51.   Around seven merchant vessels call each month on Tyre, most of them transporting used cars from Belgium and Germany.

52.   Eight people received minor injuries and all were picked up by the passing super-tanker Hawaiian King, then distributed among other merchant vessels and warships in the area.

53.   The second vessel involved in the collision, the refrigerated vessel Ariake, was taken under tow by the merchant vessel Aberthauw toward Britain.

54.   The plans followed reports about growing pollution levels in the shallow Gulf water because of continuous waste-dumping by oil tankers and other merchant vessels plying the region.

55.   The ship was escorted back to port by a merchant vessel and two helicopters.

56.   They were then redistributed among a flotilla of warships and merchant vessels in the area for onward passage to Djibouti and Mombasa.

57.   Tiger guerrillas are also known to operate a few merchant vessels and ferry arms and ammunition that are often unloaded in mid sea and brought ashore in small craft.

58.   Tiger guerrillas are also known to operate a few merchant vessels and ferry arms and ammunition that are often unloaded in mid-sea and brought ashore in small craft.

59.   Merchant vessels are avoiding Syrian ports because of searches being carried out by the US navy, the economic weekly Al-Iqtissadiya said Tuesday.

60.   Other passengers reaching Mombasa Monday came ashore singing after five days in life-boats and merchant vessels.