Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẲNG - Five fishermen from Bình Định Province were rescued and taken home safely on Monday after their boat sank in rough seas on Sunday. The Maritime Rescue and Search Coordination Centre No 2 in Đà Nẵng said the fishing boat from Hoài Nhơn District sent emergency signals for help when water washed over its deck 368 nautical miles off the coast . The centre contacted the Philippine Coast Guard for support, and a cargo ship, the British Innovator, was located 60 miles away from Vietnamese vessel and was asked to help save the fishermen. A rescue ship from the centre was sent to take the five home from the British cargo ship on Sunday evening. These fishermen were all healthy and taken home on Monday. - VNS … [Read more...] about Fishermen rescued in rough seas
Ships in rough seas
Seven fishermen rescued in rough sea
DA NANG (VNS) — Seven fishermen were rescued and returned home safety yesterday after their fishing boat went adrift in the sea off the coast of Da Nang on Saturday. The vessel suffered engine failure in the middle of rough seas. A rescue ship from Da Nang's Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre No 2 located the boat four hours after it left port on Saturday. All crew members were in good health. — VNS … [Read more...] about Seven fishermen rescued in rough sea
Building Truong Sa in rough seas season
A small and artificial stone-made islet has emerged at open sea in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in East Sea during the season of choppy seas. Big sea waves as the consequence of the fourth storm lashed in Da Tay in Truong Sa archipelagos. Soldiers had to stay in waters to keep boats from being swept awayPhoto: Tuoi Tre It is the start of the construction of a community house on an atoll named Da Tay, which has been carried out by the naval engineering regiment 131 since September and is scheduled to finish on April next year. With political missions, the agency has been assigned to construct it for defending national sovereignty when it is in the season of storms and rough seas in the area. In the past month, East Sea has witnessed four typhoons going through it, creating huge sea waves there. Regardless of the threats, crew of the Truong Sa 21 cargo ship have completed their jobs of transporting the first cargo batch of 1,000 … [Read more...] about Building Truong Sa in rough seas season
47 missing as 61 boats get caught in rough seas
Vietnam's search and rescue authorities are looking for 47 people who have gone missing since last Thursday (December 16) after several boats were caught in rough seas off the central and southern coasts. Border guards in the central province of Phu Yen go to the rescue of a boat in distress off the province's coast. … [Read more...] about 47 missing as 61 boats get caught in rough seas
Shipping firms in rough seas
This year is challenging for shipping firms on the back of a global weakening economy. “Shipping fees in most local as well as international routes will only fluctuate in a tight range in 2012 against 2011,” said Vietnam Shipowners’ Association chairman Do Xuan Quynh. According to association analyses, container transport prices were down due to global weakening trade. Ships lying idle have become commonplace, particularly big ships. Idle container ships amount to 700, many of them report a carrying capacity of above 3,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs). “In case the fare is upwardly revised, the beneficiaries would be foreign shipping firms, but not local ones,” said Quynh. Vinamarine statistics show that of 1,633 ships carrying Vietnamese flags 1,013 ships with a total carrying capacity of nearly three million dead weight tonnage (DWT) capacity mostly run local routes and most of them are dried cargo ships of less than 5,000DWT capacity. Of 38 … [Read more...] about Shipping firms in rough seas