Tag: Ship

ABU DHABI - United Arab Emirates' special forces on Saturday freed an Abu Dhabi-owned ship seized by pirates east of Oman in the Arabian Sea, a military official told state news agency WAM. "A special counter-terrorism unit, backed by air force units and in coordination with the (Bahrain-based) US Fifth Fleet, stormed the ship. The hijackers subsequently surrendered," the official said. The UAE had said earlier that the special forces had moved to free the MV Arrilah-I which was

ISLAMABAD - After a meeting with the President Asif Ali Zardari who is also the PPP Co-chairman, former minister Sardar Fateh Mohammad Hasni Friday announced that he would rejoin the Pakistan Peoples Party. Hasni had been former president of PPP Balochistan and he parted ways with the PPP around five years ago after developing differences with the PPP leadership. He contested 2008 general elections as PML-Q candidate for National Assembly slot from Quetta.

KARACHI - The local wheat exporters are playing with fire and endangering Pakistan's reputation as an exporter by chartering vessels which are also used for the transportation of potentially hazardous cargoes like fertiliser and cement.
One such vessel had to wait at least for four to five days at the outer anchorage of Karachi Port after the consignee surveyors declared, what a stevedoring official called, 'dirty' hatches unfit for loading the edible commodity. Sources privy to

KARACHI - The ship-mounted 232 MW rental power project is likely to commence operations on March 31 after overcoming minor technical glitches, APP has learnt. An official of the Turkish power ship, Karkey Karadenz, told APP on Friday that a delegation of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) will meet with directors and technical staff of the rental ship on Saturday.
Despite in the state of readiness, the date for starting commercial operational will be notified to

JERUSALEM - Israeli naval commandos on Tuesday seized a cargo ship in the Mediterranean carrying what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were Iranian-supplied weapons intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
A military spokeswoman said Israeli forces met no resistance when they intercepted the German-owned "Victoria" some 200 miles from Israel and were taking the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza

LONDON - London's marine insurance market has added Libya to a list of areas deemed high risk as violence escalates in Africa's third-largest oil producer, a senior market official said. Heavily armed rebels clashed with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on the outskirts of the key oil terminal of Ras Lanuf as the head of Libya's rebel council vowed "victory or death". "The emerging risk had reached a level where as a matter of prudence insurers will require notification from vessels

KARACHI - On the directives of the provincial Culture Minister Sassui Palijo, the newly appointed director general of the Culture Department, Muhammad Ramzan Awan has ordered the Thatta district administration to take appropriate measures for salvaging an 'ancient ship' - discovered in Thatta recently - with the help of Pakistan Navy authorities. Awan held an introductory meeting with his department officers on Saturday, where financial stipends to poets, artists and singers, and

CAIRO - Arab newspapers which served for decades as mouthpieces for Hosni Mubarak, including dailies in Saudi Arabia, on Saturday hailed the Egyptian president's ouster. "The people brought down the regime" and "the youth of Egypt forced Mubarak to leave," read the frontpage headline of Egypt's government-owned Al-Ahram, after having supported Mubarak throughout his 30-year rule.
The newspaper also saluted the social networking site Facebook, which was used by young activists to

KARACHI - Pakistan's ship bunker industry is on the verge of closure because of a crippling shortage of bunker fuel at the local ports, Pakistan Today has learnt. Industry sources claim the dearth is attributed to the government's untimely import of furnace oil.
The acute scarcity of bunker fuel has taken a massive toll on business conducted by bunker industry which has shrunk by 80 percent to only 5,000 metric tonnes (MT) from previous figures of 25,000 MT; a huge slump of

ISTANBUL - Israel used "excessive" force in its assault on a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza that killed nine Turkish activists, according to the findings of a Turkish inquiry announced on Sunday.
The preliminary conclusions of the report said "the Israeli army used excessive force against the Mavi Marmara". The preliminary conclusions of a report were released on Sunday, coinciding with the findings of Israel's own inquiry into the incident in the eastern Mediterranean

KARACHI: The Pakistani crew of a vessel named Glory, operated from Dubai, assumed control the ship, taking exception to the nonpayment of their wages by its Iraqi owner.
The ship has been detained at Karachi Port for more than two weeks under the admiralty law, sources told Pakistan Today. Sources further revealed that this particular case is to be resolved in local courts, while the crew has conducted the takeover of the ship.
The owner of the ship has arranged bank

KARACHI
The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) is not going to get any additional electricity to be generated by the world's largest 'power ship' from Turkey. This meant that the people of Karachi will continue facing extended power cuts.
The ship would add its 232 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, or the WAPDA's grid. Once the addition has been made, PEPCO would reduce 232MW from its 650 MW supply to KESC, sources said. Moreover, it was not possible for

LONDON: A Premier League season that threatened to see Chelsea run away with the defence of their title resumes on Tuesday and Wednesday with teams at both ends of the table having plenty to play for.
Chelsea's 2-0 loss to Liverpool revived the title race and cut the Blues lead at the top of the table to two points over Manchester United, the only unbeaten side in the top flight.
Only five points now separate big-spenders Manchester City, currently fourth, from Chelsea