Accompanied by azure blue skies and a stiff breeze, the Navy christened and launched its newest oceanographic survey ship, USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), the last of its class at VT Halter Marine’s shipyard in Moss Point, Miss., in a traditional Navy ceremony on March 27. The 350-foot ship is named for Cmdr. Matthew F.
Read moreGPS satellites have become the new lodestar for lost drivers and modern navigators, but things are not always so simple if you live in South America. An atmospheric kink caused by the interplay of solar flares and Earth’s magnetic field called ionospheric scintillation can scramble satellite signals and leave travelers at sea. Literally. It’s one
Read moreEgyptian navy forces seized a ship carrying heavy weapons as it entered Egyptian territorial waters in the Red Sea late on Wednesday, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The Togolese-flagged ship, called COMR, was found 12 nautical miles north of Ras Muhammad in the Sinai Peninsula, general staff spokesman Ahmed Mohamed Ali said on
Read morePirates have killed sixteen Bangladeshi fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, according the police statement on Monday. The killings occurred in Kutubdia, an island off the coastal town of Cox’s Bazaar in southeastern Bangladesh. The dead fishermen were dumped in the Bay of Bengal. “We have come to know that the bodies of sixteen
Read morePT Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk (the “Company”) wishes to announce that it has made significant progress in its continuing effort to implement an effective restructuring of its liabilities. The following update bears out the progress so far: PKPU proceedings in Indonesia The Company announced on 15 March 2013 that the requisite majority of its
Read moreDozens of passengers were evacuated from a tourist ferry off the coast of Istanbul on Tuesday 2013/04/02 after a fire started on the vessel, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries. Turkish television showed smoke pouring from the back of the vessel, several hundred metres (yards) from the shore, as two other
Read moreAt the meeting, agreement was reached about the counting of fishing vessels and, thus, the adoption of the international safety regulations – the so-called Torremolinos Protocol – has come closer. In the autumn of 2012, the so-called Cape Town Agreement was concluded by the IMO. The purpose is to adopt international safety regulations for
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