Incidents

Summary of maritime crime developments and incidents, week of 24 February 2011 (source: ONI): INDIAN OCEAN: Yacht (CAPRICORN) was fired upon and boarded 2

Breaking news from the Office of Naval Intelligence: Pirates attacked a merchant ship at 0830Z on 25 February approximately 300NM southeast of Salalah, Oman,

Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary, week of 17 February 2011 (source: ONI Maritime OPINTEL Report) NIGERIA: Fishing vessel was boarded 20 Feb while in

gCaptain has received emails today from mariners and oil workers stuck in the Middle East seeking help in evacuating the country. While there is little

DOD News Briefing with Vice Adm. Fox via Telephone from Bahrain on Somali Piracy Aboard the S/V Quest COL. DAVID LAPAN (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

From Central Command Public Affairs TAMPA, Fla. (NNS) — At approximately 1 a.m. EST today, while negotiations were ongoing to secure the release of four

Based on today’s tragic events, I would like to update my previous ROE discussion with the following statement: Anyone traveling through the Arabian Sea

In 2006, my parents and I were sailing from the Maldives, an archipelago off the southwestern tip of India, to the Port of Mina Raysut, in Salalah, Oman.  My

gCaptain sources have reported this morning that S/V Quest has been attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean, and her crew of 4 Americans are currently being

Just in from the Office of Naval Intelligence: At 1323Z a hijacked sailing yacht and possible pirate mother ship were located at 1800N 06102E approximately

Just in from the Office of Naval Intelligence – UPDATE Bulk Carrier M/V SININ has been confirmed hijacked at 1548Z on 12 February in position 201409N

BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have issued a joint statement

We have seen solutions for piracy come from all corners of the world from expensive non-lethal weapons more often used by police forces, and OEM solutions from

After 4 days of uncertainty regarding the exact status of the crew, MV Beluga Nomination is now believed to be pirated. On the afternoon of 22 January 2011,

Searchers from the Philippine coast guard found five missing Americans on board a sailboat that was reported missing en route from Guam. All were in good

Hong Kong-based bulk carrier, Signe Bulker, took a wrong turn over the weekend while transiting the Great Barrier reef and ended up in hot water with

At 0641Z on 17 January, Cyprus-flagged M/V EAGLE reported being under attack 430nm east of Socotra Island by one skiff with six persons on board.  Vessel was

The January 11, 2011 report from the non-partisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling confirmed the Jones Act did

A recent incident could signal a worrying development in the tactics employed by Somali pirates, according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). On

Photo: A crew member of the Alaska Ranger is taken on board the Coast Guard Cutter Munro. The Alaska Ranger began taking on water 120 miles west of Dutch