South Korea officials informed that Somali pirates finally have freed 4 sailors from South Korea after 19 months of captivity. This was possible after the pirates received the money they wanted. A palm oil tanker with 25 sailors was attacked off the coast of Kenya in April last year. Later, Somali pirates released the
Read moreIMO‘s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), meeting at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 91st session from 26 to 30 November 2012, agreed that rules to require passenger safety drills to take place prior to, or immediately upon, departure should be made mandatory, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident. The Committee approved draft
Read moreSingapore’s High Court has given more time for debt-ridden Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT) to continue its restructuring plan. The High Court of Singapore has granted an extension of the section 210 filing until 10 January 2013, thereby continuing the protection of BLT’s assets through that time, according to John D. Noonan, ceo of BLT
Read moreAn Italian court sentenced eight Somali pirates to between 16 and 19 years in prison for attempting to hijack an Italian-flagged cargo ship in 2011 after one of Europe’s biggest piracy trials. The crew of the Montecristo locked themselves in the engine room after their ship was boarded by gun-toting pirates off the coast
Read moreSydney (ANTARA News/AFP) – An intruder robbed an Australian navy vessel of a cache of weapons Friday after overpowering military personnel on guard, the defence department said, in a major security breach. The Australian Department of Defence said the infiltrator “overwhelmed a duty member onboard a patrol boat” which was moored at HMAS Coonawarra,
Read moreChinese border police will soon board and search foreign vessels that entered what Beijing considers its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea. According to state media police, authorities will check, seize, and expel foreign ships that enter the waters illegally. Some illegal activities include entering the province’s waters without authorization and engaging
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