Swiss trains collide, 17 injuredTwo Swiss trains collided on Thursday, injuring 17 people, none of them seriously, and closing the line near the German border, police said. The two local trains, one travelling from Winterthur and the other from Schaffhausen, cra More… |
36 dead in Hong Kong ferry collisionAt least 36 people died and dozens were injured when a ferry carrying more than 120 people on a company outing collided with another ferry and sank near an island south of Hong Kong on Monday night in one of the city's worst maritime acciden More… |
Tanker collides with US navy ship in GulfAn oil tanker collided with a US navy ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, but no one was hurt, the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet said. "The collision between USS Porter (DDG 78) and the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker More… |
About 12 missing after Egypt ferries collideNineteen people have been rescued out of about 30 believed to be on an Egyptian ferry that collided with another ferry and broke apart, officials said on Saturday, a day after the accident. The two craft hit each other near Rashid city in More… |
Nile ferries collide, up to 38 feared missingTwo Nile river passenger ferries collided on Friday in northern Egypt, with up to 38 people feared missing when one boat broke in half and the other overturned, security and ambulance sources said. They said at least a dozen people survive More… |
25 killed, 55 hurt in Egypt train crash horrorAt least 25 people were killed and 55 hurt in a collision between two passenger trains yesterday in Giza, southwest of the Egyptian capital. 'The total has risen to 25 dead and 55 injured and may become worse,' a police official at More… |
25 killed, 55 hurt in Egypt train crash horrorAt least 25 people were killed and 55 hurt in a collision between two passenger trains yesterday in Giza, southwest of the Egyptian capital. 'The total has risen to 25 dead and 55 injured and may become worse,' a police official at More… |
UAE naphtha tanker in collision off MalaysiaA tanker from the UAE carrying some 58,000 tonnes of naphtha was involved in a collision with a cargo ship late on Tuesday in the Strait of Malacca, leaving nine crewmen from the oil vessel missing, a Malaysian maritime official said. Oil More… |
Bahrain on environment alert after US sub collisionBahrain is on alert against any environmental impact following a collision involving a nuclear submarine in the Strait of Hormuz, it has emerged. The nuclear submarine USS Hartford collided with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New O More… |
Oman exports unaffected by collisionOil exports from non-Opec producer Oman are unaffected by the collision of two US Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, its oil minister was quoted as saying. Mohammad bin Hamad Al-Rumhy said he did not expect any effect from the More… |








