The Mississippi River has been re-opened to all traffic following a multiple vessel collision.

Yet another accident took place in Hong Kong's waters as a high-speed Macau ferry collided with a mainland China cargo vessel off Cheung Chau Island in the southwest of the territory late on Wednesday night.

Eleven seafarers are missing from a Chinese cargoship after it collided with a containership off Hong Kong early on Monday morning.

Miscommunication over VHF radio and actions contrary to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (ColRegs) led to the collision of the bulker Chou Shan and boxship CMA CGM Florida (Florida) on 19 March 2013.

The Asian Shipowners Forum (ASF) has urged the region’s governments to act following reports that product tanker Maritime Maisie is still adrift in critical condition after nearly three months.

A Hong Kong - China cross-border ferry carrying more than 80 airport-bound passengers collided with a containership off Tuen Mun to the west of Hong Kong amid poor visibility in thick fog on Tuesday morning, local media reported.

A containership collided with a chemical tanker in the Singapore Strait this afternoon resulting in a bunker spill, the third such collision in recent weeks.

The Singapore authorities have continued containment and clean-up efforts from two oil spills from collisions in the port last week.

A Panama-flagged containership has collided into a barge in Singapore waters in the early hours of Thursday, making it the second collision in the port following an earlier accident that involved a chemical tanker and a boxship on Wednesday.

A chemical tanker and a containership collided in Singapore waters on Wednesday, resulting in some spillage of bunker fuel, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).