Tag: Ferry
Six rescued, dozens missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia’s Lake Toba
JAKARTA: Six people were rescued and one was confirmed dead from among an estimated 80 passengers on a ferry that sank on Monday in...
Bedraggled wallaby plucked by passing ferry in Sydney harbour
SYDNEY: A swimming wallaby has been plucked from Sydney harbour by a passing ferry after the spooked animal was apparently chased out of its...
Kiribati confirms over 80 people on missing sunken ferry
WELLINGTON: Authorities confirmed on Wednesday that a missing Kiribati ferry had held more than 80 passengers, as Australian and US planes scoured the central...
PM Nawaz welcomes proposal of Karachi-Muscat ferry service
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday welcomed the proposal to start a ferry service between Karachi, Gwadar and Oman’s capital Muscat.
“This initiative will...
Philippine ferry may have been overloaded, death toll rises to 61
The death toll from a ferry that capsized in the central Philippines has risen to 61, the coast guard said Sunday, indicating that the...
Ferry with over 100 aboard capsizes in Bangladesh
A passenger ferry with over 100 people on board collided with another ship dumping several into the water, officials said.
Police said there were no...
Hong Kong seeks answers after deadly ferry crash
The wreck of a boat that sank in a collision off Hong Kong, killing 38 people, was examined Wednesday after being hauled to shore...
36 dead in Hong Kong ferry collision
Thirty six people were killed when a pleasure boat on a trip to watch holiday fireworks collided with a ferry and sank off Hong...
Seven die in Philippines boat accident
Seven people died, including two children, and five were left missing after a small ferry sank off the southern Philippines, the civil defence office...
38 dead, over 100 missing in Zanzibar ferry disaster
An official said Thursday there was no hope for more than a hundred people still missing a day after a ferry sank off the...
2 ‘Pakistanis’ found dead on Adriatic sea ferry
Two would-be immigrants were found dead on a ferry that arrived in the Italian port of Ancona from Greece Saturday and a third was...
15 missing after boat sinks in Indonesia: official
Fifteen people were missing after their small wooden boat sank early on Sunday in heavy seas off eastern Indonesia, an official said.
The boat, which...
7 dead in Philippine ferry sinking, floods
Heavy storms in the Philippines killed at least seven people and left more than a dozen others feared missing at sea, rescuers said Wednesday.
Five...
200 dead and missing as India ferry sinks
An overcrowded river ferry broke in two and sank in northeast India during a severe storm on Monday, leaving at least 105 people dead...
Death toll in Bangladesh ferry sinking rises to 40
Rescue workers in Bangladesh on Wednesday found eight more bodies after a ferry sunk in a large river and warned scores more may be...
150 missing after ferry sinks in Bangladesh: police
At least 150 people were missing after a ferry carrying 200 passengers sunk in Bangladesh early on Tuesday morning, police said, adding that about...
Baber Ghauri commissions passenger ferry boats
On the inauguration ceremony of the free passenger ferry boats at Manora, here on Sunday, Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Ghouri named...
