Readers’ Picks of the Week (Dec 29th - Jan 2nd)
| Update: Burning Norman Atlantic Evacuated, Death Count Rises | |
 |
Italian and Greek rescue crews on Monday completed the air evacuation of 427 people from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, a roro/passenger ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece in the early hours of Sunday. 10 people died …Read more |
| Two Dead After Ships Collide in Adriatic | |
 |
Two men died and four are missing after the Turkish general cargo ship M/V Gokbel collided in poor visibility with the Lady Aziza, the container ship flying under the flag of Belize, one mile from the Italian port o…Read more |
| NYK Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing | |
 |
Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a USD 59.4 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids o…Read more |
| RS to Class Samsung Heavy’s Arctic Tankers | |
 |
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has signed an agreement with the South Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries on design approval and survey under construction of a new series of 42 000 dwt Arctic shuttle oi…Read more |
| Three Dead after Freighter Sinks off Japan | |
 |
Three crew members died after the Cambodia-flagged 1,915 dwt freighter Ming Guang sank Friday in the Sea of Japan off Aomori Prefecture, The Japan Times reports.…Read more |
