Gulf tanker attacks: Iran releases photos of ‘attacked’ ship
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Iran has released photos of an oil tanker that it says was attacked off the coast of Saudi Arabia. The photos show two large...
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P-625 NAVAL VESSEL BECOMES SHIP PARAKRAMABAHU
(UTV|COLOMBO) – China handed over the P-625 Naval vessel yesterday to the Sri Lanka Navy to widen its activities and was named as Sri Lanka Navy...
Iran tanker row: Detained ship sets sail from Gibraltar
(UTV|COLOMBO) – An Iranian ship held by Gibraltar since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria has left port. Marine tracking shows the tanker moving...
Ship donated by China arrives in Colombo
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The P-625 ship donated by the Chinese Government has reached the Colombo Port by now. Navy Media Spokesman Lieutenant Commander Isuru Sooriyabandara said...
Italy migrants: Rescue ship captain arrested at Lampedusa port
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The captain of a migrant rescue ship has been arrested at the Italian port of Lampedusa after a two-week stand-off with police at sea....
North Korea demands return of ship seized by US
(UTV|COLOMBO) – North Korea has demanded the immediate return of a cargo ship seized by the US, branding the move an “unlawful robbery”. Last week the...
Rescued migrants hijack merchant ship near Libya – reports
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Migrants have hijacked a merchant vessel that rescued them off Libya’s coast, ordering the crew to head towards Malta, reports say. More than 100...
Somali pirates release the hijacked ship, with 8 Lankans crew members on board
(UDHAYAM, MOGADISHU) – The hijacked Aries 13 vessel with the Sri Lankan captain and crew on board was released by Somali pirates last night. The...
Somali pirates suspected of first ship hijacking since 2012
(UDHAYAM, MOGASIDHU) – A freight ship has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, reports say. A number of suspected pirates boarded the Sri Lankan-flagged...
8 Lankans trapped in a ship for four months, rescued
(UDHAYAM, SANA’A) – The ministry of external affairs say that 8 Sri Lankans who were trapped in a ship for over 4 months in Yemen;...