https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlrA36GzHNs Here is a look at the AIS track of the oil tanker Alnic MC showing Monday's collision with the U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain. The AIS data and video is provided by VesselFinder. In the video you can see the tanker approaching Singapore's easternmost Traffic Separation Scheme when it suddenly … [Read more...]
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CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt Breaks Panama Canal Capacity Record on Way to U.S. East Coast – 14,855 TEU!
The 14,855 TEU capacity CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt has set a new record as the largest capacity ship to ever transit the new Expanded Locks of the Panama Canal. The Neopanamax containership, which began its voyage from Asia, made its inaugural transit of the Panama Canal on Tuesday as it heads for the U.S. East Coast. The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt … [Read more...]
CNN Reports USS John S. McCain Lost Steering Prior to Collision
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain may have suffered a loss of steering prior to its collision with a merchant tanker near Singapore on Monday, a U.S. Navy official told CNN. The USS John S. McCain was transiting to Singapore for a routine port visit when it collided with the Liberian-flagged tanker Alnic MC at approximately 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Aug. … [Read more...]
Wreck of Infamous USS Indianapolis Discovered in Pacific Ocean
A team of civilian researchers led by billionaire Paul G. Allen has announced they have found the wreck of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35), which was lost July 30, 1945. Known by some as the history's greatest shark attack, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis is one of the Navy's most infamous shipwreck stories. Her story is forever immortalized in the … [Read more...]
USS John S. McCain Arrives in Singapore After Collision; Photos Show Extent of Damage
Update: Search Continues for Missing John S. McCain Sailors The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain arrived pier side at Changi Naval Base in Singapore on Monday after it was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. The collision was reported at 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time on August … [Read more...]
Norway Arrests Greenpeace Ship and 35 Activists During Protest at Arctic Oil Well
Norwegian authorities have detained Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise after a protest at a Statoil contracted drilling rig at Norway's northernmost oil field in the Barents Sea, the environmental group said in a statement. Greenpeace said the vessel and 35 activists were unlawfully detained after entering the exclusion zone of Statoil’s Korpfjell well, halting drilling … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Turns Civilian-Operated USNS Lewis B. Puller Into Commissioned Warship
The U.S. Navy will officially redesignate the civilian-manned expeditionary mobile base USNS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) into a commissioned warship on Thursday as the Navy looks to fill its growing demand for more diverse and capable warships around the globe. The USNS Lewis B. Puller will officially transition to the USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a commissioning ceremony … [Read more...]