61.   Passengers rescued from the doomed Achille Lauro came ashore singing Monday after five days in life-boats and merchant vessels.

62.   The Ariake, carrying a cargo of fruit, was taken under tow by the merchant vessel Aberthauw toward Britain.

63.   The capsizing of the vessel was the worst maritime disaster to afflict a British merchant vessel since the Titanic sank at the start of the century.

64.   The Hong Kong Centre said six merchant vessels were involved in a search for possible survivors.

65.   The less seriously damaged Panama-registered Ariake, carrying a cargo of fruit, was taken under tow by the merchant vessel Aberthauw towards Rotterdam.

66.   The Monica, a merchant vessel, was then spotted early Monday south of Sicily.

67.   The new law followed a surge in pollution levels in the Gulf waters mainly because of waste-dumping by oil tankers and other merchant vessels.