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IMB live piracy map 2008
IMB is compiling an updated Google maps mashup of all reported pirate attacks of 2008. So far this year Nigeria has seen the most pirate incidents fallowed by Indonesia and India.
What is the IMB you ask?
A major part of the IMB’s work to make shipping safer […]

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*Red denotes a successful attack. Yellow marks an attempt
This Google Maps mashup, brought to gCaptain’s attention by wired’s blog monkeybites, documents all known pirate attacks in and around the Strait of Malacca over the pass three years.

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This Youtube video, Maritime Terror, provided by Journeyman Pictures takes a look at Modern Piracy. Here is more information […]

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(Note: This article was originally published in Dec 2007)
We have taken a look at piracy in the Strait of Malacca and showed you how criminal organizations scrub a stolen ship’s documents now we turn our attention on finding and repossessing these vessels.
The primary company in recovering hulls in North America is […]

 

 Ship Repo Man: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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(Ed. note: I received a this email today and thought if worthy of sharing.)
Captain Rodriguez:
It’s been interesting following your and your reader’s adventures with TWIC. I have a buddy who’s a long-haul trucker, and the stories he’s been telling me over the past few years regarding credentials (he’s certified to haul “hazardous waste,” […]

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Our friend Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook asks; Pirates, A Doom With A Q? He writes:
Earlier this week the US and France introduce a draft UN Security Council resolution co-sponsored by the UK and Panama, to combat piracy along Somalia’s nearly 2,000 mile coastline. Is it enough?
Faster than you can say “dead man’s chest” Somali pirates bounced […]

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Artwork by Matt Rota
Our maritime podcasting partner, Peter Mello of Sea-Fever.org points us to this must read article in the NYTimes. He writes:
John S. Burnett, author of Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas wrote an interesting Op Ed essay for today’s - April 20, 2008 - Sunday NY Times entitled Captain Kidd, Human-Rights […]

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With the help of our friends at Vessel Trax and many hours at the computer we have taken the list of Transportation Worker’s Identification Card ( TWIC ) Enrollment Locations from the TSA’s TWIC Info page and embedded them on the google map. Why the TSA has not done this already and is not blogging […]

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Four weeks ago, I had my original TWIC enrollment experience. The post is here.

Today I picked up my TWIC. Last Thursday I went online to see if the card was ready and the info said yes. I printed out the form and made an appointment to pick up the card for Monday […]

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This week we bring you the real life experience obtaining a TWIC ( Transportation Worker’s Identification Card ) with Captain Kelly Sweeney, monthly contributor to Professional Mariner magazine and author of From the Bridge: Authentic Modern Sea Stories. For more real life experiences in obtaining TWICs visit the TWIC Page of gCaptain’s Forum.
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 Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Photo by steven and darusha
Jeff Charlton of 911team.org in London asked a interesting maritime question on the IAEM list-serve the other day that Robin Storm thought we could answer.
Jeff’s question?
“What if the need arises to replace a master or pilot because the ship has been affected by plague, terrorism, CBRn incident? How many […]

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