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  Colombia finds what may be world's largest sunken treasure

  World | December 06, 2015 16:54 IST

  Cartegena, Colombia: President Juan Manual Santos on Saturday hailed the discovery of a Spanish galleon that went down off the South American nation's coast more than 300 years ago with what may be the world's

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  Malaysian ship with Indian crew goes missing, hijack feared

  World | September 10, 2015 19:21 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: A cargo ship missing for a week with 14 crew members, including Indians, is feared to have been hijacked in the piracy-prone South China Sea, prompting Malaysian maritime authorities to launch a search

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  Pipavav Defence pact with Russian submarine repair major

  India | July 21, 2015 16:27 IST

  Mumbai: Tuesday Pipavav Defence, a part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, onannounced a pact with Russia's JSC Ship Repairing Centre for medium re-fits and certification of the 877-EKM Submarines in India -- a project potentially worth

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  Russia partners Reliance Group for 'Make in India' frigates

  July 16, 2015 13:37 IST

  New Delhi: With india close to choosing Grigorivich frigates for its navy, Russia is partnering Anil Ambani-led Pipavav Defence to build these ships under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" initiative, official sources said on

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  Indian Navy rescues 20 crew members of drifting merchant vessel

  India | June 22, 2015 15:01 IST

  Mumbai: Indian Navy today rescued 20 crew members of drifting merchant vessel Jindal Kamakshi off the Vasai coast in Palghar district.The operation was carried out under adverse weather conditions, almost 40 nautical miles northwest of

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  China ship tragedy: Toll escalates to 434

  World | June 08, 2015 11:16 IST

  Beijing: A total of 434 people have been confirmed dead after a Chinese cruise ship capsized in the Yangtze River on June 1, authorities said on Monday.According to rescue officials, two bodies were recovered on

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  China mourns victims of cruise ship as death toll rises to 431

  World | June 07, 2015 12:40 IST

  Jianli: China today held a mourning ceremony for the victims of its worst shipping disaster in 70 years after the death toll in the cruise ship that capsized in the mighty Yangtze river jumped to

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  China ship capsize: Toll touches 97

  World | June 05, 2015 10:26 IST

  Beijing: The toll from a ship that capsized on China's Yangtze river has risen to 97, the transport ministry said on Friday.Xu Chengguang, the ministry's spokesman, said at a press conference that 97 bodies have

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  Chinese passenger ship with 458 aboard sinks in storm, 20 rescued

  World | June 02, 2015 9:40 IST

  Beijing: A total of 20 people have been rescued so far off a passenger ship carrying 458 people, which capsized in China's Yangtze River due to a storm late Monday night, authorities said on Tuesday.The

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  Chinese ship sinks with over 450 people on board

  World | June 02, 2015 9:41 IST

  Beijing: At least 450 people, mostly elderly, are missing after a ship capsized on the Yangtze river in southern China due to a cyclone as strong winds and heavy rains hindered the rescue efforts.458 people

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  Navy's new stealth destroyer 'Visakhapatnam' launched

  India | April 20, 2015 17:28 IST

  Mumbai: India Navy's new stealth destroyer, Visakhapatnam, designed indigenously and fitted with advanced features, was launched here today, boosting the maritime force's firepower capability.The Kolkata-class warship, the first of P15-B stealth destroyers, was launched by

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  Kenya set to destroy ship seized with drugs

  World | August 29, 2014 6:57 IST

  Nairobi: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday directed security agencies to sink a ship which was seized while carrying drugs in the coastal city of Mombasa."We do not care who owns the ship or the

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  First Chinese evacuation ship leaves Vietnam

  World | May 19, 2014 14:17 IST

  Beijing: About 1000 Chinese nationals were evacuated Monday from riot-hit Vietnam in the first of four ships sent there by Beijing.The passenger vessel, Wuzhishan, is expected to arrive at the southern Chinese port city of

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  Ship with Rs 1,600 crore heroin sailed from Gujarat coast: Congress

  Politics | May 11, 2014 17:36 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today alleged that heroin worth Rs 1,600 crore seized by Australian maritime force off the Kenya coast last month originated from Gujarat and sought to punch holes in Narendra Modi's claims of

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  Chinese survey ship takes over MH370 sub-sea search

  World | May 09, 2014 17:43 IST

  Perth: A Chinese survey ship took over the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH379 from warship Jinggangshan in the southern Indian Ocean early Friday morning.Survey ship Zhukezhen, with more than 20 measurement systems

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  292 missing, 3 dead in South Korea ferry disaster

  World | April 16, 2014 18:41 IST

  Seoul: A multi-storey ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast today, leaving nearly 300 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long

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  Ukraine crisis: Russia gives ultimatum for surrender of ships, world markets in turmoil

  World | March 04, 2014 9:55 IST

  Kiev, Ukraine:  Russia pressed hard Monday for Ukrainian politicians to return to the Feb. 21 agreement that promised to create a new unity government which would rule until an early election no later than December.But

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  Coast Guard detains ship, 35 arrested for carrying weapons

  India | October 14, 2013 21:37 IST

  Chennai: 35 crew members were arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for carrying illegal arms and weapons at Tuticorin port on Saturday. The crew and the guards were on board a ship Seaman Guard Ohio

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  Iran to release detained Indian ship

  World | September 05, 2013 23:02 IST

  Tehran/New Delhi: Detained Indian oil tanker MT Desh Shanti, carrying 140,000 tonnes of Basrah crude from Iraq to India, is to be released by Iran, informed sources said on Thursday."The Indian tanker is to be

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  Brangelina to wed on ship?

  Hollywood | July 17, 2013 18:10 IST

  London, July 17: Celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly weighing the options of getting married on a ship.The couple was seen enquiring about the Hebridean Princess, a ship sailing the waters off