41.   But the maritime official noted that the South Korean government had finalized the lighthouse project early this year.

42.   The stowaway was identified as Bae In-Su, a North Korean trade official who worked in Hong Kong and Thailand, maritime officials said.

43.   It had been under siege by hundreds of Albanians, many of them armed, according to Italian maritime officials in the ports of Bari and Brindisi.

44.   It was unable to reach the craft due ot bad weather but radioed in an emergency call to Spanish maritime officials.

45.   Japanese maritime officials in Okinawa confirmed that ships were turned away.

46.   Maritime Union officials said Friday the bans on Indonesian flagged ships and ships carrying Indonesian cargo was still in place.

47.   Norwegian maritime officials said on Saturday that the ship had failed seaworthiness checks in August, and raised concern over its safety and navigation equipment.

48.   Norwegian maritime officials said the ship had failed seaworthiness checks last August, and raised concern over its safety and navigation equipment.

49.   Safety standards on car-ferries remain by and large unchanged and insufficient one year after the Estonia catastrophe in the Baltic Sea, according to maritime officials here.

50.   Swedish maritime officials said they were contemplating instituting passage restrictions on vessels with the same construction as the Estonia.