https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French and Italian civil and military teams were working to contain a spreading oil spill in the Mediterranean on Monday after a container ship collision off the island of Corsica that prompted France to launch an investigation into "maritime pollution". https://www.thelocal.it/20181008/fuel-cleanup-begins-after-cargo-ships-collide-off-corsica Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:30:00 +0200 fuel-cleanup-begins-after-cargo-ships-collide-off-corsica A fire broke out on an Albania-bound ferry off the southern Italian port of Bari in the early hours of Wednesday morning. No one was injured and the fire has now been extinguished. https://www.thelocal.it/20150513/fire-breaks-out-on-ferry-near-bari Wed, 13 May 2015 12:59:23 +0200 fire-breaks-out-on-ferry-near-bari A young Afghan migrant who tried to smuggle himself onto a car ferry headed for Italy by clinging to the undercarriage of a tourist bus died after being run over by the coach, Greek news agency Ana reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150423/migrant-dies-trying-to-smuggle-onto-car-ferry-to-italy Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:31:41 +0200 migrant-dies-trying-to-smuggle-onto-car-ferry-to-italy Investigators looking into the fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry that killed at least 11 people last December fear that they may never be able to recover the ship's audio recordings. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/concern-over-stricken-ferrys-missing-audio-recordings Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:49:58 +0100 concern-over-stricken-ferrys-missing-audio-recordings A burnt body has been found on board the wreck of the Norman Atlantic, bringing to ten the number of passengers who died when the Italian ferry which caught fire in December. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/body-found-on-board-norman-atlantic-ferry Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:22:00 +0100 body-found-on-board-norman-atlantic-ferry The Italian prosecutor investigating a deadly fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry on Thursday indicated that at least 27 people had likely perished in the disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150116/norman-atlantic-likely-death-toll-rises-to-at-least-27 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:30:00 +0100 norman-atlantic-likely-death-toll-rises-to-at-least-27 Some of the victims of a deadly fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry may have been attacked by sharks after jumping into the sea to escape the flames, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150113/ferry-fire-victims-may-have-been-attacked-by-sharks Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:03:00 +0100 ferry-fire-victims-may-have-been-attacked-by-sharks The inquiry in to the fate of the burned-out Norman Atlantic ferry which was towed into the southern Italian port of Brindisi Friday, has begun with the prosecutor fearing that more bodies may be found onboard. https://www.thelocal.it/20150103/charred-hull-of-norman-atlantic-reaches-iraly-port Sat, 03 Jan 2015 08:58:00 +0100 charred-hull-of-norman-atlantic-reaches-iraly-port The Italian-owned ferry in which at least 13 people died in a dramatic fire in stormy Mediterranean seas was towed into the Italian port of Brindisi on Friday as investigators try to determine if there are any more bodies on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/fire-tragedy-ferry-arrives-in-brindisi Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:03:00 +0100 fire-tragedy-ferry-arrives-in-brindisi Three Italians are among the ten passengers who died after the Norman Atlantic ferry caught fire early on Sunday morning, Italy's Coast Guard said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/three-italians-among-fire-hit-ferry-dead Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:15:00 +0100 three-italians-among-fire-hit-ferry-dead UPDATED: Ten passengers and two seamen are dead, dozens are unaccounted for, and no-one is able to say with any certainty how many people were on board the Norman Atlantic when it burst into flames. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/two-seamen-die-in-ferry-rescue-operation Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:50:00 +0100 two-seamen-die-in-ferry-rescue-operation UPDATED: The death toll from a ferry fire in the Adriatic rose to ten on Monday as the search for survivors went on into the night in seas off Albania. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/ten-dead-and-dozens-missing-from-ferry Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:13:00 +0100 ten-dead-and-dozens-missing-from-ferry Italy on Monday raised the confirmed death toll from a ferry fire disaster to eight and said it was seeking to account for more than 40 people thought to be aboard based on passenger and crew lists. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/blaze-hit-ferry-death-toll-rises-to-seven Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:02:00 +0100 blaze-hit-ferry-death-toll-rises-to-seven He was everything that Captain Coward was not. In keeping with centuries of maritime tradition, the captain of the blaze-hit ferry Norman Atlantic was the last man off his stricken ship on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/italy-salutes-ferrys-captain-courageous Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:00:00 +0100 italy-salutes-ferrys-captain-courageous A British man rescued from a burning ferry in the Mediterranean on Monday, his face covered in soot and grease, said he felt "terrified" and "helpless" as flames engulfed the ship. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/i-was-absolutely-terrified-ferry-survivor Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:47:00 +0100 i-was-absolutely-terrified-ferry-survivor UPDATED: At least five people died after a car ferry caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Greek and Italian officials said on Monday, as survivors described a terrifying ordeal that could easily have been much more deadly. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/at-least-five-dead-in-italian-ferry-disaster Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:16:00 +0100 at-least-five-dead-in-italian-ferry-disaster Four bodies have been recovered from icy seas during an operation to rescue hundreds of passengers stuck on a blaze-hit car ferry crossing from Greece to Italy, a Greek minister said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/four-bodies-recovered-in-blaze-hit-italy-ferry-disaster Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:01:00 +0100 four-bodies-recovered-in-blaze-hit-italy-ferry-disaster Prosecutors in the Italian port of Bari on Monday opened a criminal investigation into how the car ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire at sea during a crossing from Greece to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/italy-opens-criminal-probe-into-ferry-fire Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:48:00 +0100 italy-opens-criminal-probe-into-ferry-fire UPDATED: More than 140 shivering, exhausted and terrified passengers and crew remained stranded Monday on a stricken car ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea 30 hours earlier. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/140-people-still-stranded-on-blaze-hit-ferry Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:32:00 +0100 140-people-still-stranded-on-blaze-hit-ferry Rescuers battled in the dark to save hundreds of passengers still trapped on a burning Italian ferry in the early hours of Monday, as coastguards reported one man had died in the high-seas drama. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/hundreds-still-trapped-on-burning-ferry Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0100 hundreds-still-trapped-on-burning-ferry