A British-owned cargo ship has been attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. Three crewmembers have been taken hostage. The UK-flagged ESTHER C was boarded by pirates yesterday. The assailants took some valuables from the vessel, and fled with the three hostages. Carisbrooke Shipping, the owner of ESTHER C, confirmed that the nine
Read moreA passenger ferry has capsized along the Meghna River in Bangladesh following a collision with a cargo, leaving dozens missing. The ferry, which had left Narayanganj Friday morning bound for Matlab, struck the sand-carrying ship about 22 miles south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Hundreds of locals have gathered at the scene of
Read moreMitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) announced plans to collaborate, along with Shell, BP, Maersk, Stena NYK and “K” Line with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support job creation and skill development projects in Somalia. The industry partners will provide funding of US$ 1 million to the UNDP, which will
Read moreChristened after a Scottish poetry, the MV Hallaig is the first vessel in the world to be built under the ‘Low Emissions Hybrid Ferries Project.’ The advanced ship project is an initiative carried out in collaboration between the Scottish government and private shipping companies to enable the sustenance of the maritime ecology. MV Hallaig is
Read moreHolland’s Feadship launches the 44.65-metre ‘Blue Sky’ in a ceremony combining the Chinese & Dutch maritime cultures. Feadship say that this is the first superyacht to be built by a Western shipyard for a client in mainland China. The owner sent his personal representative to accept delivery of the new megayacht that comes with
Read moreShipowners considering employing armed guards to protect their ships from pirate attacks in west Africa need to be extremely careful, according to new guidance published by the ‘A’ rated 170 million GT North P&I Club. According to the Club’s new loss prevention briefing entitled West African Piracy, standard solutions and contracts for hiring armed
Read moreThe ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates and held in captivity for 11 months was sold at $1,000,000 following a petition by the crew. The abandoned crew include 10 Ukrainian and three Kenyans who served in the ship that was ferrying 19,000 metric tonnes of clinker to Tanzania. A Mombasa court gave the
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