The bodies of seven US sailors from the warship USS Fitzgerald following a collision with the NYK-chartered containers ACX Crystal off Japan early on Saturday morning.

Seven US Navy sailors are missing after a warship USS Fitzgerald was involved in a collision with an NYK chartered containership.

Uni-Asia Holdings has informed that one of its bulk carriers had collided with a fishing boat in South Korean waters on 11 January, leading to the capsize of the fishing boat and death of the two boat crew.

Each of the owners of Wan Hai 301 and the APL Denver involved in the collision off Pasir Gudang Port earlier this week will be required to pay a MYR1m ($223,565) bond to ensure they clean up the resulting oil spill, local reports said.

Two container vessels have collided off Pasir Gudang port in Malaysia’s Johor late on Tuesday, leading to approximately 300 tonnes of bunker oil spill, according to the Johor Port Authority (JPA).

An MSC very-large boxship hit a fishing vessel between Peru and Ecuador leaving five dead and six missing.

A VLCC and a containership have collided in the Singapore Strait at about 23:55pm local time on 3 August, with no injuries or oil pollution reported, according to Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

The crew of the Maersk Line vessel Safmarine Meru abandoned ship after a “serious collision” off Ningbo caused a fire on the vessel.

Second officer Pasquale Miccio of ferry Scottish Viking has been sentenced to eight months in prison by the Edinburgh High Court, after admitting responsibility for the death of fisherman Daniel McNeil.

Three bodies have been found near the wreck of the Thorco Cloud, one of which is confirmed as one of the six missing crew members.