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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Shipping Industry Urges ‘Immediate Action’ to Humanitarian Crisis in Mediterranean Sea
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Shipping Industry Urges ‘Immediate Action’ to Humanitarian Crisis in Mediterranean Sea

European and global shipowner groups and seafarer unions have banded together to urge EU Member States to take immediate action to address the growing

April 8, 2015
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Friday, March 20, 2015
EU Sea Mission Braces for Record Year of Mediterranean Migrants
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EU Sea Mission Braces for Record Year of Mediterranean Migrants

With migration across the Mediterranean surging, the European Union's largest border operation is bracing for a record year of arrivals by sea, especially as

March 20, 2015
Total Views: 9

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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Interesting

Stubborn in the Face Of Imminent Death, a Ship Captain Intervenes

In October 2014, Captain Joshua Bhatt and the crew on board the bulk carrier CS Caprice, a ship owned by the Bahamas-based Campbell Shipping Company Ltd, was

March 17, 2015
Total Views: 107

Friday, March 13, 2015
Turkey Fires On Cargo Ship Carrying Hundreds of Syrian Refugees
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Turkey Fires On Cargo Ship Carrying Hundreds of Syrian Refugees

Turkish coastguards found more than 300 refugees, mostly Syrians, when they seized a cargo ship they had opened fired on for failing to obey an order to stop

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 16

Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Ten Migrants Killed, Over 1,100 Rescued from Mediterranean Within 24 Hours
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Ten Migrants Killed, Over 1,100 Rescued from Mediterranean Within 24 Hours

At least 10 North African migrants died when their rubber boat overturned in the southern Mediterranean while almost a thousand more were rescued in a single

March 4, 2015
Total Views: 8

Friday, February 20, 2015
Shipowners: Merchant Ships Not Capable of Large-Scale Migrant Rescues
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Shipowners: Merchant Ships Not Capable of Large-Scale Migrant Rescues

Intermanager and the European Community Shipowners' Association are saying that it is unrealistic for merchant ships to continue bear the burden of conducting

February 20, 2015
Total Views: 7

Thursday, February 19, 2015
IMO Calls for Concerted Action Against Unsafe Migration in Mediterranean
Maritime News

IMO Calls for Concerted Action Against Unsafe Migration in Mediterranean

In response to a staggering number of boat migrants rescued and killed in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days, International Maritime Organization (IMO)

February 19, 2015
Total Views: 3

Sunday, February 15, 2015
Italian Coast Guard, Merchant Ships Rescuing At Least 1,000 Boat Migrants
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Italian Coast Guard, Merchant Ships Rescuing At Least 1,000 Boat Migrants

Italy's coast guard went to the rescue of at least 1,000 migrants in difficulty in the sea between Europe and North Africa on Sunday, the third operation of

February 15, 2015
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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Lifesaving Incidents

IOM: Over 300 Believed Drowned Off Libya

At least 300 people are believed to have drowned in the an attempt to escape from Africa, according to a statement from the International Organization for

February 11, 2015
Total Views: 6

Monday, February 9, 2015
At Least 29 Migrants Die from Exposure While in Coast Guard Custody
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At Least 29 Migrants Die from Exposure While in Coast Guard Custody

At least 29 migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels after being picked up from an inflatable boat adrift near Libya, the mayor of the

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 13

Thursday, January 1, 2015
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News

Iceland’s Coast Guard Takes Control of Another Migrant Ship Off Italy

The Icelandic coast guard patrol vessel Tyr, with support from the Italian Coast Guard, is conducting an extensive rescue in the Mediterranean tonight after

January 1, 2015
Total Views: 35

Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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News

Almost 1,000 Migrants Arrive in Italy on Packed Cargo Ship

Almost 1,000 migrants arrived in Italy on a cargo ship on Wednesday after apparently being abandoned by its crew in the Adriatic Sea, the Italian Red Cross

December 31, 2014
Total Views: 15

Tuesday, December 30, 2014
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Maritime News

Italian Officials Thwart Plot to Run Merchant Ship Aground

Italian officials boarded a cargo ship carrying hundreds of migrants on Tuesday after it left Greek waters and headed towards the coast of southern Italy, the

December 30, 2014
Total Views: 29

Thursday, December 11, 2014
IMO, UN Agencies Call for Swift Action to Address Maritime Migration
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IMO, UN Agencies Call for Swift Action to Address Maritime Migration

The International Maritime Organization and other UN agencies are calling for a concerted effort in response to the staggering loss of life, trauma and human

December 11, 2014
Total Views: 3

Thursday, December 4, 2014
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News

Australia to Toughen Asylum-Seeker Visa Laws

Australia’s Senate voted early today to support legislation backed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott that denies asylum seekers arriving by boat the right to

December 4, 2014
Total Views: 7

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Greek Coast Guard Responding to Disabled Freighter Carrying Hundreds of Migrants
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Greek Coast Guard Responding to Disabled Freighter Carrying Hundreds of Migrants

Greece has sent a frigate to rescue a container ship believed to carrying hundreds of undocumented migrants and in distress off its southern island of Crete,

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 4

Friday, October 31, 2014
Italy to End Migrant Rescue Operation in Mediterranean
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Italy to End Migrant Rescue Operation in Mediterranean

Italy said on Friday it would close a sea rescue mission that has saved the lives of more than 100,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East, a move one

October 31, 2014
Total Views: 20

Sunday, October 5, 2014
Cuban Migrants Drank Their Own Blood and Urine While Adrift at Sea for 23 Days
Incidents

Cuban Migrants Drank Their Own Blood and Urine While Adrift at Sea for 23 Days

A group of Cuban migrants drank their own urine and blood after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving them adrift in the Caribbean for three weeks

October 5, 2014
Total Views: 10

Monday, September 29, 2014
Crude Oil Tanker Rescues 150 Migrants from Mediterranean
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Crude Oil Tanker Rescues 150 Migrants from Mediterranean

Nordic American Tankers Limited says that one of its vessels was involved in the rescue of 150 migrants in distress after their wooden boat began experiencing

September 29, 2014
Total Views: 25

Tuesday, September 16, 2014
IOM Investigates Deliberate Drowning of 500 Migrants in Mediterranean
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IOM Investigates Deliberate Drowning of 500 Migrants in Mediterranean

Investigators from the International Organization for Migration have launched an investigation into what appears to be the deliberate drowning of hundreds of

September 16, 2014
Total Views: 27
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