A wooden ship believed to be carrying more than 380 migrants, many of them from the Middle East, sank off Indonesia's main island of Java, local media have reported.

The "TK Bremen" ran aground in the night of Dec 16, 2011, in a storm that swept the southern coast of Brittany, 100 meters from the Erdeven beach, plague de Kerminhy, between Lorient and the Quiberon peninsula, which is about ten miles from Auray.

Rescue ships are racing to save a Russian crew who have taken to lifeboats after their fishing ship hit an iceberg.

At about 0130 Moscow time Dec 15 2011 fire started in one of the crew’s cabins on board of nuclear icebreaker Vaygach.

Russian general cargo vessel river-sea type, Vuoksa, ran aground in 38 56N 020 43E, Ionian sea, off Preveza, Greece, on Dec 13 2011. Circumstances of the grounding yet unknown.

The "Kvernes" ran aground off Hundeidvik on Dec 13, 2011, at 3.30 p.m. The ferry had departed from Festøya 10 minutes ago and got stuck about 200 meters from the dock.

The 7500-tonne and 135m-long container vessel was stuck for more than two hours on its way to Ocean Terminal in Greenock.

Weather continues to affect salvage operations, with no activity yesterday (Sunday) due to swell and wind conditions.

The "Fides" being loaded with more than 100 empty containers allided with the Burgum Bridge on the Princess Margriet Canal in the morning of Dec 11, 2011, due to an estimation error and a high water level.

Technicians have temporarily repaired the rudder of the 656-foot cargo vessel Morning Cedar. The vessel was en route from Vancouver, Canada to Japan with a load of packaged timber when a hydraulic leak left it without steering.