Shipping industry wants “UN Force of Armed Military Guards” to replace private security firms on ships
A “Round Table” of international shipping associations including ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO and INTERCARGO has urged the UN to establish a “UN
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A “Round Table” of international shipping associations including ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO and INTERCARGO has urged the UN to establish a “UN
Mexican state-owned petroleum company Pemex reported Sunday that 7 of the ten missing persons from the abandoned Trinity IIhave been found alive in the
The United States Coast Guard says it has ordered its fifth National Security Cutter from Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in a contract worth $482
Early on the morning of 8 September, the Merchant Vessel (MV) OLIB G, flagged Malta, was pirated in the East part of the Gulf of Aden. After report from
New Jersey Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R) this week introduced a bill to Congress aimed at clearly defining U.S. policy on the surpression of piracy on the high seas
This week’s interesting ship is the new “Ramform W” class seismic vessel, two of which were ordered by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) earlier
The Maritime Administration has released a new video in honor of the merchant mariners that responded to the September 11th attacks, evacuating hundreds of
British defense contractor BAE Systems says it has successfully tested an “invisibility cloak” that allows a vehicle, ship or even a building, to
BBC Chartering says it has taken delivery of its new heavy lift vessel, BBC Amber, from Jinagzhou Shipyard in China. The delivery marks the third newbuild
The Security Council this week voiced concern over increasing incidents of maritime piracy, armed robbery and reports of hostage-taking in the Gulf of Guinea,
The UK’s National Archive says it is releasing the records of 1 million Merchant Navy seafarers serving from 1918 to 1941 who were part of
Who knew bananas were such a hot item in Europe? Today, Maersk Line announced a weekly liner service linking Ecuador with Spain, Turkey and the Black Sea.
Photo Credit: Maersk Line And you thought your late fees at the movie store were starting to add up? According to a report published by USA TODAY, the Pentagon
The Finnish ferry KING carrying 54 passengers ran aground Friday after its master got stuck in the bathroom, according to a report from Reuters based on a
Bollinger Shipyards has issued a statement in response yesterday’s lawsuit filed against them by the U.S. Department of Justice. The complaint alleges
Photo courtesy Royal Navy Yesterday, an 8,000-ton section of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the Queen Elizabeth class of supercarriers, began the 600
Subsea 7 S.A.’s Acergy Falcon courtesy GSP The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OTF) has agreed not refer the merger between Subsea 7 and Acergy SA,
China has launched a satellite that will survey the maritime environment to help prevent and reduce maritime disasters, according to a report from Voice of
A livestock carrier is stranded at Port Adelaide with approximately 67,000 sheep on board. The Al Messilah, an aging Kuwaiti-flagged live animal export vessel,
I wonder if using their backhoe as a giant paddle was part of their plan all along… Or maybe the backhoe and the barge were in cahoots the whole
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