chinese sailors onboard were saved but seven are still missing after the ship sank off the waters of Vladivostok, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.

February 4th, 2009 KIEV - Somali pirates have freed an Ukrainian ship laden with weapons including 33 tanks, the Ukrainian government said Thursday. The ship MV Faina was seized off the coast of Somalia in September and was bound for the Kenyan port of Mombasa.

January 17th, 2009 SANA'A - At least 130 passengers managed to swim ashore after a ship with around 300 Somali and Ethiopian migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen Saturday, Yemeni coast guard officials said. A coast guard official in Red Sea port of Houdieda said 130 people managed to swim ashore or were rescued by coast guard teams and local fishermen.

January 17th, 2009 SANAA - Hundreds of people were missing after three boats capsized in two separate incidents off the coast of Yemen Saturday, a UN official said here Sunday. In one incident, two boats, with around 300 African migrants on board, capsized on the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen.

January 5th, 2009 PARIS - Pirates have seized a French ship off the Nigerian coast and taken its nine crew members hostage, the ship owners have said. The ship, which conducted transport of materials and personnel for oil companies, was hijacked Sunday night, shipping company Bourbon said Monday.

January 1st, 2009 CAIRO - An Egyptian ship with a crew of 28 was seized off the Somali Coast, an Egyptian official said Thursday. Some 15 heavily armed pirates captured the ship Blue Star, which is now on its way to the Somalian coast, Ahmed Rizk, assistant to Egypt's Foreign Minister said in a press statement.