The Malaysian owners of a U.S.-hired oil survey ship seized last week by Venezuela in a territorial dispute with neighboring Guyana said on Tuesday the boat and its 36-member crew had been released. There was no confirmation of that from either the government of Venezuela or Guyana and the Venezuelan public prosecutor’s office put out
Read moreessay services p> A Panamanian-flagged cargo ship was reportedly sinking Tuesday off South Korea’s coast, leaving all of its 19 crewmembers missing. The ship had anchored off the port city of Pohang, but high waves forced it against a seawall, the South Korean Coast Guard reported. Officials also confirmed that 18 Chinese and one Vietnamese
Read moreEU Naval Force can confirm that on Friday, 11 October 2013, a fully laden super tanker, known as a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), was fired upon by eight armed men in two ‘skiffs’ 230 miles off the Somali coast. The attack was successfully repelled by the Armed Security Team on board the super tanker
Read more%%anc%% p> Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that thanks to its Facebook fans around the globe the names of the line’s two new Breakaway Plus class ships are Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Bliss. These names are the two that received the highest number of votes, out of the line’s top ten name prospects, in the
Read moreTwo Filipino seafarers are missing after their ship sank Monday., the Department of Foreign Affairs states Tuesday. The Dutch Coast Guard has been searching for the missing seaman after its collision with Texel 68, a fishing trawler, at the North Sea. The ship was deployed to guard an oil drilling platform about 40 kilometers
Read moreAt a hearing on 8th October, 23 at Truro Magistrates Court, the owner of a tanker paid a total of £22,500 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to a breach of UK maritime pollution legislation. On 25 February 2012 a satellite operated by European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) detected a ship trailing a slick
Read moreAs most of the interventional efforts concerning environmental issues like ballast water management and mitigation of green house gas emissions are largely directed towards South East Asia and APAC countries, International Maritime Organization (IMO) is keen to expand its outreach and collaborate with India in the South Asian region on building human and
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