The oil leak from MV Rak Carrier has reduced further and a case has been registered in the Yellow Gate police station against the crew members under environmental laws.

As feared by ecologists, oil has started leaking from the MV Rak, the carrier that sank at the entrance of the Mumbai harbour on August 4.

Even as the police booked the owners and managers of MT Pavit, it was revealed that the vessel owners have already claimed the insurance amount by reporting that the ship had sunk.

For the first time in the history of the two countries, the Turkish Navy and the Indian Navy will be conducting a joint exercise at an advanced level. This, the top brass of both the navies say, will go a long way in enhancing ties between India and Turkey.

Picnickers visiting Juhu beach this weekend to catch a glimpse of the MV Wisdom will be a disappointed lot, as the cargo vessel was successfully towed away from the beach on Saturday afternoon.

Sites of construction of the infrastructure projects of the city seem to be pretty dangerous sites, if the recent spate of accidents on these sites is anything to go by. On Friday evening, two people died and three injured when a guideway beam fell from one of the supports of the under-construction monorail at Chembur.

All 22 crew members of MV Suez, stranded off Oman, were taken aboard a Pakistani warship Babur, which will take them to Oman’s Salalah port. They include six Indians.

The director general of shipping on Sunday said that the towing rope snapping or an inappropriate tug being used could possibly be the reason for Merchant Vessel (MV) Wisdom drifting to Juhu Beach on

The fire onboard Merchant Tanker (MT) Orchid containing 24,000 tonnes of gasoline has been doused. Fortunately, none of the 29 Indian crew members have suffered any injuries.

Acting on an intelligence input, the security agencies on Sunday detained and searched a Denmark-flagged merchant vessel and interrogated its crew for suspected offloading of arms and ammunition off the coast of Mumbai, The merchant vessel was anchored just 2 km from the Gateway of India.