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Rameswaram fishermen detained 10 Karaikal fishermen, along with their boat, in protest against the Karaikal-based fishermen fishing in the Rameswaram sea area. As the Palk Bay is a narrow maritime ...

Traitors star Jessie Stride will join hundreds of other people in a three-mile run or walk in Hull to raise funds for a statue honouring four women from the city who campaigned for trawler safety ...

A WELL-known tall ship captain has died after a long illness.

Jerry Thompson, from Hull Fishing Heritage Centre, says recent services to remember the lost trawlermen have been well ...

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report into the collision between the crude ...

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Fifteen migrants died after their boat collided with a coast guard vessel, capsized and sank off the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea late on Tuesday, the Greek coast guard said, in one of ...

In 2008, after a career hauling refined products around the world for a variety of owners, the tanker was converted into a ...

Greece’s Coast Guard says 26 other people have been rescued from Aegean Sea as search-and-rescue operations continue.

US law requires fishing vessels to be built in US shipyards, resulting in an aging fleet that is less safe, efficient, and ...

Six of the incidents, not including Friday’s tragedy involving the Lily Jean out of Gloucester, have occurred since 2017.