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27 Jan 2009

Untested Brackets Tied to Fatal Accident

According to a report from the Yomiuri Shimbun, a 95 ft long, 3 ft wide iron gangway, which was connected to a car carrier that was under construction, collapsed at the Ozai Shipyard of Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co. on Jan. 23, killing two and injuring 24 others on the gangway. The load bearing capacity of the brackets on the gangway were never tested according to The Yomiuri Shimbun. (Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

06 Feb 2008

Japan to Double Number of Japan-Registered Ships

The government plans to double the number of Japan-registered ships in the next five years in an attempt to stem the rapid decline in the number of such vessels, according to the draft of the Basic Plan on Ocean Policy compiled by the government's Ocean Policy Headquarters. The Japanese government also plans to increase by half the number of Japanese-crewed ships on overseas service over the next 10 years. The basic plan will state that the government will formulate a development plan for ocean energy and mineral resources in fiscal 2008 to establish a unified system to manage the development of marine resources such as petroleum and natural gas. As of 2006, the number of ships registered in Japan dropped below 100, and Japanese on board ships on overseas service numbered less than 3,000.

16 Feb 2001

USCG Continues Search For Missing

Following objections from the Japanese government, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy announced they will continue searching through Friday for nine people missing from a Japanese fishing vessel sunk by a U.S. submarine last week. The Japanese government objected when the Coast Guard announced on Wednesday it intended to end the search for the missing students, teachers and crew members from the teaching vessel, said Japanese Consul General Minoru Shibuya. Earlier on Thursday, the Coast Guard said it intended to call off the search for survivors from the wreck, which occurred when the USS Greenville surfaced into the Ehime Maru, a high school's training trawler, about nine miles off the coast of Oahu. The vessel carried 35 people; 26 were rescued.