1.   Patrol boats and a German freighter rescued the five Filipino survivors, who were found drifting on a lifeboat early Monday, Kanagawa said.

2.   A German freighter sunk Tuesday in Danish waters, and one of its five crew members was missing and presumed dead, authorities said.

3.   A German freighter continued to sail toward Europe late Thursday despite an onboard fire that for a while had the crew ready to abandon ship.

4.   The fishing boat Silvery Sea and the German freighter Merkur collided in clear weather early Sunday.

5.   A German freighter flying the Cypriot flag was abandoned by its crew after they dock in a Polish shipyard for repairs, a shipyard official said Thursday.

6.   A German freighter sighted the boat on Friday afternoon and alerted the coastguards.

7.   A German freighter with five men on board capsized Thursday in stormy weather in the North Sea on the edge of Dutch and British waters, coastguards said.

8.   Thursday the storms capsized the German freighter Heinz Suhr in the same region, but its five-man crew were also rescued by coastguards.