Incidents

JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)–Piracy is moving south, with the recent discovery of oil and gas off the Tanzanian coastline, posing a serious threat to

This post was first featured in the fall edition of the Council Of American Master Mariner’s official publication Sidlights. You can find the article on

According to several reports, pirates in the Gulf of Guinea have hijacked an Italian tanker in an attack reminiscent of hijackings off the Somali

COVINGTON, LA  Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) announced today that they have entered into a

Moving oil from the Middle East to Europe isn’t as easy as it used to be. For many European nations, sourcing oil from countries such as Saudi Arabia or

Maritime Crime and Piracy Incidents by Region, July 14 – 20, 2011 (Source: U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence) CENTRAL AMERICA–CARIBBEAN: HAITI: A

NORFOLK, Va. —Three accused Somali pirates pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing four Americans on a hijacked yacht off the coast of

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish oil and gas company Maersk Oil stands to lose production of up to 5.3 million barrels of oil equivalent due to extensive

(EUNAVFOR) Late on the morning of 16 July, it was reported by the owners that the MV JUBBA XX, a laden tanker, had been pirated in the northern Indian Ocean,

Pirate attacks on the world’s seas totalled 266 in the first six months of 2011, up from 196 incidents in the same period last year, the International

This week marks the 23th anniversary of the worst offshore oil disaster in history. The Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by

Piracy Incidents by Region July 7 – 13 (Source: Office of Naval Intelligence) ATLANTIC OCEAN: Bulk carrier fired upon with machine guns and rocket

Image by Kjetil Alsvik –Average production of 60,000 barrels equivalent a day to be lost as result of shutdown –Accident to be investigated by

This is all in Russian, but the video speaks for itself… Essentially the Russian Navy boarded a pirate ship and freed some Russian seafarers who had just

Two yachtsmen owe their lives to the fliers of 771 Naval Air Squadron after a dramatic rescue in a gale 100 miles off Cornwall. Aircrewman Sgt Tony Russell RM

(Dow Jones) Three Somali men accused of hijacking a sailboat in the Indian Ocean and killing the four Americans on board could face the death penalty, rather

July 2011 Gulf of Aden Convoy Schedule A. GULF OF ADEN: Turkish maritime task group schedule for June/July 2011.   Rendezvous point “A”

Image by Dmitrios LONDON (Dow Jones)–A fire that broke out on an oil tanker after a pirate attack off the Yemeni coast has now been extinguished, an

  The world’s most storied deepwater oil rig, the Transocean Marianas, has developed a critical list after an anchor punctured her poontoon and is

GULF OF ADEN – (Combined Maritime Forces) At 0027Z July 6, a distress call was issued by the Marshall Islands-owned, Liberian-flagged, M/V Brilliante