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  • Cargo ship snaps in two off Japan's coast, 21 crew members rescued

    08/12/2021 9:02:46 PM PDT · by blueplum · 18 replies
    CBS ^ | 12 August 2021 | uncredited
    A cargo ship ran aground and broke into two off northern Japan, the coast guard said Thursday, with the crew of the Panama-flagged vessel taken to safety. Aerial images showed the separated stern of the Crimson Polaris tipped upwards and the other part of the stricken boat listing into the sea.... ..Authorities were trying to contain the oil leak but had not yet been able to erect an oil fence around the boat, the spokesman said...
  • No room for mistakes in a nuclear (Indian)Navy

    06/22/2006 10:51:19 PM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 16 replies · 1,145+ views
    The Indian Express ^ | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 0000 hrs | Shishir Gupta
    No room for mistakes in a nuclear Navy Shishir Gupta With only two years to go before the Indian Navy is to transform itself to a blue water Navy—an elite club comprising mostly of the P5 countries—a string of incidents give clue to how unprepared the force is for it.Consider the following: • Last month, the sonar dome—an anti-submarine device—of the guided missile warship Talwar, got seriously damaged after the ship’s anchor was accidentally dropped on it. • In April, missile corvette Prahar sank after colliding with merchant ship Rajiv Gandhi. • In December 2005, a speeding INS Trishul, another...