Update: Good progress has been made in containing and cleaning up the oil spill resulting from the collision between the South Korean-registered bulk carrier, Oriental Pioneer, and the Bahamas-registered bulk carrier, Atlantic Hero. There has been no further spillage of fuel oil from Oriental Pioneer. As a precautionary measure, an oil boom and an
Read moreAn Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. Yemeni forces intercepted the ship, the Jihan 1, off Yemen’s coast on January 23. U.S. and Yemeni officials said it was carrying a large
Read moreThe ship “Francisco” can sail with up to 58knots (67m/h) and claim to be the world’s fastest passenger ship. It is built by the Australian shipyard Incat . The best description for this vessel is a “high-speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry,” because is powered by 2 modified jet engines driving a pair of
Read moreThis is how it ends for a Somali pirate: not with the bang of a rifle, but with a quiet fadeout into a sewing class, a vegetable garden and a basketball court. At least 34 convicted pirates are locked away in the remote city of Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared nation of Somaliland, where
Read more21 crewmen are stranded aboard a Liberian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Suez, and have been there for nearly six months after the vessel suffered technical difficulties. A mariners’ helpline in India received a call for help from the vessel. They have run out of food and fuel, and reportedly have not been paid
Read moreIMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) met at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 92nd session from 12 to 21 June 2013. The MSC adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) relating to passenger drills; discussed recommendations arising from the Costa Concordia incident; and considered matters related to
Read moreThe Somali pirates are having a very bad year and it’s all because of math. Pirate attacks were down 70 percent last year and it has been over a year since the pirates captured a large ship (that they could get several million dollars ransom for). The usual reasons given for this shift are
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