Rolls-Royce to support Mercy Ships
MAY 20, 2014 — Rolls-Royce is to support Mercy Ships, an international charity with the mission to increase global access to healthcare. Rolls-Royce will provide a comprehensive service offering for the equipment
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South Korea will “dismantle” Coast Guard
MAY 19, 2013 — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea today made a televised “heartfelt apology” for having failed to prevent the sinking of the ferry Sewol on April 16 and for
Sewol captain and three others could face death sentences
MAY 15, 2014 — Prosecutors have now brought murder charges against the captain and three other crew members of the Sewol, the South Korean ferry that capsized last month, leaving 304 people
CoCo Yachts delivers first of two high speed ferries
MAY 12, 2014 — Peng Xing 15, the first of two CoCo Yachts Coastal Cruiser 200 high speed passenger ferries has been delivered to Peng Xing Shipping Company, Shenzhen, China, by AFAI
Korean Register chief resigns
APRIL 29, 2014 — Korean Register of Shipping Chairman and CEO Dr. Chon Young-Kee has has announced his resignation. The Korean Register said “Dr. Chon has decided to step down as chief
Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disaster
APRIL 27, 2014—Saying that the “government took inadequate measures and disappointed the public,” South Korea Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on national television in the wake of the ferry capsizing
Prosecutors widen net as death toll rises in ferry disaster
APRIL 23, 2014 — The death toll in the Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster has passed a grim turning point, with the number of deaths now exceeding the number of those missing. As
Korean President slams Sewol captain’s conduct
APRIL 21, 2014 — With her administration under fire for its handling of the response to the Sewol Ropax ferry disaster, South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the conduct of the captain
Many missing after Korean ferry capsizes and sinks
APRIL 16, 2014 — A massive rescue effort is underway after the capsize and sinking of a 6,586 gt ferry carrying 462 people off South Korea’s southern coast. Korea’s Ministry of Security
NTSB issues Seastreak Wall Street incident findings
APRIL 9, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the ferry Seastreak Wall Street struck Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan in January 2013, because the captain lost control of