The Gökçeada-1", carrying over 170 passengers and 64 vehicles, suffered rudder trouble on Aug 16, 2018, at 9 a.m. The ferry was underway from the Kabatepe pier in the Çanakkale province to the island of Gökçeada when it got disabled. The ferry grounded 30 meters away from the shore. The "TCSG-903" of the Turkish Coast Guard arrived to evacuate the passengers. All passengers were safely taken off, the ferry was to be pulled to port by another ship. Reports with photos and video: https://www.express.co.uk... www.hurriyet.com.... https://www.cnnturk.com/t...

The "George H. Ledcor" that sank at the mouth of the Fraser River off Vancouver has been pulled from the water on Aug 16 at 10.30 a.m., and the next step was to determine how much fuel leaked from the vessel. The tug was hauling a loaded gravel barge on the north arm of the Fraser River not far from Vancouver International Airport when it capsized late on Aug 13. After the vessel was lifted out of the water, crews were draining potentially contaminated water into a special container on the cranebarge. The tug will then be inspected for damage before it can be moved. Environmental concerns and numerous approvals would be required before it could be moved upriver to a shipyard. The amount of diesel lost is expected to be much lower than the 22,000 litres maximum potential. Reports with photos and video: https://www.cbc.ca/news/c... https://www.news1130.com/...

(Reuters) – U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Cheniere Energy Inc said on Friday it had signed a 25-year deal to supply Taiwan’s CPC Corp, which CPC valued at roughly $25 billion. Cheniere said it will sell 2 million tonnes of LNG per year on a delivered basis to the state-owned oil and gas company, starting in 2021. It said the purchase price will be pegged to the Henry Hub monthly average, plus a fee. The United States has become a major LNG exporter in the last two years, mostly due to the ramp up of Cheniere’s Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana. The Houston-based company is also building the Corpus Christi terminal in Texas. The CPC deal, which is through Cheniere’s marketing arm, is not tied to a particular project or liquefaction train.

Municipal authorities in the Belgian city of Antwerp were forced yesterday to evacuate all people and ships within an 1.8 km radius of a severe fire that kicked off on Saturday at a warehouse at the port. Water and road tracks near the port was restricted while residents in neighbouring districts were urged to keep their windows shut. A noxious fire started on Saturday in a consignment of 5,000 tons of nickel oxide with most of the cargo now destroyed. While fire crews say they have now got the fire under control it is likely to burn for the next few days. Operations at the port, however, have got back to normal.