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Added on the 06/10/2015 11:15:02 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
A very large crude carrier the Nautica, which is part of a coordinated operation to remove oil from the FSO Safer, sits in Yemeni waters. In the coming days, an operation is expected to begin pumping 1.14 million barrels of crude oil to the Nautica from the FSO Safer, a rusting 47-year-old ship that the UN describes as a "ticking time bomb". IMAGES
Images taken during a guided tour organised by the Israeli Navy show Israeli sailors aboard a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat preparing to depart to patrol off the coast of Gaza from a naval base in the northern port city of Haifa. IMAGES
Images show the Panama-registered carrier ship Fremantle Highway, which is carrying 3,000 cars and caught fire off the Dutch coast on Tuesday night as it travelled to Egypt from Germany. The ship, still on fire at 17:00 CET, is filmed from Buren Strand, Ameland Island – a popular holiday destination in the Waddenzee Netherlands, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Fears have been raised over environmental pollution as authorities warn that the fire could burn for days and threaten nearby natural sites. It is suspected that an electric car was behind the fire. IMAGES
Crew of a Thai navy vessel is preparing to set sail in search of 31 sailors missing after their vessel capsized, with dozens of others already hauled from the choppy waters. IMAGES